Impossible Challenge: Teenagers mentally calculate 100 3-digit numbers in seconds
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 เม.ย. 2019
- These fours school kids are “masters” in mental abacus calculation. Some of them have won both national and international awards. But on the stage of Impossible Challenge, where the challenges are upgraded, who can triumph in the end?
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imagine doing test in the same class with this kinda students, they already finished answer all the questions while i just finished writing my name
these are basic additions tho... I mean it’s definitely impressive that they can do it so fast with that memory but they just need to plus numbers most exam questions are much more complex
@@paemonyes8299 let's see you do it then yeah?
@@TumricDew he meant that this skill can be developed by clever techniques and rigorous practice over time. I know this is hard but not noble because if it was noble there would have been only one prodigy in the world capable of doing but since these 4 can get close...then surely others can.
They looks like dedicating themselves is life into an addition maybe
@@paemonyes8299
Lemme see you do it eh?
*Not me typing 15+7 into my calculator because I can’t trust myself*
me too like one time i got all my answers wrong in a math test and my classmate LITERALLY had to help me figure out the answers without intentionally giving them out
I legit sometimes forget what I’m trying to type into my calculator
@@mrknucles9976 same haha
@Marie _ I thought I was the only one
Not me. I can still type the wrong number.
Me in a test:
The choices: 26, 37, 14, 74
My calculations: 72
Me: 74 it is!
Ahh it hurts it's so relatable and I am still confused what the heck wrong with the question or else my calculations
🤣🤣🤣🤣 literally,me
My Asian blood is boiling rn, we are taught PERfEcTIonNnNnN ✨
😂😂😂 sooo true!
When I was doing a math test in high school, I wrote 9=3^3 🤫
Me: "I am good at mental math"
Chinese kids: "lol"
Cant relate as a chinese immigrant
I don’t care if they’re wrong, It’s still impressive that they only got the last 3 digits wrong
I would’ve lost track after the first three numbers
It’s of course scripted
@@sanjeevm It’s called being Asian
everyone is special in their own ways.
@@sanjeevm so like how your brain was scripted to comment like this, duh.
Asian parents: Okay. Now do multiplication.
look Ma, they making so human looking robots
That is another part of this challenge. U should search it up
@@rogue991 Ik right.
At least we can try 2 digitis😎😂😂
😂
You can see that it is very competetive because in the end the narrator says applause to the ”2” contestants who won instead of applausing to all 4 participants
China for ya
@@Adamm17004raceyy
When their classmates are still writing the name on the test, these kids have already taken honors in the university (with break time). 💀
Kids: 45 seconds to add up 100 3-digit numbers
TV presenters: over 2 minutes to read four 5-digit numbers
that's their job to build suspense
@@besikothabolbina5447 r/woooosh
@@agamikhwana8596 r/wooosh
@@sayedrouf6744 🧢
@@agamikhwana8596 Got em
*I cant show these to my parents*
i can
I will also not show this to my parents because if they said me to calculate like this. I am will getting die 💀
well actually i showed this to my family
they said " oh you remember this scene? "
@Chen X Lia As an asian I agree with you
Especially if they are Asian
i get the shivers of how much stress and force their parents will give them due to this show and wants them to be worldwide famous(money makers)
@meirong He 被抖音冲昏了头脑
@johnnyhu5708 abacus can improve a lot of this, but holy shit they can get the second digit right while I probably wouldn't even hear a number
I can't believe they didnt cheer the first 2 kids even though they made mistakes... I won't add 5 3 digital numbers with that tempo 🙃
lol the judges are looking so disappoitned when the kids fail at the third number, but I'm like "jesus how's that possible to get even the first two"
they have a very high standard xD
Getting the first 2 u just need to account for the hundredths place, which isn't very hard cuz there's no carrying over addition. And add another thousand or so cuz of the tens place to get the first 2 digits
@@ericmei4151 it’s still hard, I try it my self in slow mo and still get it wrong
The judges are not able to multiply two digit numbers, now judging these kids? :-/
@@ericmei4151 ik thats what i was thinking
I just watched a video titled "Japanese take their calculators very seriously". Then this happened. xD
I came from the same route brother!
