I deeply appreciate the break down of beginner's Algebra. Unfortunately, I was always one of those who found this subject really difficult to understand...??? Right now, I'm learning it at age 51+. As they say, it's never too late to learn, I guess.
Yes sir, it's never too late, i didn't have good education, i am 30, and i am a programmer as i advanced in my programming i found out that i need to go to the VERY BASICS in order to understand the level of complexity i reached, and this guy is a brilliant teacher so you are in good hands, good luck :)
Same here my teacher would just give us pamphlets to take home for our parents to teach us and my mother worked 2nd shift so i never got to learn. Its a wonder why the us education system is ranked 30some in the world.
Its been over 40 years since doing algebra in high school, and I have to tell ya, this is great as a refresher in relearning how to do algebra. Hopefully it will bring me up to speed faster than what I am now getting, so I can get past my current course. Great Job!
wow this guy ! i still hear this guys voice in my head sometimes doing algebraic manipulation and stuff. im an engineering student now but i remember back in i think eleventh grade i watched all of these videos. my algebra was horrible and in all honesty i became much better after watching all these. i was flying through algebra and was able to do really well in math ever since. I think if i haven't watched all these videos i would be dead in the water in my studies right now. Don't skip any videos guys its all worth it in the end .Thanks a lot math520 appreciate you efforts !
A light at the end of the tunnel.... God bless you... you just changed the outcome of my exam... yyyyeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhh so thankful for this video
I live in Sydney Australia. I wasn’t taught algebra because I was in a special ed unit from year 3 to year 12. Instead we were taught basic maths (subtractions, additions, multiplication and long division) I want to learn algebra because I had always admired someone as brilliant as Stephon Hawkings. I would like to learn this as not as a requirement but instead just finding something new and fascinating to understand.
Thanq for your Algebra it helps me up and I want to explore maths world So I can do my electronical engineering I know ho to do Easy maths plus menus dividing multiLixkation multipliCation What I don't is Ratio and percentage km speed and distance and time I Wud like to learn before i get struggle in the college Do mo maths Sir ur vid is my fave
Thanks so much for this lesson. School always went too fast and I got left behind with this. Trying to better myself at 34 so learning the basics. Cheers :)
I just found your videos today, and you are a veritable godsend. For years I have been saying almost verbatim what you said: People -including teachers- go through the the motions and memorize tricks, but when challenged on the grounds of logic and asked "why," the results are as such, they have have no answer but, "Because that's how it works." I have spent years knowing that the only way I'd figure out algebra and other maths is if a logical conclusion were presented, and you, sir, have done a fine job of that.
My god... I love this video, you might actually save my life here. I'm going to continue watching as many videos in Algebra as I can.. I am taking Introduction of Algebra in Ashford University but I have Never once in my life learned or taken Algebra (not in middle school, not in high school as I wasn't allowed to), so the first assignment of class is to automatically be fluent in expressions and meaning of the "number formats" as I'll call them... which I have no idea what I'm doing. My school doesn't offer any videos and it's all online so they just give me a book with materials and I can't learn math from reading about it in a book where the first chapter is 84 pages alone.. Especially trying to focus when I'm absolutely lost in my reading, this so far has helped me greatly. If you have any other specific things you might know that can help me, anything will help... Even if that being something more simple than this or more advanced.
So far, this is the best video on algebra I have seen. Most of the "for beginners" they still use words that I haven't learnt yet, and don't really explain what the things mean. You really broke it down.
Dear Maths520, many thanks for this video as it is a long time since I did algebra at school. I know I used to like it a lot but I have forgotten most of it so it is great to listen to your videos and learn from the beginning again. I hope to learn more maths from you as well. The other type of maths I did at school was binary so it would be great if you could do a tutorial on this from its beginning please.
Love how simplistic this was as far as just refreshing the idea of a small part of algebra. I've never been a fan of math and am an English lover but being that I didn't take my SAT in high school last year, I'll be taking it in about 3 months time and want to learn as much as I can math-wise now before that test.
