Being a full time mechanic and DIY carpenter and always working with fractions, you made it much easier. I'm auto didactic and have taught myself many things that I chose to learn. Math plays a large part of everything I've dove into. And you thanks to you ,it's easier for a seventy year old guy. I would have enjoyed math a lot more if it was taught the way you teach. Excellent explanation sir.
Your math exercises help to keep these 72 year old brain cells flexible and functioning on all levels. ...even learning new techniques in problem solving🤗💚
I am younger but epilepsy messes with my memory so I also use these to keep my mind active. To think that I have taken maths classes up to Cal 4 and Diff. Eq. makes me work even harder to one day be healthy enough to finish my Mech. Eng. degree.
@@EXG21 , i just wanna share with you lil bit of info that just found out last night about my nephew that has epilepsy as well. There’s a health All plant base Zoom presentation at this number (702) 808 -7777 that my cousin gave to my nephew their product for epilepsy; And they’ve noticed a big change on his health. God bless, and stay safe! ❤️🙏
Because this is usually something that doesn't need teaching, and if you do enough maths, you will have your way of doing fractiom multiplication in your head quickly
@@251rmartin I'd like to think that it's just that it has to do with how we all perceive things. As in, when they see the equation they're noticing things about them but not the useful parts and while I'm good at math, there's things that I'm not seeing that they are. But maybe we could package the information in a certain way to them until they have a trained eye. Not that everyone is meant to be good at math. It seems like I'm not meant to be an artist but maybe someone could explain how they look at 3D objects and see all the right viewing angles to get the image on to paper.
@@251rmartin I don't even think of multiplication and division differently. And I most certainly don't care to memorize the "quotient rule" of calculus as we could simply use the product rule and negative exponents to the same effect. To me, it was always obvious why multiplication and division are equals and why it's best that they come before addition/subtraction but I don't know if I can explain it. So maybe some people need to memorize that hierarchy simply because the visualization of technicalities is harder to hold on to. It seems like a lot of people are good at math when they're under the illusion that they're not doing any. For example, almost anyone would count the amount of full cans they have before adding how much is in the can they already opened. That's multiplying then adding. Perhaps they don't have to hold on to the visual because it's physically rendered for them
@@251rmartin I don't know if you noticed but I said, "...it was always obvious to me why it... it is BEST that [multiplication and division] come before addition and subtraction...". I am aware that it's just a convention. While we're on the topic I want to say that it would be nice if people understood math well enough to stop acting like credit cards expand their budget. Not knowing math is expensive. So while we can only ask people to have so much skill, we should at least have them try their best to get it right. I do partially blame the way math is taught. I mentioned the quotient rule because it's an example of educators teaching the students to evade the intuition.
God, I wish you had been my teacher in high school! Maths was the only subject that made me feel stupid, but these tricks for working stuff out are so easy to grasp. Mind blown.🤯
And where might you have been when i needed you as my Math teacher ? Thank's for sharing.. you're ability to keep it simple and explain it as such is amazing. Blessing's to you everyday. ☀️💚🙏💛🌄
Thank you for teaching math that simplifies it. My son has always struggled with mathematics to the point that it caused him to quit school. I struggled as well with math so I wasn't much help to him. I'm going to show your channel to him & again encourage him to rethink of at least getting his GED. In fact, I may do so as well. Heartfelt THANK YOU!! God bless you!!
This is so simple and clear cut ... I feel complete betrayal for what they did to us in school. lol! I was good at math and I'm gobsmacked at how easy this way is. I cannot imagine how many kids were failing math because they made it so much more convoluted than it needed to be. Just wow.
I recently found this channel. Had a conversation with my parents about a cool math trick I had learned. My father recognized the channel it came from! 0_o
I'm now 63 and have had no problems with accountancy....but pure maths always had me stumped, especially fractions....I'm amazed how simple it is when you know how. Thank you, keep up the good work!!
This is awesome. Thank you brother. I want to learn more. I'm 68 yrs. Old. Ive come to the conclusion that the older I get the more I realize how much I don't know. I'm going to sit with my grandchildren and make a game out of this. You will never know what a wonderful gift you have given us. Thank you sir.
