Anne of Green Gables 1985

A geometry class in the second part of the charming movie of Anne of Green Gables 1985. Wikipedia: "Both parts of the film were among the highest-rated programs of any genre ever to air on a Canadian television network" About the Book: more than 50 million books have been sold.

In the geometry class scene, one sees a triangle with sides 1000 and 1600. The teacher gives as the hypothenuse 1900. Not a bad approximation. In reality it is the square root of 10002+16002= 1886.8. One can indeed get this without a calculator. First divide by 100 then compute the square root of 102+162 = 356 and then notice that this is close to 192=361. Finally multiply 19 again with the scaling factor 100.

see also Anne of Avon Lea, 1987 in this math of movie collection.

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Oliver Knill, Posted November 28, 2025 ,