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  • @canderson310
    @canderson310 12 років тому +73

    where was this guy when i was in school???

  • @myworkoutthing1262
    @myworkoutthing1262 4 роки тому +54

    Who else watching this because it’s part of your school work?
    This is part of my math this is a video explai

  • @bonie3044
    @bonie3044 5 років тому +46

    I know English bad,but I understood everything.It's a magic

    • @dustoniuspollywogus8105
      @dustoniuspollywogus8105 3 роки тому

      what country are you originally from?
      my parents are from south Asia but i was born in france and moved to Arizona in the US when i was almost 6

    • @itscorn8529
      @itscorn8529 3 роки тому

      @@dustoniuspollywogus8105 America?

    • @invalid5777
      @invalid5777 3 роки тому

      @@dustoniuspollywogus8105 Seems like Russia.

    • @dorkle9085
      @dorkle9085 3 роки тому

      Thanks Mario

    • @7080gushihui
      @7080gushihui 7 місяців тому

      Cool

  • @rickandcindysteinkamp3900
    @rickandcindysteinkamp3900 12 років тому +15

    hello, I just want to say that I interlectually love your videos I am 11 years old and in. the 5th grade, I have always loved math and want to get better, by watching your videos I can learn so much more.Thanks

  • @808naty
    @808naty 11 років тому +76

    I love Khan academy its really helping me out I forgot everything about math

    • @StacyTrinidad
      @StacyTrinidad 7 років тому +6

      same here! i got a horrible grade on my placement test. its been over a decade since i last touched algebra!

    • @elishaari2820
      @elishaari2820 5 років тому +1

      Lol who wouldn't

    • @mark_lbsf
      @mark_lbsf 4 роки тому +1

      LOL she watched this 6 years ago

    • @sekharmadduri2592
      @sekharmadduri2592 4 роки тому

      😀

  • @everrrette
    @everrrette 6 років тому +22

    I'm going into 7th grade and I was placed into pre algebra, not 7th grade math so I'm really nervous because I'm not the best at mathematics. Thank you Khan Academy for helping me remember everything I forgot about math :D

  • @milli888
    @milli888 3 роки тому +2

    this dude draws and overcomplicates everything, and i love it.

  • @LoveingTT
    @LoveingTT 8 років тому +13

    Keep in mind that I'm popping my cherry, regarding pre-algebra, with this video. But instead of visualizing a number line, I found it far quicker to subtract the larger number from the smaller number and throw a negative sign on it if I'm subtracting and keep it positive if I'm adding. I double checked this method on my calculator and came to the same correct, even when I used numbers like 1000 and 1000,000,000.
    For instance 18597 - 56823 = -38226. Now instead of visualizing or writing out a number line, one could just subtract 56823 from 18597 and still get 38226. Just remember to throw a negative sign on it and the workload seems to be cut down my 80%.

    • @이브나카무라
      @이브나카무라 7 років тому

      Umm.... it's 1,000,000,000 dude

    • @averagemoon
      @averagemoon 5 років тому +1

      Agreed! Although that sometimes mixes me up, I like that strategy. The negative part where you have to add and subtract, for example -5 -19, and I would have to subtract 5 from 19 then throw a negative sign on. It mixes me up though, cuz sometimes I do 19-5=14, and forget about the negative sign. But what messes me up even more is when I do something like 3 -4, which was in the video, and then I sometimes count in my head on a number line and I get the wrong answer. What i think works best now is I do 4-3 then remember the opposite of positive and put a negative sign.

  • @belugas4life785
    @belugas4life785 5 років тому +18

    I’m in 5th grade, and had no clue about algebra, now I’m GREAT after watching most of these videos! THANK YOU!

    • @aerospacebriefcase2290
      @aerospacebriefcase2290 4 роки тому +4

      hah hi kid

    • @belugas4life785
      @belugas4life785 4 роки тому +1

      Aerospace Briefcase hello!

    • @miadarling4804
      @miadarling4804 3 роки тому

      :) Hope you're doing well in school, good job for trying to learn early!

