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I am dyslexic and fell through the system. Im in my 40s and am still shaky with math. I’m so upset that things like this weren’t taught. I couldn’t even ask “can you explain it a different way?” back then because I didn’t know to do that. Thank you so much for this easy explanation. I’m going to keep practicing.
I actually caught on for the first time since math class 30 years ago! No one ever cared if you caught on, if you were shy like I was and afraid to ask for help, you just got left behind. Then the teacher would make several kids come up to the chalkboard and give you a problem to solve and I would go blank. I’d still be standing there like an idiot in front of all the other kids who were snickering and laughing at me. This gave me massive anxiety and made me feel like I was totally stupid. I wish I would’ve had someone like you to break it down on such a basic level. I’m 50 now and finally know how to do the problems! Thank you so much!
This is exactly how I learned to do fractions in the 80s. Last year my nephew stayed for a few days and somehow someone came up with a very complex formula to do fraction with is called common core math. My nephew tried to explain it to me, but I still don't fully understand it...
I'm so glad I learned the fundamentals before they went to Common Core. I got this easily because this is just elementary algebra. I struggled with math as it is with the regular curriculum. With CC, I'd be screwed!
My wife, a teacher herself with a Doctorate's degree in Child Pedagogy, and I are struggling ourselves with it in our daughter's middle-school homework..
I'm crying. I know this feels like an overreaction, but I had SO MUCH TROUBLE understanding this when I was in school, and I was definitely taught the first method which took me ages. Math kind of terrifies me lol, so I don't know why RU-vid recommended me this, but I'm glad I clicked. Thank you so much, sir, God bless you.
I mean, math in school also teaches you logic. There's no point in just memorizing shortcuts without understanding what you're doing. This shortcut is OK if you actually know what you're doing and why you're doing it.
@@ezicarus8216 The Imperial system is fine and the metric system has its own problems. It's not strictly "better" in any case. The American public education system is a joke, but not everyone in America uses it - private and home schools exist, and both achieve superior results. Not to mention some other nations have their own problems with their education system. Be a little less anti-America and you can actually appraise and analyze things rationally.
I thought my math teacher was genius. His approach was to teach every possible way to achieve a correct answer, because some methods were easier for different people to use. Then he would also give the quickest method and shortcuts. To me, it made a boring subject very interesting.
My friend and I would always fight when adding up linear feet for building projects I'd say his method was wrong , he said the same for me HOWEVER we always got the same answer as each other just different approaches to get there!!
My BS was heavy in biology, physics, and math, including calculus. At age 67, I find it harder to do these computations, but with you method I got all of the last group correct in my head. Empowering. Thumbs up and subscribed.
Imagine thinking good teaching isn't all tricks. Math is as much invented as discovered (some debate on that topic), it's all just trying to make a reliably computational system to combine numbers in various ways
That's great, but a lot of teachers think it's best to add to the fractions and then combine rather than doing everything in one step. The fixation on showing work creates difficulties in students.
Growing up in the 60's I was taught the longest way possible to get the answers and we had to show our work!!! The only thing this achieved was over complicating it and turning me against math. I now have a son who teaches math at the university in the city we live in. Liked & subscribed!
@@Iansco1 When you say "like this", are you meaning like this video or the long / old way like DC BC was pointing out? I'm curious because you comment could be taken either way and as someone who also grew up leaning fractions in the early 80's, it was the long / old way for me. This then makes me wonder just how much things varied across the country / around the world back then if your comment was meaning the way of the video rather than the old way as mentioned in the original comment yours was in reply to.
This is the process I was taught in the 60's, and ended up majoring in math. The hoops they put students through now are simply distractions. Straightforward and to the point -- that's how math works.
A really nice simplification method! So cool I almost feel like I’m one of the "smart kids". (I’m almost 72. But smarter than yesterday!) Thanks for your amazing videos!
I'm 52 and that is alot faster then the old method we learned in school. Being a carpenter all my life this is going to come in handy, thanks. # never quit learning!
