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"I don't think I've seen Numberblocks Series 3 before!"Four
This page is about the Numberblocks series. For the Alphablocks series, see Alphablocks Series 3.

Series 3 (originally Series 2 prior to the "Series 1 split") is the third series of Numberblocks. The series was released on the 17th of September, 2018 on the CBeebies TV channel.

On the 25th of November, 2017, CBeebies announced that this series and the next one were greenlit due to the show performing well.

Synopsis[]

This series teaches new mathematics skills:

  • Less than or greater than with Blockzilla
  • Number 0 with Numberblock Zero
  • Other 2D shapes with the Flatlanders
  • Patterns with Six's Pattern Palace
  • Basic Algebra with Big Tum
  • Multiplication with the Magic Mirror
  • Numbers 11-15 with Numberblocks Eleven to Fifteen
  • Columns and Rows with Twelve

Episodes[]

  1. Once Upon A Time (numbers 1-5 recap)
    • September 24, 2018 - A bedtime story all about the first five Numberblocks.
  2. Blockzilla (less than or greater than)
    • September 25, 2018 - A monster appears in Numberland, but the Numberblocks fear he'll eat them.
  3. Numberblock Express (number bonds to 5)
    • September 26, 2018 - Learn all the number bonds up to 5 with the Numberblocks Express Train.
  4. Fruit Salad (part-part-whole)
    • September 27, 2018 - The Numberblocks visit a fruit factory where big Numberblocks split into smaller numbers for fruit.
  5. Zero (number 0)
    • September 28, 2018 - What's one less than one? The answer is revealed when Numberblock Zero appears. She sings about things that come in zeroes or nothing at all.
  6. Now We Are Six To Ten (numbers 6-10 recap)
    • October 1, 2018 - Let's read another bedtime story about the Numberblocks 6-10.
  7. Numberblobs (counting to 10)
    • October 2, 2018 - Sing along to the Numberblocks counting song with the Numberblocks and their friends, the Numberblobs.
  8. Building Blocks (number arrangements)
    • October 3, 2018 - Nine and Ten meet an alien whose spaceship has crash-landed, so with help from Six, Seven, and Eight, they build a big tower to reach the alien's home planet.
  9. Peekaboo! (comparing numbers)
    • October 4, 2018 - The number friends take turns hiding behind each other in a song and dance all about bigger and smaller. Learn about comparing numbers with the Numberblocks.
  10. Hiccups (splitting numbers)
    • October 5, 2018 - The Numberblocks get a picture, but every time Nine hiccups, he splits into smaller Numberblocks, until the others find an unexpected cure.
  11. What's the Difference? (subtraction)
    • October 8, 2018 - Seven shows the others how to be lucky: ask a number friend to jump on your head.
  12. Numberblock Rally (addition/subtraction)
    • October 9, 2018 - Ten riders, ten pedal-powered cars. Welcome to the Numberblock Rally.
  13. Five and Friends (5 + x = y)
    • October 10, 2018 - Six to Ten discover they are all Five-and-a-friend.
  14. Octoblock to the Rescue! (number bonds to 8)
    • October 11, 2018 - The naughty Terrible Twos are making custard pies. Can Octoblock and his friends save the day?
  15. Ten Again (number bonds to 10 and commutative property of addition)
    • October 12, 2018 - When the number friends all want to do different things, Ten finds a way to do them all.