    • @belugas4life785
      @belugas4life785 3 роки тому

      @@miadarling4804 aw thank you!! Almost the end of sixth grade for me :) this definitely helped for the unit! Hopefully you too are doing well

    • @saraatedog
      @saraatedog 3 роки тому

      @@belugas4life785 started 7th grade last week too! not doing much review this year... they mostly just jump right into new stuff

  • @araineacutebrownnurse7315
    @araineacutebrownnurse7315 6 років тому +8

    I’m a 36 year old Nurse and student. Admittedly, I needed this. Thank you 🙏

  • @philipswensen1724
    @philipswensen1724 5 років тому +5

    Even though you may still owe a bank money by spending more than you have, you are still subtracting a positive number from another positive account size in the future to pay back. But you don't pay with negative money... you pay with positive money, subtracted from another positive quantity. + & - are often used in convenience in our common daily lives. But if zero represents the lack of all numbers, then 0-1 = the same problem with infinity +1.... You can never actually have less than nothing, and yet, you can promise to give back (subtract) a future something of which you don't have yet.

  • @annalisep.1376
    @annalisep.1376 5 років тому +18

    Thank you so much! You explain these mathematical concepts very clearly.

  • @Gman_659
    @Gman_659 11 місяців тому +1

    thanks i like the way you teach negative numbers

  • @jetblackmina
    @jetblackmina 10 років тому +28

    this is helping me study for my test! I immediately subscribed after watching the video

  • @999_nxthan
    @999_nxthan Рік тому +1

    I’m Going To 7th Grade And This Video Really Helps. Thanks @Khan Academy 👍🏾

  • @_oneville
    @_oneville Рік тому +1

    thanks understood very well

  • @savannahskinner8601
    @savannahskinner8601 8 років тому +4

    Learned this last month in 6th grade. Aced the tests which were about negative and positive numbers mean median mode and range and pemdas using negative and positive numbers. We also learned about absolute value about two and a half months ago

  • @karitosreview7472
    @karitosreview7472 11 місяців тому +1

    My brain understands everything I thought it was impossible 😮

  • @chand28
    @chand28 7 років тому +7

    amazing video this helped me to pass the test to go to advanced math

  • @yunuyea
    @yunuyea 5 місяців тому +1

    13 years later this is still helpful..

  • @christopherevansanders3629
    @christopherevansanders3629 2 роки тому +2

    There are two main problems with math and numbers in general. The first is negative numbers which should be labeled as opposite instead of negative because zero is zero there can be nothing less than none even if you had zero dollars and owed someone infinity dollars you may be behind on having something more than what they will receive from you but when the money goes from you to them your supposed negative is still their positive so oppositional computation would better explain and define what the reality of it is. Second is every numerical designation, quantity and or value is used as( 1 = one of any given object that has at least a single representation of it's self) but the flaw is in using this to label a very large but finite group of objects (people, places, things, and any and all forms you can imagine of all those, some of those, and in between those groups but the absence of them can not be one of nothing so defining things as 1 though each one can be identical to different in size, shape, density, elasticity, visuality, tactility and so on gives to the one thing that is inevitable are minute we feel flaws in calculations when all those things and all the universe interacting with them on any and all levels, planes, and dimensions of that whole object instead of that 1 object and as numbers can only go in one true direction those minute flaws add up till a day arrives where the asteroid hits your house instead of missing the planet by how ever many miles that scientist were so sure of because it works for now Examples being: absolute zero being less than zero, opposites attract, I had another example but lost it in thought but in a graph that shows wins vs. losses both numerical designations are positive numbers So that would mean that negative is only a point of view that we have used to manipulate math into our favor which is still a positive lol

  • @biscuit166
    @biscuit166 13 років тому +3

    I just wanted to say thank you so much for doing this you are so great.

  • @thelazybartenders2077
    @thelazybartenders2077 2 місяці тому

    If only I had access to this back when I was in school.
    Thank you 🙏

  • @Libertybill714
    @Libertybill714 11 років тому +5

    You are mixing apples and oranges. Yes, 0 Kelvin is absolute 0. And if you are interested in the movement of atoms (or lack ther of) then that scale makes sense. For celcius, the temperature where water freezes (0) and where is boils (100) are what is impoortant, so the scale is adjusted. That doesn't mean that something can't be colder than the temp that water freezes at. So in that sense, it is below zero, or negative.

  • @lostgirl8986
    @lostgirl8986 8 років тому +11

    Thanks for these videos. I'm about to go back to school and there is sooooo much that I have forgotten the last several years LOL :)

    • @articfox8889
      @articfox8889 8 років тому +1

      Ur going back to school after several years? Or months?