I failed math in high school. Not because I couldn't understand it but because I had a tendency to skip classes. While I could laboriously figure out some problems, without knowing the standard methodologies used in algebra, geometry and so on, I came to believe most math was beyond me. Many years later I'm fascinated by mathematics. While it's far too late for me to atone for my poor performance in school, I'm now enthralled by everything mathematics. Love this channel.
I’m 42 and I absolutely love your channel. I went to a special school when I was younger so I never was able to fully reach my potential in maths, as teaching resources where allocated to the more disabled students. Viewing your channel as made me fall in love with maths and I’m currently helping my niece with the great aid of your channel.
Why weren't you my math instructor when I was younger? Lol I struggled mightily with math all throughout school on up till college. English and Science were my favorite subjects but math eluded me. This makes complete sense 👏🏿 👌🏿 🙌🏾 👍🏾
Same here, a science lover...minus math. This helps, but too bad math progresses very quickly from there...enter calculus (with no tech.calculator)...and much more...I am still hopeful, and still teachable though.
Thank you for your refresher course. I wish there were more “simple math” taught in schools. It saves time and teaches our youngsters the easiest ways to solve mathematical equations.
I was taught the "proper" way back in school (turn to improper fraction then add), but learned this by myself and it saved a whole lot of time. The trick with math is to analyze and find patterns that help you solve faster. Don't just copy how your teacher did it. Understand how the equations work and find better ways to solve your problems.
@@xXEliminatorXx99 true. I had teachers/professors like that. You just have to adjust in those situations. Like, for myself, I still study how my teachers did it and I just used their methods if required.
Improper fractions add extra steps and get complicated when you have bigger numbers. There are easier ways to do mixed numbers than putting them into improper fractions.
My problem is that I have math dyslexia. It’s impossible for me to find patterns, even simple ones… But I’m fantastic in art! So it evens things out lol
What a great way to approach these operations. K-12 schools in the US teach math in the most tedious, nonsensical way; that’s why I never enjoyed it as a kid (it’s probably the same way in AU). Now as someone studying math as an adult back in school, it’s so much more interesting and enjoyable thanks to channels like this one. Thanks!
@@cnn-news.24 What drives ME MAD is when I taught my kids shortcuts they got the right answer but because they showed THIS WORK and not what the teacher taught they go ZERO CREDIT for the problem.
I grew up in the early 80s in California and was taught this method. Are they teaching kids it differently now? I thought they were teaching more efficiently since they have time to teach CRT and gender studies to elementary kids.
@@id10t98 Most schools in the 60s taught logical math... like what you and I experienced. LollyPop was probably taught Common Core Math. Common Core, professing to be simpler, uses many, many steps to get to a final answer.
I was taught the long way in the 50's and had great difficulty understanding fractions, period. With your explanation I can finally see the answer within a minute.
Huh. You just managed to teach me in under a minute, something that I've hated and feared my entire life, because math and I just don't get along. This was so cool, thank you!
I was taught the "hard and long" textbook way in the '60s. Teachers who didn't know their math enough to show us how to easily solve it and move on to the next level, consequently a lot of us got stuck and never saw the beauty of math. Relearning it the "better" way now.
I have a vivid recollection of that happening in the '70's, my incompetent teacher got frustrated with me and just moved on. Many years later I learnt to do fractions with a mixture of mental gymnastics and logic, and went on to become a civil engineer. I've often wondered how much easier my studies would have been if those early teachers didn't suck.
@@fredflintstone8770 Yep. I never got fractions and so never got through Algebra. I hack fractions by converting to nearest decimal eg 3/4 = .75 and got by that way. So much good instruction available today we never got :). Best Regards
This was taught with students in the 60's till the 70's I remember from elementary and high school doing this (as I often been asked to be a sub teacher whenever my math teacher was in a meeting. We are deeply blessed to have a genius professors and teachers in those eras.
Absolutely remember in the 70's & 80's this easy & fun way of learn'n math! Sharing it know w/our 4 children who were born in the late 90's, 2000 & 2005. They all enjoy it, as well! Your channel is truly a fantastic Blessing!!!! Thanks so much for all that you do!