@@tecmath He really did, but to be fair he said. Every 4th is innoculated, next week it will be every 5th and soon it will be every 3rd. Still pretty funny, as he comes originally from the banking sector, think about that, what you will. ;)
I’m 71 and I’ve heard you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Well, not that I’m a dog here but this is so easy, I’ve learned something new. Thanks from an oldie like me. I was doing this with my grandson today, we loved it.
This is way better than the classical method taught to people, which can be really confusing, and turn people off maths altogether. Awesome job mate, keep up the good work. By the way, this is the video that made me sub to ya. Seen a few others though, and loved em all
Me too. I'm 56 and I'm getting every answer easily with this. When I was in school and they "tought" this stuff, I remember feeling like my brain was missing.
Depends so much on the individual teacher! We learnt to rewrite it to 2/3 x 25/1 and spend a long time working it out...but I love methods for working out stuff in your head. Thanks for the comment.
In the USA, Kids are taught common core math ,so they need to explore how the fractions feel about the cultural significance of being less than a whole number
my dad watched this channel because i started talking about algebra and said ‘he needs to brush up his skills’ he told me to watch it and it so helpful it is so nice for people to give up time to show busy adults and kids needing help with homework that they don’t even know!
Too bad I always saw math as a difficulty. I love puzzles. If I'd seen math more as a puzzle to be solved, I think I would have been a far better math student. Thanks for you video.
I learned these tricks in grade school back in the 70’s. I still use them time to time today. Was always good in mathematics actually. I’m in my 50’s now and people are amazed that I can work the math out in my head!😌
I had a good teacher at school who used the same methodology as you so I do not find these too difficult despite the passage of many years the important thing was that at school I took ownership of the methods explained to us in the classroom and then at home I tested myself till it was embedded in my brain. Many thanks for your videos
Or were you not paying attention donuu!! As a teacher I wait and wait for the nanosecond a student is not paying attention - then i pounce! (Just kidding - heaps of kids zone out and I don't blame them...we all do that sometimes). Thanks for your comment mate.
Where was this man when I was in school..... He simplifies everything, rather than those who taught me who seemed to want us to think that maths was some out of reach foreign language which we'd neber grasp...... I managed to rise above it, but I do see I was the product of the ' secondary ' modern Schooling system.
I'm a construction estimator by trade. These tricks you provide are great. My family asks me, "How much is the tip? How much is the sale price? Or ... What is the tax?". It's pretty cool being useful for something. LOL.
Ok, I have never understood math and struggle with it because I need math in everyday life and I used this method on all 3 and GOT ALL 3 CORRECT! You are a terrific teacher and I'm going to see what else you can teach us about math. Thank you!!!!
73 years of thinking mental arithmetic was a piece of cake. Suddenly I discover a whole patisserie. So much is stupidly simple, or is that an oxymoron. This is better than Xmas presents. What am I going to learn next. Thanks a million. Doing the old uk vat 17 1/2 % in my head always made me look good but this is so bloody clever. Damn you Sir.
I tell my children about the items in this channel. I wish I had access to all this when I was young. It helps understand the fundamentals of mathematics greatly. It also gives you the feel good factor.
I was a student at a time when calculators were not allowed so all these tips and tricks we learnt through experience and practice. There are so many short-cuts and different strategies one can explore to arrive at answers to calculations. I always impress my students when I can just write down the square of 85, for example, without pausing for an instant to think about it or immediately know that 11 is one of the prime factors of 792.
Many (many many) years ago I was introduced to the Trachtenberg Math System while trying to qualify for OCS (Officers Candidacy School - I didn't make the grade) - Your system is better. Now I'm going to try to find my Trachtenberg book (I never throw anything away) and see if I can remember anything from the book - right now I'm at a loss to bring anything back up!! Your system is even better as it does fractions - Trachtenberg is addition, multiplication/division etc.
