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  • This is a math question from the TV show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
    Which of these square numbers also happens to be the sum of two smaller square numbers?
    (A) 16 (B) 25 (C) 36 (D) 49
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 168

  • @bprpmathbasics
    @bprpmathbasics  Місяць тому +19

    I can predict your mind 1:24

    • @Gooooooomba
      @Gooooooomba Місяць тому +3

      Not mine I didn’t think of that.

    • @mohammadiaa
      @mohammadiaa Місяць тому

      @@Gooooooomba you're an idiot.
      (i didn't think of it either)

    • @giuliamaceroni1002
      @giuliamaceroni1002 Місяць тому

      totally got me! ahahaha

  • @Near_Void
    @Near_Void Місяць тому +180

    Alternate meaning
    Which of these is a pythagorean triple

    • @TailicaiCorporation
      @TailicaiCorporation Місяць тому +2

      I was just about to ask, isn’t this just a^2+b^2=c^2. As a land surveyor I better know this lol

    • @Near_Void
      @Near_Void Місяць тому

      @@TailicaiCorporation yes

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 Місяць тому +5

      That phrasing still wouldnt be entirely accurate because pythagorean triple refers to the set of all 3 numbers while here we are only looking for this biggest number in the triple.

    • @yurenchu
      @yurenchu Місяць тому +1

      ​@@Ninja20704 Exactly! And furthermore, in the Pythagorean triple, the numbers themselves aren't (necessarily) squares; while in this video, the question is asking which number is _the square of_ the biggest number in a Pythagorean triple.
      By the way, a case could be made that (0, 1, 1) is also a Pythagorean triple, and furthermore that Pythagorean triples aren't necessarily a _co-prime_ triple; so (0, 4, 4) is, arguably, also a Pythagorean triple (albeit a trivial one).

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 29 днів тому

      @@yurenchu from what i know pythagorean triples require positive integers by definition so 0 isn't allowed.

  • @TheZeevil
    @TheZeevil Місяць тому +87

    You can feel the disappointment that BPRP is feeling during those few seconds of silence every once in a while 😂

  • @Magst3r1
    @Magst3r1 Місяць тому +158

    I think the audience thought
    2*2=4
    4*4=16
    And forgot how sum works

    • @retardeddragapult
      @retardeddragapult Місяць тому

      Or they wanted the player to get the it wrong

    • @UndercoverDog
      @UndercoverDog Місяць тому +13

      Yeah and bc 16 feels most correct from all of them at the first glace

    • @AverageCommentor
      @AverageCommentor Місяць тому +13

      Or maybe they were just being malicious because the question is damningly easy.

    • @ippo4502
      @ippo4502 Місяць тому +16

      @@AverageCommentor Calm down Einstein

    • @Yegor_Mechanic
      @Yegor_Mechanic Місяць тому

      ​@@UndercoverDog
      Not for me, I immediately ruled that option out

  • @lornacy
    @lornacy Місяць тому +11

    Carpenters use Pythagorean triples to square up building foundations and stuff. A friend of mine called it "getting a hypotenuse."

  • @PonPiny1
    @PonPiny1 Місяць тому +26

    The 3-4-5 triangle wore off mr. ‘merican bro’s body

  • @yurenchu
    @yurenchu Місяць тому +1

    A is the result of squaring a (natural) number twice ( 2² = 4 , 4² = 16),
    B is the sum of two smaller square numbers ( 3² + 4² = 25 ),
    C is the product of two smaller square numbers ( 2² times 3² = 4 times 9 = 36),
    D can be summed with a smaller square number to result in twice another smaller square number (49 + 1² = 50 = twice 5² ).

  • @EC4U2C_Studioz
    @EC4U2C_Studioz Місяць тому +4

    Millionaire is always one of the best game shows in game show history.

    • @bprpmathbasics
      @bprpmathbasics  Місяць тому +1

      Agree! And there have been so many dramas and stories from the show, too!

  • @henrygreen2096
    @henrygreen2096 Місяць тому

    Great short video!
    It’s funny how there are always comments like “Everyone knows this” nope. That’s is perfect example of how most people just don’t know these little things lol.