Old woman here..got it immediately. Old school, no calculators, not even electricity till I was in 8 grade. It happened in poor part of Eastern Europe, very small town that's why I run away from there in 1981. Didn't miss my home town at all. Absolutely love USA!!! Wish I was born here.
I've always done a mixed approach. When adding fractions, I always just add the whole numbers and convert the fractions in my head if they have simple conversions. However, when subtracting mixed numbers, I prefer to turn them into improper fractions because I may have to borrow from the whole number in order to get it to work, so that takes out any errors for me.
Good gravy! I was horrible at math because I didn't understand all the convoluted ways they were teaching.... I am 54 and thanks to you I can now add fractions. Thank you
I taught math. Always started with the “book version” as you described as the long way, partly because that was how the text did it and you always have at least one student who needs to learn it that way to understand the trick. Most texts don’t go beyond the long way…but that’s why there is a teacher and not just a book. Students generally get a larger spark of fascination in the magic if you display the tough way first.
I'm not a teacher but I taught my little cousin how to do math like this she went from average to first one done with an A. Her little brother, I just couldn't get it took take hold, I tried multiple angles and he would seem like he's understanding, then he fortnited and its gone 😂. So I understand teaching the book first, you have to know how things work before you can really start doing tricks/hacks.
To be honest this is exactly how I did the work. But, you over simplified the explanation on getting the common denominator. The correct answer is not always going to be multiplying the two denominators together. By using that method of just multiplying them it can sometimes cause more work than you need. I would recommend to people that they find the common denominator in a more traditional way.
How is that faster? I did all this quickly in my head with this method. I would not have been able to quickly do the last example or the one before in my head with a traditional method
When you are looking at relatively small numbers the method in the video is highly effective. The problem comes when you're talkin about larger denominators. If you just do the multiplication and then later on reduce them, it can sometimes take quite a while. If you take a minute to find the true lowest-common-denominator it can save you trouble later on. Furthermore if you have a huge denominator that means your numerators are going to be huge loss of multiplication lots of opportunities to mess up your arithmetic.
@@realistic-location9213 of course if you start getting to huge denominators then trying to do the math in your head isn't likely to work in the first place which this method is best used for.
@@Lorkanthal very true. But I have found that people tend to make a lot of simple arithmetic errors even in situations with smaller numbers. Sometimes especially because of the small numbers. I spent several years as a math tutor covering this specific subject. It's always been my opinion to try and keep the numbers as simple as possible so as to lessen the chances of simple mistakes
Wow my grade three and four teachers were just so enlightened. My wife is a high school AP maths teacher, and you absolutely do no want to know what she thinks of your amazing maths "tricks" that are literally taught to every child in Canada. I can just imagine you floundering with matrix algebra and calculus. I somehow graduated in electrical engineering and computer science without your help whatsoever.
The reason you're surprised is because I would dare say, like me, I've never encountered an instance in the "real world" where I've need to use this skill, in the 60 years since I learned it in high school.
@@dhyde9207 I do it in baking all the time. I’m always changing recipes to be larger or smaller or splitting a recipe into 1/3 and 2/3 as I just did recently. When using one whole recipe to make two different batches of bread (one GF, on regular) that was division but 🤷🏼♀️ same thing pretty much. Honestly it was mostly just educated guesswork. Lol but I did some math
I'm 69 and I remember my math teacher in grade school drilling us with the method you first mentioned. Most of my math teachers stressed memorization and procedures, very boring to me, whereas I was always trying to do math intuitively. In high school I tuned out the math classes and studied math on my own, including Calculus. I later made up for the deficiencies I had from my self-taught regimen and eventually wound up getting BS & MS degrees in Physics with a strong background in applied math.
Bad idea, this is not a good way to do it. It works well for 1 digit numbers but if you understand lowest common denominator you can do stuff with way more digits way easier than this method would. Math is about understanding why something works and not applying pattern solutions. Pattern solutions are for people in university when university math starts going way over their head - not grade school. You set your 9yr old up for failure.
@@WhirlwindHeatAndFlash The school already sets the 9yr old up for failure. The parents are just trying to make that failure a little easier to swallow.