Your channel shows what I expectet of my math class in grammar and junior high school. I had to pass sixty to hear of these „tricks“ for the first time. Your channel should be mandatory for grammar school teachers.
"Trick"? Not sure how they teach math in Aussie these days, but I was taught to use that either/or option in Primary School in Scotland back in the 1950s. (it was known as "simple arithmetic" back then though).
The 'trick' is teaching your brain to start by trying multiple then divide; I also instinctively try the other way first - which is harder. Most math 'tricks' are just knowing the faster way through restructured basic arithmetic - this one is just a bit more obvious.
This is the easy way . But in school , if you don't do all the long drawn out unnecessary stuff , they count it wrong - even if you have the correct final answer !
Schools are there to make sure you learn things that they want you to learn and in the exact manner that they want you to learn them. That’s why school was so much fun for most children...
@@davidswain8772 if you work it out on paper , showing the shortcuts, it is counted as wrong . That is what I am saying. Their methods take half a page to do the same problem. The methods being taught , make it so much harder than it has to be.
Helped my girlfriend's daughter with some math homework. Instead of doing things the simplest way possible like I learned in school, they have now added extra steps.Glad I'm not in school now 🤣
Yeah I have been taught this way but many of his other methods (well ik there not his but whatever) are different to what I learnt/ am learning in school.
It's funny because it's just a restatement of what's OBVIOUS, yet...because we use different words we don't SEE that it's obvious. x/y OF c is actually x/y TIMES c. Interestingly, this works for fractions: 1/3 of 2/5 = 2/15. Of COURSE you know how to multiply fractions, but if somebody put an "of" in there, most people would (at least initially) be a bit puzzled about how to proceed.
In my old age I finally learned another basic calculation. I know something of fractions but not where u multiply first, or maybe I just forgot. Who knows? Thanks to watching your videos I was able to answer quickly my wife's question of some number less 24%. The hardest part was the subtraction, but not too difficult
I always struggled with maths ar school but at 66 you are making it so easy. Thank you. Building my confidence knowing I'm not stupid. New to yr channel btw 👍👍🇬🇧 🇬🇧
Where were you when i was in school? 😭 And yes college too. Subscribed! Now after watching and practicing with your videos, i can now apply for nursing school. This lack of ease in the homework was the holdup in math and chemistry.
Wow....I am not why I woul need to know this, especially after 52 years of surviving without, but it was helpful I often need to do simple calculation like 1/4 x 1.5 which I can do. Yesterday after a government employee couldn't work out 19%of 1000 which is easy. I tried these out and surprisingly I got the right answer even the 1/3 part on the 2nd math problem. Cheers
I'm wondering how else would you do it? I'm asking you specifically because you indicated you didn't do it this way (multiply by the numerator and divide by the denominator).
@@JohnDlugosz it’s been a looooong time but I never understood the numerator and denominator etc as my parents didn’t speak English and I didn’t have the confidence to ask etc etc but it’s encouraged me to take up a course for basic adult maths!!! It’s never too late
After watching a few of your videos I come to realize that I went to a very good school as this is exactly how I was touch to do fractions. I think 90% of the tricks you have shown are the ones how I learned it at school. Simple is usually better and elegant... But I have to admit that we had a lot of math at my school. I think at least 1/3 of each day consisted of math classes up to the 6th grade. The schools philosophy was that math and reading/writing skills are the most important skills that anyone should do well. If you can do the basics (additions, subtractions, multiplications, divisions and fractions) well and fast, they serve as building blocks for the more advanced math topics. Algebra, Math, physics were topics that I excelled at which came in handy in trade school where I became a licensed electrician and later were able to get my bachelor degree in computer science...
Love your channel. Subscribed after viewing the very first video. You take all of the *fear* many Americans have of math. One day we'll abandon our fear of the metric system and join the rest of the world...
thanks tecmath you saved me in math class, I didn't understand and the teacher couldn't explain it well enough, but one of your vids explained it clear as glass
Being a full time mechanic and DIY carpenter and always working with fractions, you made it much easier. I'm auto didactic and have taught myself many things that I chose to learn. Math plays a large part of everything I've dove into. And you thanks to you ,it's easier for a seventy year old guy. I would have enjoyed math a lot more if it was taught the way you teach.
