Re-Learning Math with Scott Flansburg, the Human Calculator (Part 1)
Remember when you hated math class in school? Scott Flansburg says it's because we were taught the 'wrong,' more complex method. In reality, math is simple ...
I've got a way to multiply with five. I am giving you examples and reply if
you get it. :-)
4x5
4=40
40/2=20
9x5
9=90
90/2=45
7x5
7=70
70/2=35
It always works.
The thing with the angles in the numerals is bogus (
//factually.gizmodo.com/no-this-viral-image-does-not-explain-the-history-of-ar-1719306568).
There are plenty of other interesting mathematics that's actually real, so
I don't see why he focused on that one.... Also it makes no sense to put
one finger up and say 0 and two fingers up and say 1. Is that really
supposed to make it LESS confusing? Zero is when you put NO fingers up.
Also, the thing with the numbers with four letters is just a weird
coincidence.
That's because counting using your fingers vs. counting the actual number of fingers is two different things. Also, I think the whole point of that beginning part was to just describe what made him enjoy math rather than dislike it like a majority of younger people do.
+Chillbro Swaggins Even if that's true, you should check out Arthur Benjamin. He multiplied two five digit numbers in his head, which definitely isn't memorization.
No, they didn't. They proved that his mathematical section of his brain (Area 44) is in the area of his brain that controls movement and control. Besides, how would be memorise all those numbers. If he did, why does it matter? A great mathematician would come prepared, even though he doesn't.
+Ali A It goes like this 1st digit rewrite2nd adds first and second3rd adds second and third4th rewriite third725x11=7,1st9,2nd 7+27,3rd 2+55, 4th===7975
Though this is smart, there is a much lazier way where you don't have to
remember... hold 10 fingers up palms facing away from you, then put down
the finger which is the amount you wish to times by. to make it easier to
understand eg. say you want 9x7 hold your 10 fingers up and put your 7th
finger down you'll find you're holding up 6 fingers on one side and 3 on
the other, hence 9x7 = 63.
I really like this! I have Never seen it done in such a way like this
before! Can u do the same for other numbers? Im trying to teach my son
multiply, he started a new school & their doing long devision but he never
learned multiplys even in his last school so im looking for the easiest
ways to teach him! Anyone have ideas please write to me
[email protected] I'd be ever so greatful!!
1 is subtracted by 9 2 is subtracted by 8 3 is subtracted by 7 4 is
subtracted by 6 5 is subtracted by 5 And for 6, 7,8 and 9 are the opposite.
For expample: if you subtract 4 from 6 it would be 2 that means 6x2= 12 and
the last digit would be that number. For 6x3 and all the way to 12 all you
have to do is subtract by that same number with the last digits.
Another easier way to solve the 9x tables lets say we had 6 x 9 yeah?! the
answer is 54 so whats the easy way? Always subtract the number on the left
by 1 which - 5 then subtract the answer that you got from subtracting the 1
from the 6 which in this case is 5. so 6 - 1 = 5 5 - 9 = 4 6 x 9 = 54 and
you can do the same with the rest :) enjoy
Put a plus sign between the 2 numbered answers. It will always equal 9.
5x9=45 always minus 1 from the number you're multiplying the 9 by (the 5)
5-1=4 then ask yourself, what plus 4 equals 9 that's 5.,, 4+5=9 the answer
is 45. Lets try 9x8=? Minus 1 from the number you're multiplying the 9 by
1-8=7 what plus 7 equals 9? 2,, 9x8 is 72.
Look , iknow that when I was in Grade1 but i dont use them because its not
an easy way to do , it makes you little harder to do it , unless your
writing it by nine its easy ,,, but when you memorize all by 9 in your head
, its so much easier to do ..
I will give you the 8's subtract 2 by the last digits with the answer.
8x1=8 8x2=16 8-2=6 8x3=24 6-2=4 8x4=32 4-2=2 8x5=40 2-2=0 8x6=48 8 8x7=56
8-2=6 8x8=64 6-2=4 8x9=72 4-2=2 8x10=80 2-2=0 8x11=88 8 8x12=96 8-2=6 and
keeps on repeating.