@@sumitdavidson3534 Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.... High Five*
I literally did the exact same thing
Divided by choices united by youtube algorithms 🤣🤣🤣
Same
Asian parents be like, " I cannot deal with this, how can you failed and the other two succeed. You FAILED me!! " XDDDDDDD
@Jeremy Davidson why their govt. don't care about one child policy anymore? I'm just curious.
@Jeremy Davidson Thanks.. your best explanation giving me enlightenment.
Having just the 3 last digits wrong is still incredibly impressive
Me struggling to memorize a 10 digit wifi password and having to go back down to check it:
in pain
XD
I managed to memorise the 8 digit WiFi password on the back of my router
Yeah
I memorized the 13 char password of my old router from 6 years ago and now change every new router's password to that one lol
Sp92354S
5W71ET
These are my wifi passwords i rem from the childhood, as they were of my neighbour's
That’s a lot of stress on children... I hope those kids who didn’t get it correct knows how special they are... just knowing the first number is unbelievable achievement.
Haha imagine not getting the first 2 digits right, its literally the easiest thing.
@@Golden_M.Y. 😐
@@Golden_M.Y.
Imagine not knowing what literally means though.
Man even remembering this shit is huge
Tell that to their parents.
Nobody is talking about the host.
Why he feels like crying 😂
I love the way they give the very basic way to conquer the world through education... respect to all the contestants and teachers.
They are real humans
And I'm just a stupid ape😭
hahahhaha
Your not alone
Lol XD
@@HarambaeXelonmuskfans if you say so
@@HarambaeXelonmuskfans thank goodness I don't
As the saying goes:
"Roses are red, violets are blue; There will ALWAYS be an Asian better than you"
That hurts :(
Even if you're asian, there's still always another better asian lmao
@@yangmankheng9456 I'm Asian, I'm not good at english but you have a wrong grammar here. no offense tho
@@nangan9602 yeah you right
@@yangmankheng9456 lmao
If I was there, I would just close my eyes, mumble silently, and pretend I was thinking meanwhile I’m just guessing what number should I say.
I like how the kids knew whether they got it right or wrong the moment it finished, but still put up a poker face.
The fact that the first two students just made a few mistakes is incredible enough. They are all special.
Nah the first digits are pretty easy though
They used aloha
@@jsgv7935 can you elaborate on that? Because I genuinely can't get how you can get the first few numbers without still calculating everything
@@wongcayven9893 i just think generally how much should this approximately add up to instead of exactly
They're young and is still incredible to find the 2 numbers is not chocking that they did 3 mistakes the most exceptional was just getting at least the 2 first 😕
I don't know how the kid on the left was calculating with his fingers but it looked pretty damn cool.
i read comments saying those kids are using abacus, like those not moving their hands were probably imagining it in their head
Yeah I ve done abacus and we visualise the abacus scale in our mind and with practice our hands move accordingly.
Yea they learn fast mathematics with an abacus and I guess closing his eyes and picturing an abacus made things easier for him
@@qwer-ir8nx right, few years ago I was part of one Speed learning group. It is all Visualization and mental abacus calculations.
At that time, I was able to do 1-3 digit mental Multiplication in 2-3 seconds, like 354x741. it was all practise and doing mental calculation using abacus. Now, I Can't do 80x88 without thinking for 10-12 seconds. lol. People these days think mind calculations are fake or scripted. some Institution may be fake, but these things are real.
Me: I’m incredibly fast at math!
Friend: Okay what’s 47 x 8
Me: 112
Friend: That’s not even close
Me: But it was fast
You: and i never said I was good
Trust me. As an Asian kid. My class always compete for math. When math class over. We all stare at each other saying "WHATS THE ANSWER"
Imagine being that one person in that competition not even getting the 2nd or 1st digit correct💀
They wouldn't have past the first round even if it was held in the parking lot.