  • @roland3et
    @roland3et Місяць тому +10

    I understand that the answer the quiz master had in mind, was B: "25".
    But, considering the wording of the question, all others (4²+0², 6²+0², 7²+0²) also fulfill all requested conditions, don't they? Just saying instead '... two smaller _positive_ square numbers' would have been an easy fit, wouldn't it? 🤔
    In case I'm wrong, pls tell me why. Thanx 🙂👻

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 Місяць тому +10

      The term “square number” is refering to the resulting number after squaring, not the integer that you squared to get the result.
      So 16 = 4^2 + 0^2 or 16 = (-4)^2 + 0^2 does not satisfy the criteria because the 4^2=(-4)^2=16, and 16 is not a square number smaller than 16.

    • @roland3et
      @roland3et Місяць тому +3

      ​@@Ninja20704got it, you are right 👍.
      Thx for helping me out!
      🙂👻

    • @rivenoak
      @rivenoak Місяць тому

      @@Ninja20704 the question omitted integers completely.
      as we are in pythagorean territory a lot of solutions for _any_ of those 4 options appear and zero is not even part of the equation :)
      for example
      16=4²
      9=3²
      and the missing side for your rectangular figure would be square root of 5 (~2,236)
      same shenanigans for a triangle made out of 4, 2 and square root of 12 (~3,464)
      the question was worded poorly, but to mention "pythagorean tripels" would perhaps confuse the candidate AND audience

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 Місяць тому +4

      @@rivenoak the term “square number”, by definition, is a number that can be written as the square of an integer. So there is no need to mention integers because saying square numbers already means that we are restricted to integers only.
      And honestly, people are even less likely to understand the question if it used “pythagorean triple” because a lot of math students have not even heard that term, let alone general public/audience

  • @__Rafsanul__Haq__
    @__Rafsanul__Haq__ Місяць тому +1

    Nowadays you are not hitting the board strongly with your markers. I love that hit.

  • @ahall9839
    @ahall9839 Місяць тому +2

    Remember, you have to study math because you might end up on a 90's game show where one of the questions might require basic arithmetic learned in elementary school.

  • @foxyy2048
    @foxyy2048 Місяць тому +43

    idk why I assumed the two smaller numbers had to be the same numbers

    • @lornacy
      @lornacy Місяць тому +4

      That was my mistake!

    • @commanderwaddles3483
      @commanderwaddles3483 Місяць тому +8

      Nah fr, my dumb ass was like,"Shit, we gotta go to decimals now??" 🤦🤦

    • @lornacy
      @lornacy Місяць тому

      @@commanderwaddles3483 😂

    • @rivenoak
      @rivenoak Місяць тому

      ok, it works for any square figure, where hypotenuse is the diagonal line and thus a valid solution of pythagoras by default.
      unfortunately such diagonal is a multiple of "root of 2" and thus irrational OR the sides are of very odd numbers so their combined square results add up to a smooth number.

    • @JannPoo
      @JannPoo 29 днів тому +1

      That's what I assumed at first, then I realized nothing says that and a few seconds later I got the right answer.

  • @dragoni_penguin
    @dragoni_penguin Місяць тому +2

    this fuels my toxic trait thinking i would cheese this show

  • @Sg190th
    @Sg190th Місяць тому +13

    I remember this. Yeah B is made of 16 and 9.
    Adding every odd number is basically each squared number.
    Example: 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 = 64.

    • @prakharbharti3102
      @prakharbharti3102 Місяць тому +4

      Damn this was something I didn't know even though I am a highschool maths student

    • @APaleDot
      @APaleDot Місяць тому

      @@prakharbharti3102
      If you imagine starting with a 1x1 square, you see you can turn it into a 2x2 square by adding 3 squares around the outside. Similarly turning a 2x2 square into a 3x3, you would add another layer along the outside in an L shape. That L shape would add 2 on top, 2 on the side and 1 on the corner. Every time you want to go up to the next square, you have to use 1 more block to the top of the L shape and 1 more block to the side of the L shape. So the L shape increases by 2 each time, giving you every odd number.
      And in general the difference of two consecutive squares is written n² - (n -1)² which we can do some algebra on:
      n² - (n - 1)² =
      n² - n² +2n - 1=
      2n - 1
      which is a formula that returns odd numbers when n is an whole number.