Excellent explanation sir.
Finally!! Someone has explained math to me where I can understand it and do it!!! Thank you!
❤️💜💚
Your math exercises help to keep these 72 year old brain cells flexible and functioning on all levels.
...even learning new techniques in problem solving🤗💚
I am younger but epilepsy messes with my memory so I also use these to keep my mind active. To think that I have taken maths classes up to Cal 4 and Diff. Eq. makes me work even harder to one day be healthy enough to finish my Mech. Eng. degree.
and keeping minds active delays or prevents dementia. Especially helpful if it was consistent from childhood.
@@EXG21 , i just wanna share with you lil bit of info that just found out last night about my nephew that has epilepsy as well. There’s a health All plant base Zoom presentation at this number (702) 808 -7777 that my cousin gave to my nephew their product for epilepsy; And they’ve noticed a big change on his health. God bless, and stay safe! ❤️🙏
I am 832 years old and this helps me to locate the houses where I need to throw the packages. (Who am I?)
@@oneindigegaming8637 In the wrong comments section? Ha ha.
I used to write times tables out all the time as a kid. It really helps now with mental arithmetic.
Your maths tricks are great, thanks !
Why couldn’t I have had a math teacher like you ? Your technique is amazing.
Because this is usually something that doesn't need teaching, and if you do enough maths, you will have your way of doing fractiom multiplication in your head quickly
Because he's telling you 2+2. This is just how fractions work. It's not a trick. People who can understand math see it for what it obviously is
@@251rmartin I'd like to think that it's just that it has to do with how we all perceive things. As in, when they see the equation they're noticing things about them but not the useful parts and while I'm good at math, there's things that I'm not seeing that they are. But maybe we could package the information in a certain way to them until they have a trained eye. Not that everyone is meant to be good at math. It seems like I'm not meant to be an artist but maybe someone could explain how they look at 3D objects and see all the right viewing angles to get the image on to paper.
@@251rmartin I don't even think of multiplication and division differently. And I most certainly don't care to memorize the "quotient rule" of calculus as we could simply use the product rule and negative exponents to the same effect. To me, it was always obvious why multiplication and division are equals and why it's best that they come before addition/subtraction but I don't know if I can explain it. So maybe some people need to memorize that hierarchy simply because the visualization of technicalities is harder to hold on to.
It seems like a lot of people are good at math when they're under the illusion that they're not doing any. For example, almost anyone would count the amount of full cans they have before adding how much is in the can they already opened. That's multiplying then adding. Perhaps they don't have to hold on to the visual because it's physically rendered for them
@@251rmartin I don't know if you noticed but I said, "...it was always obvious to me why it... it is BEST that [multiplication and division] come before addition and subtraction...". I am aware that it's just a convention.
While we're on the topic I want to say that it would be nice if people understood math well enough to stop acting like credit cards expand their budget. Not knowing math is expensive. So while we can only ask people to have so much skill, we should at least have them try their best to get it right.
I do partially blame the way math is taught. I mentioned the quotient rule because it's an example of educators teaching the students to evade the intuition.
God, I wish you had been my teacher in high school! Maths was the only subject that made me feel stupid, but these tricks for working stuff out are so easy to grasp. Mind blown.🤯
Learned everything from him,
Yeah I'm telling u math is so hard
And where might you have been when i needed you as my Math teacher ?
Thank's for sharing.. you're ability to keep it simple and explain it as such is amazing.
Blessing's to you everyday.
☀️💚🙏💛🌄
Thank you for your kind words.
I remade this video after recording it the first time... but too long and a few bumpy explanations.
@@tecmath
It's been very helpful, so thankyou..☀️🙏☀️
I am now part of the 3 out of 2 people - ty!
Thank you for teaching math that simplifies it. My son has always struggled with mathematics to the point that it caused him to quit school. I struggled as well with math so I wasn't much help to him. I'm going to show your channel to him & again encourage him to rethink of at least getting his GED. In fact, I may do so as well. Heartfelt THANK YOU!! God bless you!!