  1. Flatland (2D shapes)
    • October 15, 2018 - Four visits Flatland, where the flat shapes live, and becomes a real square.
  2. Pattern Palace (patterns)
    • October 16, 2018 - One crosses the pattern puzzle path over the magic moats to get to the Pattern Palace.
  3. The Legend of Big Tum (basic algebra)
    • October 17, 2018 - A monster with a big hairy tummy who loves puzzles? Find out who is in Big Tum's tum.
  4. Mirror, Mirror (multiplication)
    • October 18, 2018 - One discovers a magic mirror that does multiplication.
  5. The Wrong Number (basic algebra/distinguishing numerals)
    • October 19, 2018 - Detective One learns to solve Nine's case of his empty apartment.
  6. Eleven (number 11)
    • January 21, 2019 - The Numberblocks make a new friend, football fan Eleven, who gets them all in training for the big match.
  7. Twelve (number 12)
    • January 22, 2019 - Ten and Two make Twelve, who discovers that she is a super-rectangle with amazing special powers.
  8. The Way of the Rectangle (rectangular arrays)
    • January 23, 2019 - Twelve shows the other numberblocks how to arrange their blocks into columns and rows, to master the way of the rectangle.
  9. Block Star (factors of 12)
    • January 24, 2019 - Twelve goes on a mission to save Numberland from the mysterious Block Star.
  10. Ride the Rays (factors of numbers 1-12)
    • January 25, 2019 - A fantastic treat awaits the Numberblocks at the top of Ray Canyon.
  11. Thirteen (number 13)
    • January 28, 2019 - Unlucky Thirteen falls apart whenever anyone mention his name.
  12. Fourteen (number 14)
    • January 29, 2019 - Meet extreme Fourteen, the plucky skateboarder.
  13. Fifteen (number 15)
    • January 30, 2019 - Hush, hush! Agent Fifteen is here with a new way to save the day.
  14. Tween Scenes (11~15 recap)
    • January 31, 2019 - Let's hear a bedtime story about the Numberblocks Eleven to Fifteen.
  15. Step Squads (triangular numbers)
    • February 1, 2019 - Only the Step Squad can save One's balloon, but what if there are more than one Step Squad?

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Trivia[]

  • Series 3 is the first series to be distributed by BBC Studios. This is because at first, Series 1 and 2 were officially distributed by BBC Worldwide before merging with BBC Studios on the 1st of April, 2018, 5 months before Series 3 premiered.
  • This is currently the first series to officially have thirty episodes, instead of fifteen like the first two (despite those first two originally also being one series with thirty episodes.)
  • The first fifteen episodes were released on a DVD called Number Fun, while the remaining fifteen episodes were released in another DVD named Fifteen and Friends.
    • Before the DVDs were released, it was ambiguous as to how many episodes each of the DVD's would include.
  • This is the first and only series to be released in two DVDs.
  • Eight's design has minor changes for some unknown reason starting in Series 3: not only does his mask become lighter, but his pupils also become noticeably smaller and his face proportions become more consistent.
  • Numberblock Zero would debut in this series, but only appears in her namesake debut episode.
  • This series marks the long-awaited debut of Numberblocks bigger than Ten, specifically ones from 11-15.
  • When the Numberblob was first seen in a teaser screenshot, fans speculated that it was Zero and that it was red and round. This would be proven incorrect.
  • The first four episodes of Series 3 include only Numberblocks 1-5. In the fifth episode, Zero, only Numberblocks 0-3 appear. Numberblocks 6-10 start to appear in the sixth episode, Now We Are Six To Ten, while the last 10 episodes are in Yellow Level Three due to 11-15 appearing.
    • The topics taught in the first five episodes of Series 3 are under Red Level One; the next 15 episodes covers topics under Orange Level Two. It would be inaccurate to say that the events of the first five episodes happened before the Numberblocks manage to go above Five; during Ten, One asks the purpose of Ten's zero.
  • This is the first Numberblocks series to have a delay between episodes, being 3 months between The Wrong Number and Eleven. Alphablocks did the same thing beforehand as well with its own third series.
  • Starting with the last 10 episodes of this series, the creation of new Numberblocks no longer involves [x + 1 = y], it is now [10 + x = y].
    • Depending on your view, Eleven may be the only Numberblock to debut where it's [x + 1 = y] instead of [10 + x = y].
  • Thirteen and Fourteen appear the least out of the debuting Numberblocks in Series 3, both only appearing in two episodes. Additionally, Eleven technically appears the second least, as she appears in The Wrong Number as an early cameo as well as in her and Twelve's debut episodes.
    • This is possibly because the the last 10 episodes of Series 3 focuses on multiplication and other advanced mathmatics. Eleven and Thirteen are primes, which may be the reason why they appear rarely other than their debut episodes.
    • By that logic, it is unknown why Fourteen also appears rarely as well, though it may be because there's not really many ideas for episodes involving him besides his debut episode.
  • The only debuting Numberblocks in The last 10 episodes to make a vertical arrangement is Twelve, as well as being the only Numberblock through 11-15 to have their face on the top of their body in at least one arrangement.

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