@@hotjanuary I asume the wright way cause in this video it's false. First calculation is 2.(1/3)+3.(1/4), the result should be 17/12 and not 5.(7/12)=35/12, use a calculator if you need a better proof than me
This is how I was taught in the 60s. The problem I have with teachers showing kids the more difficult/time consuming way to do math problems when they’re in elementary school is that it confuses young kids. My daughter was struggling with math in 5th grade, and when I asked her teacher about it at conferences, she blasted me for not being supportive about her other grades, which were very good. SO helpful. In the sixth grade, she was flunking math and was so embarrassed that she quit turning in her homework. The teacher called us and I picked up the homework for that night. I sat her down and when we got to division problems, she had no idea how to do them. I showed her the way my fifth grade teacher (in 1970) showed us. She said they didn’t learn anything like that. She picked it up like nothing, and continued to gets As in math until she graduated high school. It was her favorite subject.
Hate to tell you this, but your method is what I learned in the USA school system in 1963. Doesn’t matter though, presently in California and Oregon you don’t need to be able to read or do math to graduate high school.
Simple tricks in mathematics are great when you have the understanding of what you really do. If you don’t understand it, it’s worthless! As a teacher in mathematics I always work with my pupils understanding first😊
I do not understand this whole idea of "simple tricks" to arrive at the correct answer to a mathematical problem. You write down all of the steps taken to arrive at the correct answer to the question. Even if you arrive at the correct answer, but make a mistake in the calculations that lead you to the answer, you are still wrong!
I totally agree Gunnar. I taught maths for 10 years and most pupils need to be told things step by step because they don’t understand the underlying principles.
Absolutely LOVE your channel! I have a 13 year old in his first year of High School this year, and your channel has helped immensely with his remote learning! I excelled in Maths at school, but it's been a while (lol) - plus this is SO MUCH EASIER! My son would have been lost without your channel - thank you so much x
As a homeschooler with a child who HATES math with a PURPLE PASSION. These videos seem to be pretty easy to follow. I think she should be able to understand fractions/mixed numbers easier than the way I learned them. Thanks for making this video. If it helps her learn, that is all that matters to me.
Ok but I didn't know this was the "better" method. I didn't even know the other complicated method you were mentioning in the start. I was like what's taking you so long. I guess this is helpful for people who got screwed
This is only for adding these types of fractions, right? This is GENIUS!! Thank you so much! My son struggles in math and I'm always looking for simpler ways to working out problems. :)
@@briananderson6758 he was not taught this particular method and I was never good in math. It was some long, drawn out method that he was supposed to do. Not what was shown in this video. He addressed that at the beginning of the video
Bad idea, this is not a good way to do it. It works well for 1 digit numbers but if you understand lowest common denominator you can do stuff with way more digits way easier than this method would. Math is about understanding why something works and not applying pattern solutions. Pattern solutions are for people in university when university math starts going way over their head - not grade school. You set your 9yr old up for failure.
@natureboy tom Thank you! No I don't think he knew about that trick and frankly neither did I. Lol. I taught him to use a similar trick when adding by 9.
I was never taught that trick, but I figured it out on my own. I never understood why we needed to make a giant fraction from the whole numbers first, when adding them up straight away was easier. Plus fewer multiplies and divides. And adding the whole parts gives you a lower bound on the answer and a sanity check on the final answer.
Grew up in the '60s as well. Always struggled with math, but fractions (except for really simple ones) have been my nemesis, until today!! Thank you soooo much for showing me this. :)
Thank you so much! My granddaughter has had challenges when it comes to Math. This will help her understand the process. She is like me and many others and can tell you the answer but can't always explain how we got our answers. Thanks again!
Thank god it wasn’t just me, my husband never believes me when I tell him this, that I sometimes know the answer but don’t know how I did it, it just pops in my head.
@@0neMadGypsy you are correct, this is a hack, unfortunately this is what our society has dwindled down to-hacks and cheating. There is no short explanation as to why this works. The one part that I am disappointed about is that he did not elaborate on how to simplify fractions. I personally this this is the part that has -tripped- people up and caused them to become discouraged with math; NOT KNOWING WHEN FRACTIONS ARE SIMPLIFIED.