I love this I finally like maths at the age of 53, thank you for that 😎
Yeah, never too late, same with me , am 69. Tnx
@@josephinecua8488 lmao
Math is fun, outside of school. Been decades since school. 🤣
@@kathydoyle9939 hehe
@@submission8431 ignoring Common Core, just re-studying old-fashioned, 60's-80's math. No tests. ;)
I'm 60 now and wish I knew this when I was younger however you have got me interested in Math again , Thankyou.
Would have ❤️ to have known this back in high school. But it’s never too late 👍
This Is obviously proves that not everybody's a teacher, At 63 it's finally that easy
Lol boombox
Damn, why I never had a teacher like u. Great job, bro!
Me too,
This is so simple and clear cut ... I feel complete betrayal for what they did to us in school. lol! I was good at math and I'm gobsmacked at how easy this way is. I cannot imagine how many kids were failing math because they made it so much more convoluted than it needed to be. Just wow.
I recently found this channel. Had a conversation with my parents about a cool math trick I had learned. My father recognized the channel it came from! 0_o
:)
Jeez, he wouldn't even share equally, not as if he doesn't know fractions 😂🤣😂🤣
Thank you. I was always terrible at math. I learned more in these 4 minutes than I did in elementary school.
Sweet this is helping my teenage son fly through his work!
I'm now 63 and have had no problems with accountancy....but pure maths always had me stumped, especially fractions....I'm amazed how simple it is when you know how. Thank you, keep up the good work!!
Thanks mate.
This is awesome. Thank you brother. I want to learn more. I'm 68 yrs. Old. Ive come to the conclusion that the older I get the more I realize how much I don't know. I'm going to sit with my grandchildren and make a game out of this. You will never know what a wonderful gift you have given us. Thank you sir.
Your voice is noice, makes the video more attentive and entertaining, good job!
Glad you think so!
@@tecmath they didn't teach voice at teachers college in Victoria back in the 80s .
Fr his voice is nice his accent is perfect
@@MarkQub "accent" or is it "exccent"?
I think you outa be the voice of the HAL computer on SN 270 Too Mars 🥳🥳😊
Fractions are great. The german health minister recently announced every 4th citizen in germany is now inoculated and soon it will be every 5th. -.-
Hahha, wo kann ich das Video sehn?
Really? Wow!
@@tecmath He really did, but to be fair he said. Every 4th is innoculated, next week it will be every 5th and soon it will be every 3rd. Still pretty funny, as he comes originally from the banking sector, think about that, what you will. ;)
In fairness I probably make dumb mistakes all the time as a teacher.
I really love the way numbers fall into place, when executed right. Great video. 👍🏾🤓
Glad you liked it!
I’m 71 and I’ve heard you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Well, not that I’m a dog here but this is so easy, I’ve learned something new. Thanks from an oldie like me. I was doing this with my grandson today, we loved it.
Thanks! That is so cool.
"There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count and those who can't."
Thank you for kick starting my math mind! College was a while back and I had forgotten how to do these, please do more!
Your channel should be mandatory in all schools.
Thanks. It would increase views...
This is way better than the classical method taught to people, which can be really confusing, and turn people off maths altogether. Awesome job mate, keep up the good work. By the way, this is the video that made me sub to ya. Seen a few others though, and loved em all
Damn, these math tricks are so good that I get A+ on math test!
Thank you and congratulations.
I’m 50 and the way you’re explaining this makes so much sense compared to how I learned. I grew up feeling so mathematically inept and dumb 🥲
Me too. I'm 56 and I'm getting every answer easily with this. When I was in school and they "tought" this stuff, I remember feeling like my brain was missing.
It was Intentional....
That is so much simpler than the way I was taught.
Me Too! It takes the right teacher to explain and show the whole thought process of the formula. Math is fun.
I’m 54 and I learned the way he shows - I was always at least a year ahead in math and almost a math major.