Uuuuuggghhh that would be so humiliating😢.... me picturing myself in the competition just heard the instructions im running out of there n say sorry u have the wrong person to do the job🤣🤣🤣
@LxckyChxrm no me 😩
Right the pressure is on and the shame after that
Imaging being the person dont even getting the number of digits correctly.
Who else came here after watching 'Japanese people take their calculate very seriously'?
I
bruh XD
Me too!
You know it!
Oml who did you kno-
The guy who closed his ears hearing all those numbers is a whole *MOOD* 🤣
My gosh I would cry if I hear all that numbers. These kids are amazing.
Who else didn't come here from "Japanese take their calculators very seriously" lmao
I didn’t come from that video but i did see it a few weeks ago
Me
me
meesa
me
This video : *exists*
Every Asian kid : *NEVER SHOW IT TO PARENTS!*
th-cam.com/video/OOsqkQytHOs/w-d-xo.html: exist
Every Asian kid: *HAVE TO SHOW IT TO PARENTS*
YES
OH YES
I have learned all the levels of abacus and can tell they went through intensive training. In my personal opinion, anyone who still uses finger movements could get answer wrong, I keep my eyes open and focus on a spot and I am almost always right. Finger movements are muscle memory but it cannot move faster than your brain or imaginary beads. I see a biggggg abacus when I am calculating, but if I used my finger movements it would slow me down, again everybody is different.
I can do 3 digits 20 rows with the same speed but never went further. I would love to try this calculation maybe at slower speed. I was also a teacher in Canada and kids here would not believe me. So I would show them my own demo and show videos like this. I have tried 4 digits 15 rows in my classroom, got correct answer but the speed was slow. Since I am older, I am not as good as I used to be but I can definitely learn. Amazing video.
Amazing. I know there are math speed skills we can learn to do this kind of thing, but for all of them to be that close to the correct number is amazing. Even the 2 that got the number wrong were not that far off from the correct number.
Thanks for the video.
im asian and im dumb lol
Same 😢
Are Asian American?*
@@blumen9724 no lesbian is
A truly inspirational story
No
Asian parents be like:
"tsk, only that? that's still disappointing. you should do better"
I can confirm XD
Can confirm. It'll be followed by: You're useless look at the other childran who got all digits right and you only got first 2. My gods you're a disappointment
Agree
Agree.
Yes😭but actually in a class i am the one who got highest mark math
This was intense and yet fun. I actually cried for the wrong answer... I also cried tears of joy and celebrated for the right answer.
Notice how they praise the students who are perfect at math, and shame those who just slightly failed. Even game shows are representative of the nature of the Chinese government, neglect those who are imperfect, idolize those who are academically gifted
In the west, we get to fail upwards, provided we meet alternative criteria that's not based on merit.
Its not math, its claculating
Me: What instrument do you play?
1:02
Him and the girl: *it’s complicated*
😂😂😂😂
I guess it might be a UCMAS Abacus 🧮
Ti-84
They are doing mind calculations by imagining the abacus is in their hands
@@amirafahmy28 not only UCMAS bro😒
Oh yeah, this is exactly what a failing student like me needs to boost my self esteem.
pls click away it wont help you at all XD
You dont need this skills for an exam, though Im preety sure this kids do get preety good grades
School is not everything. Life after college might turn out better for you.
I couldn’t get a job cuz of my crappy grades. So I had to start my own business. You’ll never know where life takes you :)
To be fair, it's not like these kids are geniuses or something. They don't "happen" to be very good at this, it's a skill; not a talent. They're trained in techniques very specific to this kind of stuff, kind of like how athletes have to train their sport every day. So yeah, don't feel down because of this. It's not a matter of being naturally good or not, just whether your parents put you in a "mental arithmetic" school (those exist in China) or not.