I dont remember being taught to work with numbers like 27/12 and 40/12. Then again my math teachers got mad at me when i looked at this problem and refused to show my work for problems i thought were obvious.
I thought you would teach me something new, then I remembered some schools are simply not teaching what I have learned before, so now I feel bad for newer generations that won't find your video
Just turned 40 and now I finally get it! If only I had a proper teacher back in the day my life might have looked very different! Thanks from the Netherlands!
Dude, adding mixed number fractions might be the smallest part in all math. I can't believe that someone got overwhelmed from the difficulty just from mixed fractions, since you never find them again and there's not many cases you find them in real life anyway. I can understand the continuing difficulty of this and other aspects of maths and contributing as a whole to your suffering, but saying you gave up just cause you couldn't calculate easy mixed fractions (which also has another way of getting calculated) is pure BS to me.
@@jimmysaboter3 you’re underestimating how complex some teachers made it for no reason. If they taught math this way not so many ppl would of failed math so often.
@@mindyours752 As far as i know there were 2 ways to calculate mixed number fractions. The first one is the classic one. You transform a mixed fraction to having 2 different numbers. For example 3(1/3) is 3+1/3. Then you make every fraction have a common denominator and you add them all up. This is something you already need to know if before you learn how to handle Mixed Number Fractions. This way shown in this video is pretty good for 2 mixed fractions but what do you do when you have 3 or more mixed number fractions? You give up? You can add the first two of course and then the outcome will be added to the third etc. but it takes time. To say that this way here is "infinitely easier" than what we've learned at school is bullshit to me. Maybe faster yes, but not easier. Cause you have to remember extra steps. There's a reason that people are learning the common way to these calculations. And it is that you can handle whatever they give you without needing a shamanic method like this one. Again, it's fast but you need to remember extra stuff. Maybe though you can tell me one "Complex way" that teachers have chosen to show kids. Cause no way i've been taught was "complicated".
@@jimmysaboter3 You're underestimating how bad our public school teachers were. The fact you can go through the comments and see everyone flipping out about this solution should let you know this way wasn't taught at all.
Back in my school, math sucked big time for me. Not because I was stupid, but because I was lazy & teachers didn't explained it the proper way. Thank you for this !
I remember a teacher complaining about “Kumon” maths, as it taught ‘cheater’ methods. But … it’s maths … if it works, it works. I can understand that you might need a backup plan for if the method doesn’t work due to complexity, but if you learn two ways of doing it, why can’t you apply the easiest method first?
I remember struggling to learn math with variables. example is 2 + 5x = 70, or whatever. It just did not click with me at all. But my mom taught me the "kumon way" cause she is Japanese and it immediately makes sense.
@@SethLeedy of course he can't. He's just a parrot parroting nonsense he heard on the internet. He doesn't have the knowledge. These people believe their ignorance is equal to others' knowledge. Fortunately, operating room docs and car mechanics close the door when working, otherwise people like this would stop in to tell them how they're doing it wrong.
That's really cool! "problem" is, remembering my math teachers, they probably would either reduce or simply not give all the points for the assignments because they'd want it done THEIR way -.- And they only ever taught ONE way to do it. Anything else, even if the result is correct, would be wrong.
And they also call it "cheating" when you don't use their method. Ugh, I hate it. School would have been so much easier and fun if more teachers were able to think outside the box, but I realize it is a problem of the school system overall, and this seems to be a problem all over the world.
Yeah.. This is how I was taught as well. Anything else feels overly complicated. Maybe we learned how so we could also see how it all works from another angle, good to see the sausage being made and all. But in actual practice, this is what we were taught. I was in school grade school for the latter half of the 80s. Wonder when this stopped.