I'm like 15 and know nothing in school I'm supposed to I sick at everything and if I was in a real school I would have failed everything. I actually understood what this guy is saying when no one else has been able to explain it to me in a way I understand so thank you for the help I will be watching a lot more of theses vids
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I dropped out of H.S. 32 years ago and yesterday attended orientation for obtaining my GED. Today I took a test for placement within the GED program, an aptitude test if you will. Needless to say, I remember nothing of Algebra and was reminded of this as I stood there with a blank mind trying to use logic in choosing the correct answer. That doesn't work well in Math, particularly Algebra. So, I came home and decided to 'teach' myself something today and came across your video. I love it. I will watch the others as well. I don't know how I scored on my test until Monday, I just wish I'd searched for these videos yesterday. Anyhow, I am determined to learn the basics, again, thank you!
I would suggest that you consider algebra as an independent skills set from mathematics. Mathematics then uses algebra and a set of rules that have been derived from logic. The problem with Mathematics in school is that it tries to cover too much ground and not build core mathematics skills. There simply is no point doing calculus or functions if you do not have a good algebra foundation. Even if you go half way through your mathematic journey there is no harm in going back to the very start with algebra.
I am in college and am just now taking Algebra because I avoided it in high school. THANK YOU for explaining it so well. I am in an accelerated program which means, I have five weeks (now 3) to learn all there is about Algebra. I am an extremely hard person to teach math to, I never remember anything after five minutes but not with this video. I'll be watching every single one you have. You're saving me!!
A tremendous way of teaching Sir. It helped me clear my doubts about algebra quite effectively. Thank you so much for a such a wonderful teaching technique. I am thankful to everyone associated with the organisation.
Awesome!!! I have been looking for in introduction to algebra for my 8 year old and this is the one. I hope the person that put this video together is teaching in schools because they can truly use his skills. Thank you very much.
I will be watching this repeatedly until I understand fully. I am returning to college at age 32 and dropped high school. Thanks so much for these video's..
I just feel like im trying to read alien hierarchicas what moron decided to combine the alphabet into mathematics. No mater what i just do not understand what im looking at. Its just frustrating and makes me feel stupid about myself.
The letter in algebra is a symbol just as the number is. They both represent something. The a maybe an unknown. For example you may want to know how many tins of paint needed for a wall and you could use the letter C to represent it. So you may be asked to solve for C.
I agree completely. They put me in special ed for spelling, which I ended up becoming really good at but they kept me in there and I just learned the same elementary level bullshit until I reached high school and had no idea what was going on. I'm in adult education now and I still don't understand this stuff.
Lol I was holiday in America and when I came back my maths teacher gave me heaps of work on Algebra with me having no knowledge about it. Thats my story to why I'm watching this xD
Thank You. I love Math and my 4th grade math is FAR to easy and though I know this already this is a start. It is very kind to take time from your day to help students. And you explain how you get numbers unlike many other teaches (assuming you are one) one again thank you and you are very kind.
Really I am very much thankful to you Sir. Because Now I am 50 year old, when I studied in 10th class 1982 that time, GENERAL MATHS AND COMPOSITE MATHS I have lot of fear for composite maths, because algebra is very big problem I am not able to understand, that is why I have taken General Maths, Now I tried to see in net Basics of Algebra, introduction is very interesting and I understand, If I keep my brain it is very easy. have to understand logics, ....Thanks.
Basic idea of algebra, but very essential ones. Learnt a lot from this video. Thank you very much. The way you present the lesson make it looked so easy. The explanation also very smooth and easy to follow.
I agree with you 100%. I definitely understand why we use the basic problems to learn algebra. But I don’t understand why people use algebra on simple problems in real life that can be solved very easily without algebra.