    • @midaz7
      @midaz7 Місяць тому +1

      🤯

    • @asdfqwerty14587
      @asdfqwerty14587 Місяць тому

      @@prakharbharti3102 It makes sense if you visualize it - if you imagine you have a square, and you're adding 1 to both the length and the width of the square, you can see that the area of the square increases by 2*the current width + 1 (the vertical rectangle and the horizontal rectangle being added both have an area of the (current width + 1) *1, and then you subtract 1 from that because of the 1x1 square where the horizontal and vertical rectangles intersect to avoid double counting that section)
      That pattern is basically just repeating that step over and over again - you start with a 1x1 square, and each time you add the next number in that sequence you're adding 2*the current width +1, which as shown above is the difference in areas between a square and a square with that width +1, which naturally when summed with the area of something that's already that square will give you the area of a square with 1 greater width.

    • @Tzizenorec
      @Tzizenorec Місяць тому +5

      So the next one that's the sum of two square numbers is... 12²+5²=13²
      Always going to be the square of an odd number to increase the root of the the other square number by 1.
      And _which_ square number does it increase? Well, it increases (((odd number)²-1)/2)² to (((odd number)²+1)/2)².
      1²+0²=1²
      3²+4²=5²
      5²+12²=13²
      7²+24²=25²
      9²+40²=41²
      11²+60²=61²
      13²+84²=85²
      15²+112²=113²
      +2 +32(+4) +32(+4)
      ...and there's the full pattern. Not _every_ Pythagorean triple, but all the ones where the length of the hypotenuse is 1 more than the length of the longer side.

  •  26 днів тому +1

    The question reminded me of 3 4 5 triangle

  • @louf7178
    @louf7178 Місяць тому

    That's a tricky problem for on the spot.

  • @aba_dab_o
    @aba_dab_o Місяць тому

    Being a mathematics person and watching old game shows on the yt, I especially _cringe_ (likened to bprp’s moments of silence) at incorrect mathematical answers. Especially on quiz show ones like Millionaire. 😬😬😬

  • @cefrinaldi8060
    @cefrinaldi8060 Місяць тому +3

    At first i was confused then i saw the word sum. Most people will probably unconsciously ignore that word hence the misunderstanding of the question

    • @jcskyknight2222
      @jcskyknight2222 Місяць тому

      Yeah it’s real easy to jump to the wrong conclusion here.

  • @kaichisendou
    @kaichisendou Місяць тому +16

    Absolutely NAILED the "disappointed Asian dad" look, made me feel bad even though I got the question right

    • @Batwam0
      @Batwam0 Місяць тому +2

      If he was Singaporean, he would have lost his passport on the spot!

  • @anonymouscheesepie3768
    @anonymouscheesepie3768 Місяць тому

    Pythagoras: what is this guy’s problem??

  • @coltonjames888
    @coltonjames888 Місяць тому +1

    You are my math class

  • @shaylevinzon540
    @shaylevinzon540 Місяць тому

    Nice one, I thought the two smaller squares should be equal to each other, so I couldn't answer it

  • @sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555
    @sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555 Місяць тому +10

    This shows that people with photographic memory aren't always great at logic

  • @WojtekXD-bx7jb
    @WojtekXD-bx7jb 29 днів тому +1

    No ammount of TV stress can justify a mistake this horrible

    • @ThomasVWorm
      @ThomasVWorm 25 днів тому +1

      Yes, it can, if you understand, how stress works: it blocks conscious thinking, because it is slow anyway. When it is time for action, fast thinking is needed and that it will have fast access to your senses, which is not the conscious part of your brain.
      And it also blocks all the feelings, which may distract you, like eg. pain.
      So in such a situation it depends a lot upon how stressed you will become. This can vary a lot between people.
      The interesting part is more, why we do react with stress in such situations as if we would be attacked by an animal.

  • @lelouchlemprouge6380
    @lelouchlemprouge6380 Місяць тому

    16,9,25 standard right angle triangle of 3,4,5 which I see daily so answer is 25 , and also angle is 54,36,90 if I remember

    • @user-yk1lz7gb2t
      @user-yk1lz7gb2t Місяць тому

      53,37,90 i think 😅

    • @lelouchlemprouge6380
      @lelouchlemprouge6380 Місяць тому

      @@user-yk1lz7gb2t oh yea thanks you are correct

    • @whoff59
      @whoff59 28 днів тому

      36.86989 ... = arctan(3/4)
      and the other angle is 90 minus that one.