Silly Americans, you think your way is the only way. Look at the way 9 is
when you type - that's exactly how how he wrote it! 9999999999!! Where did
American q even came from? I think it looks like 'Q' :oP
i have a better one you have ten finger if want to know what 9x3 is lower
your thrid finger this leaves 2 figers to your left and 7 fingers to your
right so you know the answers is 27 works for up to 10
Silly Americans, you think your way is the only way. Look at the way 9 is
when you type - that's exactly how how wrote it! 9999999999!! Where did
American q even came from? I think it looks like 'Q' :oP
instead of using fingers i do the math in my head, for example, if you have
9 x 5 i would subtract 1 from 5 and get (4), then subtract 4 from nine ande
get (5), your answer is 45. easy as pie. mmm pie.
also all your ans should add up to 9 ....... 9 x 5 = 45.... 4 + 5= 9 or
12x9= 108.... 1+0+8=9 if you can learn the 2,5,6,9,10 ,12 and memoriz them
u can always count up to or back to easyer
I would call this steps to learning how to fondle numbers on maximum digits
of two. This technique doesn't work for all multiples of n (which is much
more mathematics related)... lol
You can also do this with 5, 6, 7 and 8 heres how. For 5 subtract by 5 For
6 subtract by 4 For 7 subtract by 3 For 8 subtract by 2 And of course 9 you
subtract by 1
or you could just memorize it and understand the concept of multiplication
instead of adding in numbers without realizing it's concept or
understanding it
+shiva manoj Those multiplications have not been mentioned in the Vedic texts .but such multiplications can be done by other methods try searching Crisscross and vertical multiplication.
in d second step we need to subtract the previous no. by 9 ryt ? but if d
no. are....... 28 multiplied by 9 den what would be d answer?? and d step
followed
This method has following limitations
1. One of the number should have all digits as 9
2. Both the numbers should have equal number of digits (or number with
series of 9 should have more number of digits. see below)
45*9999
make both numbers of equi-digit by putting so many number of zeros in front
of first number
0045 * 9999 = 00449955.
if the number has more number of digits than 9, then following method can
be used
4555* 99 = 4555 * (100-1) = 455500-4555 = 450945
+Pruthviraj Ajjavara hello will you please tell me if somebody is good at vedic maths is it possible for him to do well in school maths as well as in higher class maths.
How to Learn Math's Point System : Applied Mathematics
Math isn't hard, it's a language | Randy Palisoc | TEDxManhattanBeach
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Is 26% proficiency in math acceptable to you? That's the question ...
+Mr. Lolz That is because you do not have the fundamental skills required to work at this level of mathematics. Unfortunately too many students are like this. I assume you have 2 years until you are college age. There is still enough time to develop fundamental skills.
Mathematics is a *family* of *formal* languages; it was constructed
deliberately by highly-educated humans as a way to explore abstract realms
... and it bears only a *tiny* similarity to natural languages, but not
enough so that it seems like a useful metaphor. Trivial arithmetic examples
aside, this approach seems unlikely to work for linear algebra, category
theory, type theory, or most other branches of maths.
+bighands69 The question that I was raising is how his natural-language-metaphor approach scales to any more-complex branch of mathematics. At some point, the entities of discourse aren't 'like' things in the world of everyday experience, for instance well-typed terms in the Calculus of Constructions, and it's not clear that there are natural-language metaphors that are even remotely useful in doing anything other than leading people astray.I'm agnostic regarding whether his approach works for arithmetic; I'm just curious how he (or others) would try to scale it up to more-abstract branches of mathematics :~}
+K.D.P. Ross Mathematics is a mechanism to communicate certain forms of logical constructs. There are grey areas in mathematics that is where there is philosophical debate. But as a language it can hold true. Now it would not be the most efficient language for people to communicate their basic interactions upon but it is still possible. It is more than a metaphor to say mathematics is a language as it can literally be used as a language.
I call bullshit!
This is not math, it is calculating. Even if you were to strip numbers from
mathematics, it would still be mathematics. It's not about adding fractions
or remembering your friggin multiplication table. Maths is about patterns,
order and the basic foundations of our very universe. If one applies those
to real entities, you get physics. So maths is really somewhat arbitary and
abstract, it's about constructions in one's mind. Check pascals triangle
for example. Sure, you it is made with numbers, but you could just as well
use two colored blobs of ink and set up rules to combine them. It would
still be pascals triangle, but without all of the numbers.
There is still something to be taken out of the video, mind you. Numbers
are a language. Math isn't.
+BlackMarluxia Language has abstraction within its structure as well. Words like letters can fit into those construct just as numbers fit into the likes of a pascal's triangle. We can form procedures that in effect can contain different value sets and even the procedure its self can become part of a greater abstraction which also happens in languages. What can be called an apple in English can be know as Pomme in French or if we desire in mathematics ((125^2)/4) It is completely up to the interpreter as to what they define. Mathematics in its self can become a language but it depends on our classification of language.
I'm confused. Is this guy saying math isn't hard because language isn't
hard? Or is he just stating things: math isn't hard, math is a language.
If language is so easy, you'd think whoever titled this TED talk would have
removed the comma splice lol
+mattcline1226 I suppose what he is getting at is that mathematics being taught in schools is being over complicated. He is trying to say that with better communications skills using every day language we could learn more mathematics than what you are learning. I have my own take on things. I believe we are doing too much high level mathematics in schools and the kids that are coming out of school have really missed out on the basics because of this.