Dear Lovemetu and Cherrytime22 I do understand your view and it is something that is discussed by maths teachers. It is on the syllabus though so the students have no choice but to study it. We therefore try and do what we can to help them understand it. I have to say though that I do think teaching algebra is important. Prior to teaching I worked in academic research and then in industry and I used algebra regularly. While studying algebra as a teenager I had no idea of my career and it was not planned. The maths I studied opened doors for me that would otherwise have been closed. I would not like to close doors for the students I teach by not teaching algebra to them. Who knows what they will do when they are older. Perhaps an alternative view is that more students should be studying maths degrees (and science, engineering). That is certainly one of my ambitions
I completely disagree with you. So many young people cannot do even the most basic math's when they leave school. Much of the reason is that they do well ( as I did ) till they are forced to struggle to learn something called Algebra which with myself and many others then and also now leads to complete confusion and as you cant get a pass without it, leads to them dropping out of the subject. So why not concentrate on what they can do well ? I left school as a person who had no exam passes in math's, purely because I could not grasp even the basics of Algebra, yet I loved normal math's and could run rings round many of those who had high qualifications in maths ( as I can still do ! ). I passed my city and guilds engineering exams without ever using algebra, in fact I was student of the year and as I said I taught a math's teacher how to do a complex gearing math's problem that he messed up doing algebra !! Cant you open up your mind from its closed position and see that it would be of far more practical use to teach everyday things to young people like how to manage their own personal finance, how to work out the interest rates on their credit cards, bank accounts, how to avoid getting into debt, get the best deals for shopping etc, etc than to try to stuff their brains with something that has very little use in everyday life ? I was a failure at school at math's, my math's teachers deserted me as I had like many others a mental block with Algebra, yet I have thrived at all things finance and engineering since !! I have also received award's for gadgets I invented for use at work. As a last note, my father worked all his life in the bank.....but like me had not a clue how to do Algebra !!
lovemetu As a footnote, I noticed on the bbc web page recently a worldwide test for maths problems relating to maths grades for students worldwide where uk came low down a list compared to China etc. I got 100% of the questions right, far higher than the average of Uk, China anywhere...Me a failure at maths due to Algebra ( which is still double dutch to me !! ) so how do you explain that ?
As you say its on the syllabus and you have no choice but to teach it and the students have no choice but to struggle to learn it. But why is this so fixed an option ? Long term we need to perhaps consider other options, perhaps for those wishing to study Science, physic's and chemistry etc the chance to study Algebra, for the rest including people such as myself who have a complete blank head when it comes to Algebra, well don't throw them on the scrap heap as I was treated but instead the chance to study and gain qualifications in something of a more practical type of maths which will be of more everyday use to them with subjects that also involve personal finance etc. Many young people now cannot even do their times tables or do any calculation without a calculator, when I was a kid we learnt to do more mental arithmetic which I can still do now and surprise youngsters with this skill !! How many people can do Algebra once they have left school for a few years ? I don't know anyone who can, so rather a waste of time to base exam results on a subject rarely used in normal everyday life. !! Lastly many years ago students were taught that they had to learn another semi useless subject called Latin, what happened to that !!
lovemetu Struggled to learn it at school, never used it since and forgot how to do it now. Your comments make a lot of sense. As you rightly say it should be a separate subject to study, it hinders more than helps youngsters to learn maths, my kids hate it and find it such a struggle but like you were, are good at maths using numbers.
no1knowledge many fail to understand that algebra also helps in life in general when it comes to solving problems. Today it's even easier than before, with videos and tutorials online. The help is out there. You just need to reach out and get it.
Dear Maths520 Im 11 years old and in year 6 but i still dont get this, my Maths teacher thaught us Algebra in class but i did not get it. I have my sats in 2 weeks time and my teacher said there will be lots of algebra included and now i am starting to panic. PLEASE HELP!!! I know that 2n+3n= 5n but i dont know subtraction division or multiplication PLEASE HELP!!!!!
im 34 years old with GCSE maths at c-grade havent done algebra in 18years!!...about to go to college to do an access course in consrtuction and civil engineering(a-level equivilant, so i was told i must learn algebra), then degree in quantity surveying...when i heard the comment about explaining the "why's" i knew i had found the right vied...Thanks a lot
Thanks alot buddy it helped so much i wish you the best man i swear if i ever meet you in real life i will give you the biggest and greatest huge of all time.