"You're now the 3 out of 2 people who understand maths"
Love it !
Boom tish!
Awesome comment 😀
That's the way I learned them 45 years ago. Funny they don't teach it this way anymore.
Depends so much on the individual teacher!
We learnt to rewrite it to 2/3 x 25/1 and spend a long time working it out...but I love methods for working out stuff in your head.
Thanks for the comment.
Good to know it hasn't changed. :-D
We still teach it that way.
In the USA, Kids are taught common core math ,so they need to explore how the fractions feel about the cultural significance of being less than a whole number
I do. Always have.
just simply incredible you are an incredible teacher well done sir !! A++
Wow couldn’t believe I had forgotten how to do the short cut . Thank you got my brain working once again , at 71 makes me feel like I’m back in school
my dad watched this channel because i started talking about algebra and said ‘he needs to brush up his skills’ he told me to watch it and it so helpful it is so nice for people to give up time to show busy adults and kids needing help with homework that they don’t even know!
Thanks. TH-cam is awesome isn't it?
@@tecmath Yes, it actually is!!
Loads of Love and support for your amazing channel !!
🙋♥️
From India 🇮🇳🇮🇳
Love your videos - and your laid-back Aussie accent.
Too bad I always saw math as a difficulty. I love puzzles. If I'd seen math more as a puzzle to be solved, I think I would have been a far better math student. Thanks for you video.
I learned these tricks in grade school back in the 70’s. I still use them time to time today.
Was always good in mathematics actually. I’m in my 50’s now and people are amazed that I can work the math out in my head!😌
I’m 70 yrs old and had forgotten this. I’m glad for the refresher.
Wow! Where were you 40 years ago when I needed this info!!!!!!
Thank you so very much! I’ve always had problems with fractions unless round numbers - your ideas are fantastic! 🇨🇦👏👏👏💐
Could not be more clear. Wonderful. Thank you.
you never dissapoint us
I ❤️ the way you teach. You have been so helpful tome and my daughter.
Thanks. Hope you guys are well.
Thank you so much for this. I havent had to do this math in years and your short cuts are perfect.
Thanks
I had a good teacher at school who used the same methodology as you
so I do not find these too difficult
despite the passage of many years
the important thing was that at school I took ownership of the methods explained to us in the classroom
and then at home I tested myself till it was embedded in my brain.
Many thanks for your videos
why werent we taught this in school
Or were you not paying attention donuu!! As a teacher I wait and wait for the nanosecond a student is not paying attention - then i pounce! (Just kidding - heaps of kids zone out and I don't blame them...we all do that sometimes). Thanks for your comment mate.
Because you start using calculators at a later stage to understand fundamental concepts
@@tecmath lol
70 and still learning. Love your math tricks.
Where was this man when I was in school..... He simplifies everything, rather than those who taught me who seemed to want us to think that maths was some out of reach foreign language which we'd neber grasp...... I managed to rise above it, but I do see I was the product of the ' secondary ' modern
Schooling system.
Thanks mate. I often teach the kids who see math as a second language.
I'm a construction estimator by trade. These tricks you provide are great. My family asks me, "How much is the tip? How much is the sale price? Or ... What is the tax?". It's pretty cool being useful for something. LOL.
Thanks. I'm sure you are useful for other things!
Ok, I have never understood math and struggle with it because I need math in everyday life and I used this method on all 3 and GOT ALL 3 CORRECT! You are a terrific teacher and I'm going to see what else you can teach us about math. Thank you!!!!
Who says old dogs can't learn new tricks? I did, and I've been using fractions for years. Thanks for the math lesson!
73 years of thinking mental arithmetic was a piece of cake. Suddenly I discover a whole patisserie. So much is stupidly simple, or is that an oxymoron. This is better than Xmas presents. What am I going to learn next. Thanks a million. Doing the old uk vat 17 1/2 % in my head always made me look good but this is so bloody clever. Damn you Sir.
Thank you sir!
I wish I'd been taught these things in school! Love this channel ❤
Thanks for watching.