Check the Computor answer. It could be wrong.
Lil bro in his own dimension using a calculator
The numbers are NOT random. If you randomly choose a 3-digit number (100-999), the expected mean should be in the middle, 549.5. They took a sample of 100 and got a expect mean of 669.48. Significantly different the supposedly population mean. This is a pretty basic statistical analysis. If you run the numbers, the probability that this happens by chance is less than 0.001%.
Now, there could be other factors that skewed the selection. For example, the numbers are supposedly selected by the judges, maybe the judges had some inherent bias towards higher numbers. But the bottom line is the numbers they chose were not statistically random.
The whole point is for it to be hard so of course it's going to be biased towards larger numbers.
i can speak chinese but cant even understand the numbers, the computer reads it too fast
and these kids are even adding up the numbers
This Is fake
It's propaganda
@@danieledegioia9130 you can't be serious m8, i hope you meet those contestants in person one day. There's also a better show for exploring the top brains of the population called 最强大脑 which is much better and harder than the cctv version imo
@Ionic777 because no Wester people have ever done this so that people think that China Kids are smart
@@danieledegioia9130 As an asian, (not chinese, closer to pacific islander) this is completely possible.
National contests are part of an honor student's life. I'm saying this as I won a High School - College editorial writing contest against the country's literal highest top rated universities, everyone was so nice yet so tense with each other. Everyone looked like they're fighting for their life.
Everybody: Talking about the video “the Japanese take their calculators very seriously”
Me who just found this video in my recommended: *;-;*
Same
Same
Same
Same xD
Same here
To be close is incredible and to actually get it right was just something to witness.
lol i had to check to see whether the speed of the video was on x2 when they started saying the numbers
I like how the first two were imagining a calculator but got it wrong and the other two just stood still as if they were using telepathy. Like they all looked pretty damn cool
hahah yeah legit was thinking I bet the one who's not doing anything is gonna win and they did
1st boy was using abacus i guess
@@katyanderson9140 chisanbop finger abacus
Last two girls close their eyes too...
I bet they were using it!!
The boy was using a pretty advanced technique called the the "air abacus". The second girl was using a more advanced technique, just counting the thousandth's place. She tapped exactly 66 times. The other two have ascended as math gods and have no need for a physical body.
If I was there, Id burst into tears while listening to the computer and cry before sleep for months
same
😂😂
It’s really made me feel chilly when I saw the child give out the correct answer
They all looks nice with their own ability...Hope they keep Working Hard ..think mybe only these people can with that speed
Keep Healthy👍
My great grandmother was like these kids.I was always trying to trip her up,I used a calculator and called out numbers as fast as I could,but she would have total as quick as I did.
Great ability
Wow tell her you're great and
Thank you
Deedee mega doodoo
...
I'm sorry MENGOODOO
She's talented you must be lucky maybe you have the same ability as well who knows ?
@@yamazakikim8050 "My great grandmother was"
Don't think he can tell her anymore
As a person that often trails off in the middle of any conversation, I cannot relate.
I hope CGTN sees how popular this video has become and how incredible the comments are from around the world. THIS is what we should be showcasing. God bless China!
This audience is way too calm about the perfect scores. If I was in that audience I would be on my knees bowing because I just witnessed the greatest thing since the Ascension of Christ.
The boy is movings his hands in a specific way, maybe he is using “Abacus” mathematical tool. Actually I think that the girls too but at another level were they are able to not move their hands and to just imagine the Abacus.
Yes, we learned this technique in kindergarten
I didn´t knew why the abacus still interesting today since a month ago, put it really makes sense to remember the position of (4+1)*x counts vs imagine the writing mehod instead.
When China was working on its first nuclear bomb, the scientists didn't have enough computers so a lot of the calculation was done by hand with the "Abacus"
TYE HAND IS JUST EVERYONES STYLE I ALSO DO ABACUS BIT I DO LIKE I AM PLAYING A GUITAR .