When we started algebra in math I got there a little late and I missed like 3 lesson and when I was given the work and it confused me to the point were I broke down into tears lol
I have a math midterm tomorrow, and the only thing i didnt really understand was Algebra. This is only the first video, (going to watch all of them) but it has tought me more than my teacher has done in 2 years. You really saved my grade :) you earned my like and subscription :)
Was never good at mathematics in my whole life and became an artist to keep distance from this subject until I had to take a GRE test for the phD admission and now everything is easy. (Not only speaking about this video) Does the human brain evolve based on age? Hmmmm weird ,... but I am just amazed.
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I learn more in this 15 min video than I learn in 2 months of teaching in school.
Siddaine same
Exactly!
SAME THO I HAVE AN EXAM IN A FEW HOURS AND IVE JUST STARTED STUDYING
Siddaine *Learned
same
Not me here at midnight getting a sudden spark of motivation to get good at maths so I can go to Edinburgh universities 💀
LMAO
im almost done elementry soooo eh
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@@xxluckycharmsxx5939 how the hell you doing algebra in 5th grade??
@@hunterkiller20000 oop cause i want to learn and im in 4th grade
I deeply appreciate the break down of beginner's Algebra. Unfortunately, I was always one of those who found this subject really difficult to understand...??? Right now, I'm learning it at age 51+. As they say, it's never too late to learn, I guess.
Yes sir, it's never too late, i didn't have good education, i am 30, and i am a programmer as i advanced in my programming i found out that i need to go to the VERY BASICS in order to understand the level of complexity i reached, and this guy is a brilliant teacher so you are in good hands, good luck :)
Same here my teacher would just give us pamphlets to take home for our parents to teach us and my mother worked 2nd shift so i never got to learn. Its a wonder why the us education system is ranked 30some in the world.
Doug Clement, seriously? troll! only those who severely lack intelligence put an age limit on education.
***** you are absolutely right...sorry...
I am 47 and loving learning algebra with my daughter as she is preparing for gcse.
Who else is here because of online school
Edit1: thanks for liking but stop please
same with meee
Meeee auuugh
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:( yesssssssss ughhhhhh :((
@Melissa Foster meeeeee
I WISH YOU CAN BE MY TEACHER!!!!!! YOU ARE SO FAR THE ONLY ONE I UNDERSTOOD :(
its because hes basically showing you 1+1, its that simple its just a different language.
Did you graduate? Its been 7 years now
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Its been over 40 years since doing algebra in high school, and I have to tell ya, this is great as a refresher in relearning how to do algebra. Hopefully it will bring me up to speed faster than what I am now getting, so I can get past my current course. Great Job!
Me * watches video *
* gets an ad about math tutorials from 2006 being hard *
Yo me too ahah
SAME
Same friend me too
Same
April Waterson same
I’m super grateful for having an incredible teacher like you. Thank you very much for the great job
Let's be honest we are all here because we don't play attention in class and we're failing
yeah
It’s not my fault I do virtual
yep :) I have a test soon and i dont no squat bout algebra lol
nah im here cause i got put into a honors math class on extremely dumb luck and im trying to not fail; THEY DID NOT EVEEN ASKKK
@@luftwaffe_zenny same but not the grade
wow this guy ! i still hear this guys voice in my head sometimes doing algebraic manipulation and stuff. im an engineering student now but i remember back in i think eleventh grade i watched all of these videos. my algebra was horrible and in all honesty i became much better after watching all these. i was flying through algebra and was able to do really well in math ever since. I think if i haven't watched all these videos i would be dead in the water in my studies right now. Don't skip any videos guys its all worth it in the end .Thanks a lot math520 appreciate you efforts !
Good algebra is essential for mathematics. It is a sin that people are not taught it as a fundamental skill set.
So u became a engineer?
I'm in 6th grade, i'm actually practicing this before i'm In 8th so I don't fail. xD
+tracy roberson meeee tooooooo :)
LOL SAME
well were about to work on it
me too
+tracy roberson me too
A light at the end of the tunnel.... God bless you... you just changed the outcome of my exam... yyyyeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhh so thankful for this video
I live in Sydney Australia. I wasn’t taught algebra because I was in a special ed unit from year 3 to year 12. Instead we were taught basic maths (subtractions, additions, multiplication and long division) I want to learn algebra because I had always admired someone as brilliant as Stephon Hawkings. I would like to learn this as not as a requirement but instead just finding something new and fascinating to understand.