I tell my children about the items in this channel. I wish I had access to all this when I was young. It helps understand the fundamentals of mathematics greatly. It also gives you the feel good factor.
I was a student at a time when calculators were not allowed so all these tips and tricks we learnt through experience and practice. There are so many short-cuts and different strategies one can explore to arrive at answers to calculations. I always impress my students when I can just write down the square of 85, for example, without pausing for an instant to think about it or immediately know that 11 is one of the prime factors of 792.
Are you going to share that with us?
Many (many many) years ago I was introduced to the Trachtenberg Math System while trying to qualify for OCS (Officers Candidacy School - I didn't make the grade) - Your system is better. Now I'm going to try to find my Trachtenberg book (I never throw anything away) and see if I can remember anything from the book - right now I'm at a loss to bring anything back up!! Your system is even better as it does fractions - Trachtenberg is addition, multiplication/division etc.
I like trachtenberg - but have found it to be too much for a lot of students. Might have to reinvestigate it too!
Your channel shows what I expectet of my math class in grammar and junior high school. I had to pass sixty to hear of these „tricks“ for the first time. Your channel should be mandatory for grammar school teachers.
Thanks. I spend so much time with percent, fractions, ratio etc - and I love the little connections and different ways they can be approached.
Thank you, thank you for what you do in these TH-cam videos! Thank you!
Your visual coupled with your audio do a great job of explaining it !
Anyone having difficulty with math should visit your channel.
I love math tricks, I've done math in my head for years. These are faster than my old methods! Outstanding
Outstanding. Thanks for sharing your insights.
Thanks
Love this. I’m 81 female and remembered your trick. Thanks.
"Trick"? Not sure how they teach math in Aussie these days, but I was taught to use that either/or option in Primary School in Scotland back in the 1950s. (it was known as "simple arithmetic" back then though).
40 years later in a Kentish Grammar school we were not taught this method - odd as it’s much simpler. Dumbing down indeed
@@benjamincottle8500 I can't imagine how else you would do it. Care to show us?
Divide by the denominator - i don’t recall being shown another way
@@JohnDlugosz ja, just brute force it. They really don't teach that anymore.
The 'trick' is teaching your brain to start by trying multiple then divide; I also instinctively try the other way first - which is harder. Most math 'tricks' are just knowing the faster way through restructured basic arithmetic - this one is just a bit more obvious.
very cool, the second one that I watched and just as clear and simple as the first....thanks and congrats
Thanks for watching.
This is the easy way . But in school , if you don't do all the long drawn out unnecessary stuff , they count it wrong - even if you have the correct final answer !
Schools are there to make sure you learn things that they want you to learn and in the exact manner that they want you to learn them. That’s why school was so much fun for most children...
Teachers in school wanted to see how you worked it out and arrived at your answer, to make sure there were no guesses.
@@davidswain8772 if you work it out on paper , showing the shortcuts, it is counted as wrong . That is what I am saying. Their methods take half a page to do the same problem. The methods being taught , make it so much harder than it has to be.
Ty
Helped my girlfriend's daughter with some math homework. Instead of doing things the simplest way possible like I learned in school, they have now added extra steps.Glad I'm not in school now 🤣
I HAD TONSILITIS THE YEAR IT WAS BEING TAUGHT WHILE I WAS HOME IN BED SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LESSONS.
Isn't this what we have been taught for ages?? The thumbnail just tricked you!
Indeed. I was taught to do it this way and always have. Can't believe some of the people here who seem to think it's some sort of revelation.
Yeah I have been taught this way but many of his other methods (well ik there not his but whatever) are different to what I learnt/ am learning in school.
Never knew you could multiply first. So much for private school!
Yep .😏
No just got taught to divide first. Maths was not well taught at my school.
I love this. I’m 74 years old and just learned a new maths skill. Thank you.
Learned this back in the '60's.
Thanks for making videos on doing things differently when it comes to math! Hopefully you can continue these Discoverys.