IT IS JUST A FOOD FEELING TO DO IT .
THE CALCULATIONS HAPPEN IN THE MIN D.
When I do maths calculations I write it in the air and some classmates thought that I was mad.But every child is different and also how they do problems are also different
and I calculate 2+2 with calculator on the math exam to be sure..
Lmao.Me too hard to trust myself😆
🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
@@Yellkp yeah 😂
I'm the same way.... my dumbass brain can't hold on to numbers
4
It's practicing mental abacus like practicing violin/piano :) Hard but not impossible. Mad respect for the hard work and practicing!
"Whenever you think you are good at something just remember there will always be an Asian better at it than you."-Some TH-cam comment.
Lol right. Even though I'm an Asian, there will ALWAYS be someone better than me. Ugh. Sucks you know? Like if you get 98 or 99 in a hundred marks test, there will always be a kid with 99 or 100 marks in that test. And then you get scoldings at home lol.
Why in the hell the judges are disappointed, i dare them to do that.
Those are mad skills
I don’t think they are disappointed. I think they just feel regretful on behalf of the contestants.
They don’t look disappointed, more like “the questions look difficult, I (the judge) feel bad for the contestants”
Abacus mental calculation has long been a major class in many Chinese kindergartens and it’s certainly very possible to see some genius kids like these.
My mum taught me how to do arithmetics including multiplication and division on a abacus when I was around 4. Later when I grew up I learnt that abacus could even do power calculations including root calculations. If one’s an abacus master, using modern calculators will not match with him in some basic arithmetics; it only takes seconds for one to do a 2-figure big-number multiplication on an abacus before anyone can even type down the numbers on their calculator. These kids have abacuses in their mind.
Yo pensé que el niño ganaría, pero aún así lo que realizó es excepcional, uno cualquiera lo hace ....mucho honor y felicidad en su familia porque Yego más lejos que otras personas 👏👏👏
If I were at their place, I would have gotten PIZZA as the answer lmaooo
When you can't even add the 3 consecutive numbers mentally. 😅😅😅
I can hardly do two :(
Why do they look like they didn't even knew what answer they made until it was revealed lol.
Suspence! I think..
The contestants do not see the computer answer.
@@dannygjk they do hear announcer speak answer
@@kittikorn6674 The point is they do not know about who is correct until the announcer says so. Maybe you should read this again:OP "
Cuteoby
3 weeks ago
Why do they look like they didn't even knew what answer they made until it was revealed lol."
@@dannygjk pretty sure he's talking about those teens.
And me who don't even understand the digits the computer was reading ..😂
I forgot my 8 digit account password😂 and these kids are so intelligent
Applause to the other two contestants also. They did their best and their answers were close.
So we all came from “Japanese people take their calculators very seriously” ??
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Lmao yeah
lol yep
yea
Dude. You gotcha right.
Damn right
*yes*
Those 2 super girls didn’t need their hands to count but still gave out the right answer. Usually i see kids who count fast, they count with their hands like the first boy.
Mental math can really pull a few strings in the back of your head, these kids are great with abacus. Even if the answers were wrong, it’s still impressive nevertheless.
I came here after counting bank notes challenge.
I didn't know it was money. Well..
This ain’t Japanese this is Chinese btw for all the people who relate this to the Japanese calculator video
their point is that they were all just watching the japanese video about calculators then this video was recommended to them
Ik I can understand that
Almost the same to none-asians
And this is why the entire world should still adopt the use of the abacus. Incredible.
it is impressive the 2 girls got it right without using the hands like the boy
I pray for the first 2 kids whos no doubt getting the belt at home.
yeah:(
lol for real but they're already legends for even getting on this show
@Jeremy Davidson nah its not china only. Its just common in east asian countries.
2:03 the face of someone not getting food that night.