Nice good teach
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Thank you for these tutorials, they are very clear and extremely helpful. thanks for using your time to help others.
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Thanq for your Algebra it helps me up and I want to explore maths world So I can do my electronical engineering I know ho to do Easy maths plus menus dividing multiLixkation multipliCation What I don't is Ratio and percentage km speed and distance and time
I Wud like to learn before i get struggle in the college Do mo maths Sir ur vid is my fave
Thanks so much for this lesson. School always went too fast and I got left behind with this. Trying to better myself at 34 so learning the basics. Cheers :)
I just found your videos today, and you are a veritable godsend. For years I have been saying almost verbatim what you said: People -including teachers- go through the the motions and memorize tricks, but when challenged on the grounds of logic and asked "why," the results are as such, they have have no answer but, "Because that's how it works."
I have spent years knowing that the only way I'd figure out algebra and other maths is if a logical conclusion were presented, and you, sir, have done a fine job of that.
My god... I love this video, you might actually save my life here. I'm going to continue watching as many videos in Algebra as I can.. I am taking Introduction of Algebra in Ashford University but I have Never once in my life learned or taken Algebra (not in middle school, not in high school as I wasn't allowed to), so the first assignment of class is to automatically be fluent in expressions and meaning of the "number formats" as I'll call them... which I have no idea what I'm doing. My school doesn't offer any videos and it's all online so they just give me a book with materials and I can't learn math from reading about it in a book where the first chapter is 84 pages alone.. Especially trying to focus when I'm absolutely lost in my reading, this so far has helped me greatly. If you have any other specific things you might know that can help me, anything will help... Even if that being something more simple than this or more advanced.
This is a big help I live in the u.s and i have to take a specialized high school entrance exam next year and this series is really helping
I HATE MATHS BUT I GOT TO SAY HE TEACHES WELL!
QUARANTINE LEARNING
Same
Your my new tutor
thank you, as someone who has learning disabilitys and also has an algerba exam tomorrow this video has helped me a lot more then my teachers did.
So far, this is the best video on algebra I have seen. Most of the "for beginners" they still use words that I haven't learnt yet, and don't really explain what the things mean. You really broke it down.
Dear Maths520, many thanks for this video as it is a long time since I did algebra at school. I know I used to like it a lot but I have forgotten most of it so it is great to listen to your videos and learn from the beginning again. I hope to learn more maths from you as well. The other type of maths I did at school was binary so it would be great if you could do a tutorial on this from its beginning please.
i love how you explained how i would need to follow along to understand and should write this down
Love how simplistic this was as far as just refreshing the idea of a small part of algebra. I've never been a fan of math and am an English lover but being that I didn't take my SAT in high school last year, I'll be taking it in about 3 months time and want to learn as much as I can math-wise now before that test.
Good! Thank you for your help!
Algebra, please stop asking us to find your X she is never coming back and don’t ask Y
YOU DESERVE A MEDAL FOR THIS DEAR FRIEND
I'm like 15 and know nothing in school I'm supposed to I sick at everything and if I was in a real school I would have failed everything. I actually understood what this guy is saying when no one else has been able to explain it to me in a way I understand so thank you for the help I will be watching a lot more of theses vids
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I dropped out of H.S. 32 years ago and yesterday attended orientation for obtaining my GED. Today I took a test for placement within the GED program, an aptitude test if you will. Needless to say, I remember nothing of Algebra and was reminded of this as I stood there with a blank mind trying to use logic in choosing the correct answer. That doesn't work well in Math, particularly Algebra. So, I came home and decided to 'teach' myself something today and came across your video. I love it. I will watch the others as well. I don't know how I scored on my test until Monday, I just wish I'd searched for these videos yesterday. Anyhow, I am determined to learn the basics, again, thank you!
I would suggest that you consider algebra as an independent skills set from mathematics.
Mathematics then uses algebra and a set of rules that have been derived from logic.
The problem with Mathematics in school is that it tries to cover too much ground and not build core mathematics skills.