Just showed this to my 13yo. They taught him this method as well. They are currently going through a segment where they learn all the division tricks. They learn long division, but then learn the tricks if dividing by 2, 5, 10, and more complex 6, 8, etc. I'm actually surprised and glad that this teacher is doing this. Though I shouldn't be surprised. He's my son's first male teacher, and immediately stopped the years long verbal bullying (that no one could apparently deal with), is into anime (and even gave them some Ghibli movie choices for movie night.. Kids ended up picking Spirited Away), and knows about and supports my kid's love of EDM & DOOM music and FLStudio music making, etc. I was impressed. Oh and they played D&D last year for end of school goof off times.
I was learning fractions in the late 90s to early 2000s, we were taught to show every step of our thought process. And by thought process, it means using the formula to find an answer in the teachers edition margins
You know out of everything back in school my teachers always called me dumb for trying to do it this way and they would always ask how I got the answer so I showed them the steps. Yet they paid it no attention and they did it the way they were taught and still got the same answer but by doing that they added one or two many needed steps. I just found it easier for me the way you’re explaining it through step by step. It wasn’t until I was older that they finally said yeah this is way easier I should’ve listened to my A student in the class. Ohhh well I’m just happy it finally sank in and they were able to take less strain on their brains.
Absolutely fantastic. I never thought of doing fractions that way. Always took the long way. Your channel is very informative- - -so I subscribed! Thank you for sharing!
that's pretty much what I was taught in the 80s. It's always important to make sure you teach the concept and that students fully understand that, before you go to any 'tricks'. If the concept is taught correctly, most students will get to this 'trick' by themselves. Although I don't really consider this a trick.
I completely think of this as a trick, specifically because it doesn't require any actual comprehension of the skill of combining fractions through evaluating the LCD. Math teachers like me hate trick math because any math teacher worth his/her certificate would know that it sets kids up for failure in high school when they CAN'T use this trick for high school math and beyond. Even in colleges of education in universities, the professors will highly discourage the use of these tricks because of the long term negative implications. This trick becomes completely useless after about 6th grade. Math is all about logical and critical thinking. If you bypass teaching that, you might as well not even bother learning math at all.
I'm 59 & I wish I had you as my teacher all those years ago,I wouldn't be so weak at maths,thank you;I will be tuning in each day to improve my education.😄
I failed math because of this all through school even with "tutoring." I was made to feel stupid and inferior because I could never understand the way they would teach it. This would have changed my entire education.
The problem wasn't you, it was in how they taught you. Instead of helping you with how each step worked in the process. I was good with basic math. But you put fractions in front me, it was like kryptonite to Superman lol. With this video it was definitely easier to pick up and understand.
@@13Dixiefried If you treat the fraction bar as nothing more than a grouping symbol, like parentheses, and another type of division symbol, then you'd be okay.
YOU MAKE SAME MISTAKES, AS MOST OTHERS TEACHING, FOR PUPILS WITH LOWER COMPREHENSION SKILLS, BY MOVING TOO FAST, BECAUSE YOU ARE GREAT IN YOUR SUBJECT YOU ALLOW VITAL STEPS AND THE REASONS FOR TO BE MISSED, THEN DECIMAL SYSTEM, ALGEBRAIC, GEOMETRICAL EQUATIONS TRIGONOMETRY ETC, LOSE ONE, IN A SEA OF CONFUSION. PATIENCE WITH LITTLE STEPS MAKE FOR A GREAT TEACHER, FOR AND OF,'WE MATH DUM DUMS. CHEERS.
I don't see what the revelation is here. You're just finding a common denominator (not the L.C.D. but that's fine) and then adding the fractions together. There's no trick here other than perhaps obfuscating what's really happening by not writing out the resulting fractions before adding them.
Presumably some silly teachers are converting to improper fractions as step one instead of just adding up the whole numbers and dealing with the fractions separately. The whole numbers already have a common denominator of 1, so multiplying them by 12 or 24 just to convert back to a mixed number at the end would be a lot of pointless nonsense.
@@gregl7594 If you use the LCD, then you have to worry about what you're multiplying each number by. If you just multiply each denominator together, you can simply multiply the numerator by the opposite fraction's denominator, and then worry about simplifying later.
@@Raytenecks Your missing my point. Doing that method makes you have to reduce bigger numbers. So pick your LCD, then you wont have to do as much. Work smarter, not harder.