One way is to first explain why the "apple + apple" approach works is because you're adding quantities that have the same unit. Then, you proceed to ask "So, how do you add one one-fourth plus one one-third?" Hopefully, the kid you're teaching would realize that the trick is to make the unit of the quantities the same. Then, you teach how.
+darkheart1721 Take 12 eggs. Get them to understand that 1/4th of that is 3 eggs. Likewise, 1/3rd of that dozen is 4 eggs. Therefore 1/4 + 1/3 = 7 out of 12 eggs, i.e. 7/12.
+darkheart1721 You convert the fraction to have the same denominator. 1/4 becomes 3/12, and 1/3 becomes 4/12. Now take the same approach as in the video.
+Michael Col I'm just going to take this idea and run with it. One way to explain fractions would be like this:You have three apples and two oranges. What do you have? You don't have five apples, and you don't have five oranges. Well, you need them to be the same kind of thing. So, you turn them into something more generic: three apples are three fruits, and two oranges are two fruits. Then you can add them. You have five fruits.Now, let's try the same thing with fractions. You have three fourths (3/4) and two thirds (2/3). How many do you have? First, turn them into something more generic: three fourths is nine twelfths (9/12), and two thirds is eight twelfths (8/12). Now, you can add them. You have seventeen twelfths (17/12), or one and five twelfths.Well, that's how I would teach it.
Hmm, lemme try. Your kid has to be able to convert between different units. If they understand that saying 1 foot is the same as 12 inches, then they should understand this.---------------------"You can't add the numbers if they are different stuff. What is 1 apple + 1 orange?"Hopefully they say that it's not possible."Well we need to add 1 third to 1 fourth. Remember that 1 third is equal to 4 twelfths. Also, remember that 1 fourth is equal to 3 twelfths.""You have to change the numbers to twelfths before you can add them."Hopefully they get this result.1 third = 4 twelfths.1 fourth = 3 twelfths. 4 twelfths + 3 twelfths = 7 twelfths.------------------------Granted, it'll most likely be better to teach them fractions like we usually do. Like you show them somes fraction of a pie, and teach them how to add that way.
And what you think arithmetic is? It's one of the most fundamental and oldest branches of mathematics.
Miss USA 2011 — Should Math Be Taught In Schools?
Watch the original Miss USA evolution video here: //youtu.be/UkBmhM0R2A0 Video by @mackenzief, @kevgot, Leslie Collins, @gracehelbig, @lorrainecink ...
at first I thought, is this real? Because I was disgusted by how fat so
many are. I figured the fat movement and "love your body" BS had actually
infiltrated. Then it became clear that this many girls from different
states could not really be that stupid. But its getting there. Soon miss
USA will probably be trailer park fat catladys who are halfway thru their
sexchange and if you say anything about it - woah HATER! .. . this parody
isn't far from the truth. Give it 10 years. Jenner will be judge and Miley
will lick the winner.
+Katelyn Stewart nope didn't miss the point. But I have points of my own which you dont like because you too are fat. Too bad. Reality is what it is whether or not you choose to live in denial. You are picking fights and now are going to cry I am sure. Again - to bad. Its your choice.
+vladlashing I'm pretty sure the parody wasn't supposed to be about women being fat, which none of these models really were. They weren't size 2, but they were by no means "trailer park fat catladys." Your tiny brain missed the point, here.
GUYS this is all a JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!! No one (at least I hope not) would be
that stupid. This is a spoof to go with the should evolution be taught in
schools thing. This video is basically making fun of the other video.
I don't give a fuck how pretty the ladies are! Are you SHITTING me!!!??? I
was so turned off by Alabama, and Hawaii made me really sad. Literally.
Math is a must. How the fuck are kids supposed to learn how to manage their
bank accounts when they grow up?! And math has nothing to do with religion.
It applies to all of us, weather we like it or not. Math is the language of
physics, and that's what we all are - physical.
1:46 this idiot (Miss Montana) is talking about vibrations as if she knows
what the that is and is confident of answering the question... oh yeah
sure, vibrations involves math at a level of ODE/PDE with software coding
which is one of the most hardest fundamental in engineering as of this
generation.
If you don't know the ladder, its pretty much: (simple elementary algebra,
which none of these gold diggers have) -> algebra -> trig/stats -> calc ->
adv. calc / lin. algebra -> ODE -> PDE
Holy fucking shit these women are retards. When their looks go could you
picture the look on these fuckbag dudes faces that are banging them at the
time lol? Wow America is doomed with dipshits like these.
+Ken Narcisse she is the only pretty one to look at in that lot and her anger in a Clara kinda way was kinda sexy lolat least on a level of sophistication she wont tell them to learn vibrations