  • @Other_Kev
    @Other_Kev Місяць тому

    ua-cam.com/video/i7qoq3KQiaw/v-deo.htmlsi=RSz4GLMNiDpKScra
    A more meaningful answer for your math students who ask when they'll ever use calculus in real life.

  • @kristofzsoltlango9926
    @kristofzsoltlango9926 Місяць тому +1

    n^2=(n^2)+(0^2), but (n^2) is not smaller, than (n^2)

  • @diamondly6250
    @diamondly6250 Місяць тому

    I got an A in math in high school its been 4 years I dont remember any of this😅

  • @ehmtea8756
    @ehmtea8756 Місяць тому +1

    I just had to think about square numbers and if they do have to be an integer... But I think they do, right? Otherwise there would have been countless solutions.
    Anyways he is just one away from a right answer

    • @michaelfaccone5811
      @michaelfaccone5811 Місяць тому

      I'm not aware of anyone who teaches "square numbers" meaning anything other than perfect squares. IOW, I don't think anyone would call 8 a square number, even though it is the square of sqrt(8).

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 Місяць тому +1

      Square numbers, by definition, are the square of an integer.
      So yes, you must use integers only.

    • @paulhammond6978
      @paulhammond6978 Місяць тому

      If you are allowed to use all real numbers, then every number is a square number because sqrt is an operator on the reals.

  • @javieralbertlopez3888
    @javieralbertlopez3888 Місяць тому

    Theoretically all of them could be correct (refering to the cuestion that appears on the thumbnail of the video), because it doesn't mention that the numbers must be whole numbers, but the question is understood.

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 22 дні тому

      “Square number” means the square of an integer by definition. So only 25 can be correct

  • @pythondrink
    @pythondrink Місяць тому

    I've seen this video on your Instagram. This is what I think: since a number can be expressed as a sum in an infinite number of ways, isn't it possible that all four of those numbers can expressed as a sum of two smaller square numbers? Now if we actually mean perfect squares, that's a different thing.

    • @MuffinsAPlenty
      @MuffinsAPlenty 25 днів тому

      Square numbers, by definition, are squares of integers.

  • @TheBaylanscroftSignal
    @TheBaylanscroftSignal 24 дні тому

    As if simply "paying attention" were already enough to "know maths"...

  • @theeraphatsunthornwit6266
    @theeraphatsunthornwit6266 29 днів тому

    Remind me of pythagoras class

  • @aldrinanto9701
    @aldrinanto9701 Місяць тому

    quick question: when i saw this video, I was like "hell no, there are infinite answers. how are we supposed to find the correct answer?". But the question had an answer which baffled me. you could get 25 as the sum of squares of square root of 24 and 1 which are smaller than 25. so you could take sum of squares of any two real numbers to get the sum 25. so basically aren't there multiple options for it??
    The question also doesn't specify the numbers as perfect numbers.
    so technically I am right, right? I find this disturbing the sanity of my mind. Pls do correct if I am wrong.

    • @AverageCommentor
      @AverageCommentor Місяць тому +1

      Square numbers are defined by being the square of integers. 24 is not a square of an integer and so is not a square number, even if it does have a root. 16 and 9 are the only square numbers that sum to another square number, 25, in those 4 listed options.

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 Місяць тому +1

      “Square numbers” by definition are the square of an integer.
      Because if not, we can say any number is a square number which would make it completely meaningless

  • @Crocodile918
    @Crocodile918 23 дні тому

    Idk how ppl dont know basic maths, like they take education for granted perhaps

  • @tejpalsingh366
    @tejpalsingh366 Місяць тому

    4× 4+ 3× 3= 25
    Remember pytha numbers to get it done instantly

  • @ingiford175
    @ingiford175 Місяць тому +16

    Well technically all of them are the sum of smaller square numbers (infinite amount). Now if it said two smaller square integers, all are still answers, as for like the first -4 and 0 or 4 and 0. Only when you restrict it to positive integers (natural numbers) then B is the only answer.

    • @michaelfaccone5811
      @michaelfaccone5811 Місяць тому +9

      -4 squared is 16, which is not a smaller square number than 16, and so does not satisfactorily answer the question.