Y'all are just exxgeratting at this point. If parents do that to their child I think the parents are mentally ill. It's not right it can seriously effect a child mental health. Yes, some Asian parents are harse and expect the best but they won't go as far as abusing their kids. This kinds of comments sound like normalizing child abuse and justifying it. I bet their parents of first two kids are proud. Tell me does all Asian parents beat up their children for everything.
The smart kid during the test when he forgot to bring his calculator:
Teacher: “Why didn’t you show your work? No work = no credit.”
Student: “But teacher, I finished the problem faster than the calculator, you know I didn’t cheat!”
Teacher: “How am I supposed to know your thought process?”
Student’s Thought Process: 63376282719281010191929928292420696969420272762727182830393735172933739273846462828293754473829273
I probably can add 3 three digit numbers in 5 sec, then my brain stop working
Ahh they should have added some negative numbers, cause we all know that no one can remember what "-1+1" is without reaching for the calculator
1 and I did it in my head
(edit) Okay here we go
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@@DJTechno94 Your a fuckn genius
It's 0
@@DJTechno94 holy SHIT
@@DJTechno94 indeed, genius 👏
I doubt many people would end up getting the right NUMBER of digits, let alone getting the first two right. Props to ALL of the contestants.
as a Chinese, i couldn’t even understand what number the computer was saying
and here I am being like ”7+8=?” well 8+2=10 and 7 is 5 bigger than 2 so 15.
Same same
Yes, same. ;-;
I just remember 7+7=14 then + 1...works anyway
I did it mentally and got 13 👍
When I see "7+8" I just know the answer cuz I memorized it
Asian mom: why are you crying? you got 100
kid: but I was not the first that handed in the paper.
THIS IS SO DAMN TRUE
All of them were incredible, i mean getting it so close is good too, but i thought that last two will win from the start, it was just my assumption as they were the calmest ones.
Lmao the four answers have the same typography.
The contestants are clueless until the full number is out
They were all incredibly impressive, as they all memorised the numbers I could barely hear and successfully added them up
When you can’t even remember the reason you came here, and people be doing this 👁💧👄💧👁
My mom after watching this: “ See how good they are..be LIKE THEM!”
Oh my god, this is like another level kids! I mean I wouldn't even have been able to get the first number right. Hats off to them!
No one:
Bot: PapaShio PAPPA paPashiO ...
Huh?
Lmao
jio jio jio the lucky number 999
Omg is this what non Chinese speakers hear XD I can sorta hear the numbers but I also have to read it on the screen at the same time. If I don’t I would have no idea lol
Such an ignorant comment
That was insane! Kudos to all 4 students for even being able to attempt this, especially the 2 who got it right!
Why only clap for the kids who got it right? The other kids were amazing and really close too
I hate it when people think this kind of stuff is fake. Like, just because you can't do it doesn't mean it's impossible.
when the computer started reading the numbers, I though the show was having a laugh and fast forwarded the reading process.
2+2=5
Haha excellent.
HAHAHHA
you forgot 1+1=3
You are too genius...I thought the answer is 4 but you corrected it....
Thanks 🙏
Yeah 2+2=22
V is the 22 letter of the alphabet
V=5 in Roman numerals
One thing that I noticed that they censored the kid's name, the first word of their personal name at least, and I appreciate that, to reduce their embarrassment of their failure
Today I experienced anxiety for the first time. Good job China.
While they were displaying the numbers from the answers, I was like "what was the right answer?" after seeing it just 3 seconds ago... I can't even imagine the cerebral processing these kids have. Impressive.
I can't read that fast lol
God damn impossible more like. Processing that much information that fast and getting an accurate computation is just plain too difficult and too improbable for me to believe. I personally refuse to believe this wasn’t staged.
@@aaronconner1440 they use an abacus. Its a bunch of rails with beads and they memorize the changes to the abacus in their mind not the numbers themselves. Its how calculations at this speed are possible
@@unityman3133 not to be rude but i seriously doubt anyone’d be able to remember all of the movements and do so fast enough. This whole thing still feels completely staged