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Gosh if only I had you as my maths teacher back in the 1970's! I'm sure I've learned more through your videos than I ever did at high school. Finally I now know there is such as thing as a great Australian maths teacher, just found 4. 5 decades too late. Better late than never though :-) Thanks very much, you inspire me and many others!
This was the only way we were taught in school. Moreover, and this is coming from a non-math guy, it's the logical approach that a functioning adult should typically use regardless how they were taught.
I am 51 and went to school in 70's and 80's. Fractions and Algebra was my devil. I literally avoided all Math after graduating HS. I literally have nightmares math was so bad for me. Always failing, different tutors, forced summer schools in HS (frosh-junior). I HATE math beyond the basic just simply by the way it was forced to do it one way and one way only, long form! No one brought this to my attention until a few years ago. (I work in mental health field, no math required, lol). I literally stopped pursuing college degree because of math requirements. I know it may sound overly dramatic, but math scares me. I am former military, former police, and currently work inpatient mental health. Strong fit etc. But the YEARS of "its easy" or "just study more" or "why can't you get this" haunts me to this day. I was so happy I stumbled upon this just now and I was able to het the right answers the first time with relative ease. (except the simplification part Lol). Anyone else have this bad of a nightmare with math growing up? Worst part is, my Uncle is an Engineer and THINKS LINEAR MATH IS FUN.
I remember struggling with fractions until I learned about decimals. Then it suddenly all made sense. If you ask me, I think we should teach decimals first and then teach fractions as a way to represent decimals.
I was let down by my early school math teacher's, they made it so complex which made it seem so tuff. Yet there are easier ways to learn. Like this video.
That method isn’t confusing. It’s just longer. Turn the mix numbers into improper fractions. Then do what you would normally do when adding fractions. You know…just find the common definition. Then add the fractions and then turn the answer back into a mixed number.
To be fair, you should still know how to convert fractions from improper to mixed, and mixed to improper anyway. They don't teach you how to do this kind of stuff where you've never done any of the steps before. Converting can save the trouble of forgetting to add the extra whole number, like in the third problem of the set of three he shows. By converting first, you're already adding in that extra number. With practice, the difference in the time it takes is minimal. Kids don't get enough practice anymore. Teachers are afraid of homework.
@@christianrapper I never did that for addition. It seemed like doing a detour. If I had to absolutely show everything that was happening to the numbers, I would have expanded like this: (see next line) 2-1/3 + 3-1/4 = 2 + 1/3 + 3 + 1/4 = (2 + 3) + (1/3 + 1/4) = 5 + 1/3(4/4) + 1/4 (3/3) = 5 + 4/12 + 3/12 =5 + (4+3)/12 Etc… Being this anal about showing the steps came in real handy much later in algebra when keeping track of variables.
@@cnn-news.24 neither do most teachers, Troll. You could have just made a great video instead of, for some inexplicable reason, bash teachers for something they don't do. It's a scummy thing to do.
Why dont they just teach this!! Honestly kids wouldnt be struggling as much as they do now when it can be done in such a simple way! Im so glad i found this chanel have a major math exam coming up and havent studied math in 10 years. !!!
I guess I had good math teachers as this is the method I was taught. I feel ever so slightly blessed and have a smile on my face. Thank-you for the reminder of this math “problem” solution. 👍💖🙏🏼💖👍 👵🏻🐾💕🇨🇦
I was actually just pleased that I remembered how to at least do it the long way. 😄 But it makes perfect sense; It's not like an obscure trick. I also tried it with adding more than 2, and it's even more efficient relatively, because you're not creating huge numbers just to eventually have to break it down again. Much better!
Please remember that this is a shortcut, and works well for getting the right answer when using numbers. However, when working with algebra, having a background with the first method you described will be helpful, whereas the shortcut will not. Your teacher didn't "stooge" you by teaching a different way, they were trying to prepare you for higher level math.
Omg, this is how I was taught many eons ago, so simple. Excellent maths teacher, he had the patience of a saint. I can see him but cannot remember his name, probably no longer with us, but I can still picture him. 💜