Thanks
I am dyslexic and have always had difficulty doing math problems. This is a great way for someone like me to think about fractions. thanks
I’m simply fascinated by numbers and your methods. I don’t have much to contribute but I do once in a while. Big thanks 🙏 and hello from Germany
So good. Thank you for these kinda of videos....helps a lot
What a great way to learn math. Wish I knew this way in school it’s so simple. Great job
That makes it all very clear & easy. Great video 👍👍👍
Your tricks are just awesome!!!
Wow great video
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
iam 75 and this makes more sense than what I was taught. Thanks!!!
It's funny because it's just a restatement of what's OBVIOUS, yet...because we use different words we don't SEE that it's obvious. x/y OF c is actually x/y TIMES c. Interestingly, this works for fractions: 1/3 of 2/5 = 2/15. Of COURSE you know how to multiply fractions, but if somebody put an "of" in there, most people would (at least initially) be a bit puzzled about how to proceed.
In my old age I finally learned another basic calculation. I know something of fractions but not where u multiply first, or maybe I just forgot. Who knows? Thanks to watching your videos I was able to answer quickly my wife's question of some number less 24%. The hardest part was the subtraction, but not too difficult
I like how you speak to people. Very nice. I like nice. Nice is good.
I always struggled with maths ar school but at 66 you are making it so easy. Thank you. Building my confidence knowing I'm not stupid. New to yr channel btw 👍👍🇬🇧 🇬🇧
Where were you when i was in school? 😭 And yes college too. Subscribed! Now after watching and practicing with your videos, i can now apply for nursing school. This lack of ease in the homework was the holdup in math and chemistry.
Wow....I am not why I woul need to know this, especially after 52 years of surviving without, but it was helpful I often need to do simple calculation like 1/4 x 1.5 which I can do. Yesterday after a government employee couldn't work out 19%of 1000 which is easy. I tried these out and surprisingly I got the right answer even the 1/3 part on the 2nd math problem. Cheers
I am loving this series.
Thank you.
It sure would be nice not to have to take my shoes off to count anymore.
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Thanks for the refresher !
Whenever I'm bored I sit down and do these equations with ease!! I love math for the first time since high school lol
Why do they make life so complicated at school and teach easy methods like this - 50 years later i actually enjoyed this maths lesson!!!
I'm wondering how else would you do it? I'm asking you specifically because you indicated you didn't do it this way (multiply by the numerator and divide by the denominator).
@@JohnDlugosz it’s been a looooong time but I never understood the numerator and denominator etc as my parents didn’t speak English and I didn’t have the confidence to ask etc etc but it’s encouraged me to take up a course for basic adult maths!!! It’s never too late
This is so awesome. I've always been afraid of math. Never could really get what they were teaching. Thank you.
Thank you for the great information!! Love teaching these to my grandchildren!
After watching a few of your videos I come to realize that I went to a very good school as this is exactly how I was touch to do fractions. I think 90% of the tricks you have shown are the ones how I learned it at school. Simple is usually better and elegant...
But I have to admit that we had a lot of math at my school. I think at least 1/3 of each day consisted of math classes up to the 6th grade. The schools philosophy was that math and reading/writing skills are the most important skills that anyone should do well. If you can do the basics (additions, subtractions, multiplications, divisions and fractions) well and fast, they serve as building blocks for the more advanced math topics. Algebra, Math, physics were topics that I excelled at which came in handy in trade school where I became a licensed electrician and later were able to get my bachelor degree in computer science...
I have always struggled with this type of problem. Thank you.
Love your channel. Subscribed after viewing the very first video. You take all of the *fear* many Americans have of math. One day we'll abandon our fear of the metric system and join the rest of the world...
thanks tecmath you saved me in math class, I didn't understand and the teacher couldn't explain it well enough, but one of your vids explained it clear as glass
Glad it helped!
Teachers unions, protecting.the bad teachers. Instead of promoting conpetition to get the teachers who best get the knowledge through to the students.
Thank you so much, my son and I love your channel and gives us a lot of fun
Where were you when I was taught math..thanks for making it look so simple
Smiling and thinking that this would have made school easier!! Love the channel.
Keep smiling!