There simply is no point doing calculus or functions if you do not have a good algebra foundation.
Even if you go half way through your mathematic journey there is no harm in going back to the very start with algebra.
Hello Dear, watching and supporting, thumbs up done, thanks for sharing this content, blessing to you, keep pushing forward
Brain still currently on freeze ugh I hate math!
Shalonda Galloway me too
Ur not the only one
Same
Same
Math’s my favorite subject.
I am in college and am just now taking Algebra because I avoided it in high school. THANK YOU for explaining it so well. I am in an accelerated program which means, I have five weeks (now 3) to learn all there is about Algebra. I am an extremely hard person to teach math to, I never remember anything after five minutes but not with this video. I'll be watching every single one you have. You're saving me!!
Video starts at 2:20. Thank me later :3
Wow you sure did take along time to start the video but thanks i understand it now!!
Ty
Thanks for the blessing. Needed the refresher course.
wow i learnt from him more than my math teacher o.o
This video helped me so much at the beginning I didn't know anything this guy is a legend
Thank you. I like your explaining and your methods are easy and quick to learn. - Lilly
THANK U VERY MUCH FOR TEACHING ALGEBRA. MAY GOD BLESS U😍
thanks for this..just what in was looking for something that explains the very basics well...allot of people overlook this..;)..
A tremendous way of teaching Sir. It helped me clear my doubts about algebra quite effectively. Thank you so much for a such a wonderful teaching technique. I am thankful to everyone associated with the organisation.
Awesome!!! I have been looking for in introduction to algebra for my 8 year old and this is the one. I hope the person that put this video together is teaching in schools because they can truly use his skills. Thank you very much.
I will be watching this repeatedly until I understand fully. I am returning to college at age 32 and dropped high school. Thanks so much for these video's..
I have never had a teacher be able to explain algebra as clearly and un-confusing as you.
I skipped the last 3 months of school and this help me a ton I left a like
Amazing video but just why do we have to do algebra because how is it going to help us in the future!!!???
Unless you do very math related jobs it wont matter. (I dont think)
@@H3PH43ST10N same :( it’s so hard and useless
It helps with engineering, economy, science and programming.
Thanks so much! I've ha such a horrible time with math all my life but you made it much easier.
I just feel like im trying to read alien hierarchicas what moron decided to combine the alphabet into mathematics. No mater what i just do not understand what im looking at. Its just frustrating and makes me feel stupid about myself.
that one guy Finally, someone put it into words
The letter in algebra is a symbol just as the number is. They both represent something.
The a maybe an unknown. For example you may want to know how many tins of paint needed for a wall and you could use the letter C to represent it. So you may be asked to solve for C.
I agree completely. They put me in special ed for spelling, which I ended up becoming really good at but they kept me in there and I just learned the same elementary level bullshit until I reached high school and had no idea what was going on. I'm in adult education now and I still don't understand this stuff.
Everyone sucks at something buddy.
Hi that one guy, I seem too see that your were struggling but it’s been 5 years so I really hope you have learnt it by now. Goodbye!
Thanks now I know what I will learn next year and start to understand it :D
Wow. I spent 3 weeks tryna do this in class and now I get the basics from a 15 minute video.
Schools are overrated.
You make algebra look so easy .great vid
OMG this helped me so much Thank you I more understand you then my school teacher
Expression doesn't have equal sign if it has equal sign then it becomes equation. Very clear. Thanks.
Lol I was holiday in America and when I came back my maths teacher gave me heaps of work on Algebra with me having no knowledge about it. Thats my story to why I'm watching this xD
My man over here done way better than my teacher 😂
Thank You. I love Math and my 4th grade math is FAR to easy and though I know this already this is a start. It is very kind to take time from your day to help students. And you explain how you get numbers unlike many other teaches (assuming you are one) one again thank you and you are very kind.
