My sister & I loved this show.  Glued to Mathnet.  I always was able to recall all those math tricks like “all multiples of 9, when you add up each of its digits, will equal 9.”

I don’t think I would’ve won 2 math bees in junior high. spent 2 summers studying algebra & trigonometry just so I could be studying pre-calculus in my sophomore year of high school, & pursued a degree in math at U.B. if it wasn’t for Square One.

Having said all that, I’m really ashamed that I’m not making any use of my math degree when hunting for jobs.

healywu:

halphillips:

I loved Square One!  I especially loved Mathnet.  And I still remember some of the songs from Square One.  The Fat Boys did one, and I remember the chorus (which was sung, not by the Fat Boys): “One thousand is big.  One million is bigger.  One thousand times one million is one billion.”

katespencer:

How come “Square One” never gets any love around here? You’d think with all the weepy hipster nostalgia around these incestuous web circles, it would get a shout out every once and a while. So this is me, shouting!

MATHNET KINDA CREEPED ME OUT BUT I LOVED IT!  I AM SHOUTING ABOUT IT, I HOPE MY INCESTOUS WEB CIRCLES AGREE!

Later when I saw Dragnet on Nick At Night, I was really confused, and at first thought they were copying Mathnet’s format.