    • @ingiford175
      @ingiford175 Місяць тому +1

      @@michaelfaccone5811 I was thinking smaller number, not smaller squares. Yep your right. so restrict to integers is enough

    • @AverageCommentor
      @AverageCommentor Місяць тому +1

      @@ingiford175.
      Any square number would have to have integer roots - 8 (random example) is not a square number as it doesn't have an integer root, so restricting to integers is implied in the question.

    • @lolgalaxy4406
      @lolgalaxy4406 Місяць тому +1

      a square number is an integer that is the square of an integer. So by definition its always going to be an integer.

  • @comdo777
    @comdo777 Місяць тому +2

    answer=(b) 25 isit hmm gmm math matter isit

  • @alfianfahmi5430
    @alfianfahmi5430 Місяць тому

    Some people mistook sum with multiplication 💀

  • @sterlingteall3462
    @sterlingteall3462 Місяць тому +1

    Math is always useful in life.

  • @Ben_Ja_Man
    @Ben_Ja_Man Місяць тому

    3-4-5 tripple, obv 🙄

  • @GoingForth
    @GoingForth Місяць тому

    The people who chose A probably thought that 0⁰ = 0. When in reality, it's often considered as "Undefined" or even 1 in some cases.

  • @yurenchu
    @yurenchu Місяць тому

    The contestant knew that he didn't know the answer; he should have decided to walk away with $16,000 instead of taking a risk. (Unless he already has a fat bank account and $16,000 is nothing to him.)

  • @brandonschaeffer1199
    @brandonschaeffer1199 Місяць тому

    16 can also be correct. 4 squared plus 0 squared. 0 is a square number. It should have had the word "positive" at the end of the question. Then, 25 would be the only correct solution, since 0 is not a positive number.

    • @BelugaGuy-ks5mp
      @BelugaGuy-ks5mp Місяць тому +1

      At last. 🎉🎉

    • @bprpmathbasics
      @bprpmathbasics  Місяць тому +3

      1:24

    • @Ascension721
      @Ascension721 Місяць тому +2

      16 is not a smaller square number than 16.

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 Місяць тому

      The question said two SMALLER square numbers. 16 is not smaller than 16 so 16 = 16+0 does not satisfy the criteria in the question.

  • @rsm3t
    @rsm3t Місяць тому

    Phone a friend! (If your friend's name is Pythagoras)

  • @spoddie
    @spoddie Місяць тому

    Me being a smart ass on TV: "I assume by two smaller square numbers, you actually mean two non-zero square numbers otherwise the question doesn't make sense"

    • @Tzizenorec
      @Tzizenorec Місяць тому

      Actually works fine either way. In "16=16+0", one of the two numbers after the = sign isn't smaller than 16, and the other one is 0.

  • @BitterwindSE
    @BitterwindSE 29 днів тому +1

    0.10. To get another 15 000 dollars? The number in right corner says 16 000... Now I'll watch the video.

    • @bprpmathbasics
      @bprpmathbasics  28 днів тому

      Because he still walked away with $1,000 😃

  • @brandonschaeffer1199
    @brandonschaeffer1199 Місяць тому +1

    Never mind

  • @thegoldengood4725
    @thegoldengood4725 Місяць тому

    3squared+4squared=5squared 🤯

  • @stride3051
    @stride3051 29 днів тому

    I misread the question damnit lol

  • @APerson-ws4cw
    @APerson-ws4cw Місяць тому +7

    Just looking at it, it's
    B, 25. 16 + 9 is 25.

  • @Integral77777
    @Integral77777 Місяць тому

    He could find the answer if he subtracted one of the choices from the others. 25-16=9.

    • @yurenchu
      @yurenchu Місяць тому

      Assuming he knows what square numbers are, and that he would have recognized 9 as being a square number.

  • @goyambansal2538
    @goyambansal2538 Місяць тому

    i’m actually shocked, how can people not know this. Even a fifth grader can answer this question 😭

  • @MarioFanGamer659
    @MarioFanGamer659 Місяць тому +1

    What also could have happened is that the viewers have misunderstood the question since some may have interpreted it as "Which of these numbers is a square of a square". Incidentally, that's what I was immediately thinking before I realised the question actually meant "Which of these numbers is a Pythagorean triple" and in turn made me immediately realise the correct answer.