Really I am very much thankful to you Sir. Because Now I am 50 year old, when I studied in 10th class 1982 that time, GENERAL MATHS AND COMPOSITE MATHS
I have lot of fear for composite maths, because algebra is very big problem I am not able to understand, that is why I have taken General Maths, Now I tried to see in net Basics of Algebra, introduction is very interesting and I understand, If I keep my brain it is very easy. have to understand logics, ....Thanks.
thank you so uch this helped me alot studying for exams coming up:):)
Eh only half of the video helped me but thx
Very nice video. This video made understand algebra introductions better, I'm in seventh grade 12 years.
Me trying to study for my math final at nearly midnight and not knowing what else to do but see if youtube can help me-
I love your handwriting.
thank you, i learned better in this video than 3 years of algebra!!!
Basic idea of algebra, but very essential ones. Learnt a lot from this video. Thank you very much. The way you present the lesson make it looked so easy. The explanation also very smooth and easy to follow.
Thanks for the video super helpful! I'm horrible at math and this broke it down perfectly for me to start :-)
I agree with you 100%. I definitely understand why we use the basic problems to learn algebra. But I don’t understand why people use algebra on simple problems in real life that can be solved very easily without algebra.
Love this video thank you so much
ME TOO HIS IS VERY CLEAR AND GO STEP BY STEP.
Thank you!! I have an algebra test soon and these notes ARE A LIVE SAVER
Who is here bcz your fk teacher just gives you a hella a lot to do and won’t explain it like a teacher should do
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Thank you for the video have a good day.
Dear Lovemetu and Cherrytime22
I do understand your view and it is something that is discussed by maths teachers. It is on the syllabus though so the students have no choice but to study it. We therefore try and do what we can to help them understand it.
I have to say though that I do think teaching algebra is important. Prior to teaching I worked in academic research and then in industry and I used algebra regularly. While studying algebra as a teenager I had no idea of my career and it was not planned. The maths I studied opened doors for me that would otherwise have been closed.
I would not like to close doors for the students I teach by not teaching algebra to them. Who knows what they will do when they are older. Perhaps an alternative view is that more students should be studying maths degrees (and science, engineering). That is certainly one of my ambitions
I completely disagree with you. So many young people cannot do even the most basic math's when they leave school. Much of the reason is that they do well
( as I did ) till they are forced to struggle to learn something called Algebra which with myself and many others then and also now leads to complete confusion and as you cant get a pass without it, leads to them dropping out of the subject. So why not concentrate on what they can do well ? I left school as a person who had no exam passes in math's, purely because I could not grasp even the basics of Algebra, yet I loved normal math's and could run rings round many of those who had high qualifications in maths ( as I can still do ! ). I passed my city and guilds engineering exams without ever using algebra, in fact I was student of the year and as I said I taught a math's teacher how to do a complex gearing math's problem that he messed up doing algebra !! Cant you open up your mind from its closed position and see that it would be of far more practical use to teach everyday things to young people like how to manage their own personal finance, how to work out the interest rates on their credit cards, bank accounts, how to avoid getting into debt, get the best deals for shopping etc, etc than to try to stuff their brains with something that has very little use in everyday life ? I was a failure at school at math's, my math's teachers deserted me as I had like many others a mental block with Algebra, yet I have thrived at all things finance and engineering since !! I have also received award's for gadgets I invented for use at work. As a last note, my father worked all his life in the bank.....but like me had not a clue how to do Algebra !!
lovemetu As a footnote, I noticed on the bbc web page recently a worldwide test for maths problems relating to maths grades for students worldwide where uk came low down a list compared to China etc. I got 100% of the questions right, far higher than the average of Uk, China anywhere...Me a failure at maths due to Algebra ( which is still double dutch to me !! ) so how do you explain that ?
As you say its on the syllabus and you have no choice but to teach it and the students have no choice but to struggle to learn it. But why is this so fixed an option ? Long term we need to perhaps consider other options, perhaps for those wishing to study Science, physic's and chemistry etc the chance to study Algebra, for the rest including people such as myself who have a complete blank head when it comes to Algebra, well don't throw them on the scrap heap as I was treated but instead the chance to study and gain qualifications in something of a more practical type of maths which will be of more everyday use to them with subjects that also involve personal finance etc. Many young people now cannot even do their times tables or do any calculation without a calculator, when I was a kid we learnt to do more mental arithmetic which I can still do now and surprise youngsters with this skill !! How many people can do Algebra once they have left school for a few years ? I don't know anyone who can, so rather a waste of time to base exam results on a subject rarely used in normal everyday life. !! Lastly many years ago students were taught that they had to learn another semi useless subject called Latin, what happened to that !!