  • @jensraab2902
    @jensraab2902 Місяць тому

    Dude committed two errors:
    1. Didn't pay attention in math class (and didn't watch bprp videos).
    2. Consulted audience for a math question. Many people sadly suck at even the most basic math.

    • @yurenchu
      @yurenchu Місяць тому

      and _third_ error:
      3. Decided to take a gamble on a math question, instead of walking away with the $16,000 he had.
      (By the way, to all the math people and statisticians out there: Yes, I'm aware that the _expectation value_ of his return is arguably greater if he "plays" than if he "stays".)

    • @jensraab2902
      @jensraab2902 Місяць тому

      ​@@yurenchu I see what you're saying but I wouldn't call it an error per se. Any gamble on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is, well, a gamble.
      You only know whether it was a mistake to make the gamble when the answer is revealed.
      Colloquially speaking, it will have been a mistake if he loses, and a good decision if he wins.

  • @alihesham8167
    @alihesham8167 Місяць тому

    25, 16+9=25 (i answered before I watched)

  • @sfxdlwsrs
    @sfxdlwsrs Місяць тому +4

    Homie lost money due to basic math

  • @rivenoak
    @rivenoak Місяць тому +1

    the question omitted the requisite of integers, so all 4 options are true by default.
    what the show really wanted was a pythagorean tripel, but did not say so :(

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 Місяць тому +3

      “Square numbers”, by definition, are the numbers that can be written as the square of an integer. So saying square numbers automatically restricts to only integers.

  • @Mindraker1
    @Mindraker1 Місяць тому

    Why DOESN'T zero count as a number? You're insisting the answer be solved with a *triangle*, but it doesn't have to be.

    • @AverageCommentor
      @AverageCommentor Місяць тому +1

      It does, but it doesn't work as 0^2 is 0 so the other number has to be equal to the answer, and therefore cannot be a smaller square number.

    • @bprpmathbasics
      @bprpmathbasics  Місяць тому

      1:24

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 Місяць тому +1

      The question asked for two smaller square numbers. So if you let one of them be 0, the other number would have to be equal to the original, violating that condition.

  • @heck-r
    @heck-r Місяць тому

    While we usually only call the numbers with whole number roots square numbers, technically all numbers are a square of something, so one could argue that all answers are correct :D
    (2 is a square of the square root of 2, meaning that 2 is a number, which is a square of another number)

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 Місяць тому +1

      The term square number is by definition the square of an integer, not just “usually”. Nobody ever says 2 is a square number for example.
      Otherwise every number is a square number, making it completely pointless term.

    • @heck-r
      @heck-r Місяць тому +1

      @@Ninja20704 Of course you're right, I just wanted to stretch it for fun

  • @adamrussell658
    @adamrussell658 Місяць тому

    Its not so much of a math problem. Most people that know the right answer just know it because they have seen it before so many times. They dont have to actually do any math to get it.

  • @attackhelicopteriscool
    @attackhelicopteriscool Місяць тому

    my braining thinking 4+4 = 16

  • @creative_philomath
    @creative_philomath Місяць тому

    So i won $16,0000 right...?!!

  • @Misteribel
    @Misteribel Місяць тому +2

    I remember that episode. It was so crinchy! He took forever and then still chose wrong on a question any 10yo can answer.

    • @devooko
      @devooko Місяць тому +4

      ah yes my favorite word, crinchy

    • @MikehMike01
      @MikehMike01 Місяць тому

      @@devookoC R I N C H Why

    • @Southernguy39
      @Southernguy39 Місяць тому

      You’re a mean one Mr. Crinch. 😂

  • @albirtarsha5370
    @albirtarsha5370 Місяць тому

    Being old school, I knew this off the top of my head. Enough about me; let's slam the American adults.
    Only 30% of the audience got it right. So 70% were incompetent. However, it's probably worse than that. 25% would get it right if answers were chosen randomly. So that's 5% better than complete ignorance.

  • @anonymous88897
    @anonymous88897 Місяць тому

    The question is technically wrong as all of them can be sum of two smaller integer numbers as in (16 = 4²+0²) , they should mention natural numbers 😂 lol
    Edit: definition of square number by wikipedia: In mathematics, a square number or perfect square is an integer that is the square of an integer;[1] in other words, it is the product of some integer with itself.
    And 0 is an integer.