lovemetu Struggled to learn it at school, never used it since and forgot how to do it now. Your comments make a lot of sense. As you rightly say it should be a separate subject to study, it hinders more than helps youngsters to learn maths, my kids hate it and find it such a struggle but like you were, are good at maths using numbers.
no1knowledge many fail to understand that algebra also helps in life in general when it comes to solving problems. Today it's even easier than before, with videos and tutorials online. The help is out there. You just need to reach out and get it.
awesome really helpfull....!!!! lots of thxx...
Hi, I’m failing high school lmao (not really but it feels like it). 😂😂😂
Allison Bailey smae
Simp
I've never done anything of this sort but, I think after this I may be able to do some.
you helped me understand sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much
You don't need to immaturely exaggerate honey.
Good presentation . Thanks
Please when you give us questions at the end can u explain and show how u got the answers
You make this easy for me to understand
Dear Maths520
Im 11 years old and in year 6 but i still dont get this, my Maths teacher thaught us Algebra in class but i did not get it. I have my sats in 2 weeks time and my teacher said there will be lots of algebra included and now i am starting to panic. PLEASE HELP!!! I know that 2n+3n= 5n but i dont know subtraction division or multiplication PLEASE HELP!!!!!
easy girl here the solution, example
substraction: 5n-3n=2n and 4n-7n=-3n
division: 6n : 2n =3n, 12n : 3n =4n
. mean times
multiplication: 4n . 3 =12n, 5n . 2n =10n*2,
done : )
kevin ralfi she probably would’ve appreciated your help, if you weren’t 4 or 5 years late. But hey, you’ve helped me.
Even though I'm so much years latee
How is it being 15/16 now
Thank you very much I know loads of algebra,
Thanks this helped SOO much I finally understand this! :D
im 34 years old with GCSE maths at c-grade havent done algebra in 18years!!...about to go to college to do an access course in consrtuction and civil engineering(a-level equivilant, so i was told i must learn algebra), then degree in quantity surveying...when i heard the comment about explaining the "why's" i knew i had found the right vied...Thanks a lot
For 2a+2b could you just say it equals 4ab
it stays the same thre are the same numbers but different variables u can only do that when you divided or multiply
John Ryan Gomez
no it's not. 2•a=2a
No, because is not "a times b" nor "b times a" . Is "two times a" plus "two times b".
Doesn't that mean it's 423?
Very helpful 👍
it is iteresting
ann-marie adams But not your spelling.
thank you very much because i always struggle with algebraic now i took note and no more struggling
i like your doorbell ahah
m2afx it was his clock
@@noble.7552 Sounds more like a doorbell to me
Thanks alot buddy it helped so much i wish you the best man i swear if i ever meet you in real life i will give you the biggest and greatest huge of all time.
When we started algebra in math I got there a little late and I missed like 3 lesson and when I was given the work and it confused me to the point were I broke down into tears lol
Same
Thankz fr this..it helped me to brush up basics
Who else is watching this because their teacher recommended it
Me
I have a math midterm tomorrow, and the only thing i didnt really understand was Algebra.
This is only the first video, (going to watch all of them)
but it has tought me more than my teacher has done in 2 years. You really saved my grade :)
you earned my like and subscription :)
How’d it go
Me watching this after getting 23% on my algebra test
I couldn't understand math at all in high school, but now at 42, my mature mind sees it as quite simple now. Amazing how the brain changes over time.
I get it.
Soooooo easy!!!!!
For u to say🤦🏽♀️😔
Thank you so so so much. I don’t understand my math teacher at all but your lessons are amazing!
this is very fine to me
Was never good at mathematics in my whole life and became an artist to keep distance from this subject until I had to take a GRE test for the phD admission and now everything is easy. (Not only speaking about this video)
Does the human brain evolve based on age? Hmmmm weird ,... but I am just amazed.