    • @michaelfaccone5811
      @michaelfaccone5811 Місяць тому

      The question as written required both of the square numbers being summed to the answer choice be smaller than the answer choice. 4 squared is not smaller than 16.

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 Місяць тому +1

      The question asked for two SMALLER square numbers. So 16 = 4^2 + 0^2 does not satisfy that crietria because 16 is not smaller than 16.

    • @bprpmathbasics
      @bprpmathbasics  Місяць тому

      1:24

  • @Hitman_1908
    @Hitman_1908 Місяць тому +3

    I swear man every asian kid can solve this piece of cake within 5 sec . Can't believe the majority of grown ups couldn't solve a 8 grade question.

    • @user-qc9cd5iz3l
      @user-qc9cd5iz3l Місяць тому

      It wasn't stated if zero could be taken 4² + 0² is 16

    • @VectoRaith
      @VectoRaith Місяць тому

      ​@@user-qc9cd5iz3l no need to state. Zero _is_ a square number? c'mon mate.

    • @user-qc9cd5iz3l
      @user-qc9cd5iz3l Місяць тому

      @@VectoRaith No I mean it wasn't stated if we had to take natural numbers or integers

    • @VectoRaith
      @VectoRaith Місяць тому

      @@user-qc9cd5iz3l Oh, I see your point now...

    • @yurenchu
      @yurenchu Місяць тому

      ​@@user-qc9cd5iz3l It doesn't matter. 4^2 is a square number but isn't _smaller_ than 16 .

  • @paulhammond6978
    @paulhammond6978 Місяць тому

    The way the question is written does deliberate hide the fact that it's about geometry and pythagorean triples. Clearly it fooled a lot of people in the studio audience. It's like those "word problem" type of questions where the first thing you have to do is understand the question so that you can translate it into the right maths to solve it.

    • @yurenchu
      @yurenchu Місяць тому

      It doesn't necessarily have to be about geometry and Pythagorean triples. I didn't learn about right triangles and Pythagorean triples until high school, but I did learn at elementary school what sums and square numbers are.

  • @edge_of_theknife6315
    @edge_of_theknife6315 Місяць тому

    who said the square root of 8 isnt a number

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 Місяць тому +1

      Who even said it wasn’t

  • @BTRequiemOfficial
    @BTRequiemOfficial 28 днів тому +1

    all answers are correct unless the answer has to be the sums of positive, different integers

    • @ThomasVWorm
      @ThomasVWorm 25 днів тому +2

      No. "Square numbers" are the squares of integers, otherwise the word "square number" would have no meaning at all.

    • @BTRequiemOfficial
      @BTRequiemOfficial 25 днів тому +1

      @@ThomasVWorm nuh uh

    • @Ninja20704
      @Ninja20704 22 дні тому

      @@BTRequiemOfficial “square numbers” are by definition the square of an integer.
      You cannot say 5 is a square number because it is [sqrt(5)]^2 because sqrt(5) is not an integer. Not even 4/9 even tho it is (2/3)^2
      Without this restriction, having the term square number would be completely meaningless and pointless because every number would be a square number.

  • @absolutezero9874
    @absolutezero9874 Місяць тому

    Good job ignoring 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @LM10GOAT84
    @LM10GOAT84 Місяць тому

    A 12 year old can easily solve that question ☠☠

    • @lornacy
      @lornacy Місяць тому +1

      ... But it takes someone with more maturity to have compassion for a person who cracked under stress.

    • @liamschreibman8268
      @liamschreibman8268 Місяць тому

      His remark is probably directed at the audience of whom a large majority did not vote for B ​@lornacy

    • @lornacy
      @lornacy Місяць тому

      @@liamschreibman8268 Yeah, I can accept that😁

    • @yurenchu
      @yurenchu Місяць тому +1

      ​​​@@lornacy It was 50%, so it was not what would be called a _large_ majority (or even a majority at all).
      I get (and agree with) your point, though.
      EDIT: My bad, you said "a large majority did not vote for B", and not "a large majority voted for A, the answer that the contestant gave". 70% is indeed a large majority. I misread your post. My apologies.
      EDIT 2: I've now noticed that I have replied to the wrong person: my reply was meant for @liamschreibman8268 , instead of @lornacy . So it appears that I've been making quite a mess of my post! Again, my apologies.