    • @linderonorte
      @linderonorte 8 років тому +1

      Hola

    • @eagleharmony556
      @eagleharmony556 8 років тому +1

      como estas

    • @MasterofGames-xw5br
      @MasterofGames-xw5br 7 років тому +1

      +Artic Fox
      I'm going back after 3. Mostly because my school claimed that I was "Unteachable" and refused to school me there, then the others in the area followed so we had to move. However, 7 does seem like a long time. So I am very curious as to why.

  • @just_act1ve
    @just_act1ve 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you so much for everything you have done for us @Khan Academy! We love you and your videos. Keep it up!

  • @ayelamairohara7530
    @ayelamairohara7530 3 місяці тому

    THANKS SO MUCH! I'm in primary 5 which you guys call grade 4 and I didn't need to finish the video I understood it straight away I'm subscribing right now. I thought this would be hard but it's very easy.😃😀

  • @tinpham6818
    @tinpham6818 Місяць тому +1

    i love khan

  • @fatemay7095
    @fatemay7095 4 роки тому +2

    Whats the name of this guy?
    Man you are a mazing🙌🏽
    Sending warm greatings and blessings

  • @aqxarium
    @aqxarium 5 років тому +2

    I like Khan Academy! (I LOVE Khan Academy)

  • @hildegardcastaneda6009
    @hildegardcastaneda6009 6 років тому +13

    Thanks! You taught, me how to do this in a really good and easy way. 😇🍓

  • @designer72hd41
    @designer72hd41 8 років тому +2

    i swear on my life that thoughout my yrs of school, none of my math teachers ever taught me elementary alg (note i have not watched the video yet but i am about to) I'm going to learn a little bit about it so it help can me on tsi exam.

  • @fire6000W
    @fire6000W 3 роки тому

    Getting really clear to the point, this helps a lot when you just go deep in the chapter/lesson, Tysm sir.

  • @mr.anonymousss7443
    @mr.anonymousss7443 7 років тому +2

    Helped me hell a lot
    I forgot it but thanks to u
    I lucked out

  • @roseslink2000
    @roseslink2000 12 років тому +2

    Oh, I love this man!

  • @tanxyrogue847
    @tanxyrogue847 7 років тому

    Arithmetic done.
    Pre-Algebra next
    Going on a math marathon.

  • @eramskyleramoran6792
    @eramskyleramoran6792 Рік тому +1

    Nice. I'm 11, And I am gonna be 7th grade... I think we will just have a recap on this coz I learnt this in 6th grade.

  • @RayoBeatz
    @RayoBeatz 3 роки тому

    Thanks is not enough this exactly what we needed.

  • @thomashvnmusic
    @thomashvnmusic 9 років тому +1

    Thank you for all the great tutorials.

  • @drfoxcourt
    @drfoxcourt 14 років тому

    Although I would teach this as you did here, it may be worthwhile to show the student another approach, that of vectors. Positive numbers are vectors to the right, Negative numbers are vectors to the left and the absolute values of those vectors are their magnitude.
    This will give them a leg up when you get to teaching analytic geometry, engineering applications, and non cartesian graphing.

  • @navarrjenkinz
    @navarrjenkinz 6 років тому +2

    Thanks for the review

  • @virgoolokun3088
    @virgoolokun3088 5 років тому +2

    Awesome job, as always.

  • @makikofukui5818
    @makikofukui5818 4 роки тому

    This video is very helpful. 🙏

  • @Apollo232007
    @Apollo232007 14 років тому +1

    I was looking on your site and could not find the basics of "Supply and Demand" or "Price Elasticity Demand?" I'm sure its there I just can't find it.
    Also I was looking for some information on the a Country's Reserves, or China reasoning for buying USA Treasury Bills (I understand it is better than holding Cash due to inflation) but then they lend exports to the point where the USA has a deficit. Could you explain these economics?

  • @afra1d699
    @afra1d699 2 роки тому

    thank you i really needed this

  • @fumiyam1232
    @fumiyam1232 2 роки тому +1

    thanks! i love this video very much :D

  • @Savage-wn8dg
    @Savage-wn8dg 4 роки тому +7

    Who's watching this to pretend that their actually doing homework, when you're actually just using at as a cover whenever your parents come into the room to check if you're working :p

  • @markhungerford3182
    @markhungerford3182 8 років тому +3

    Is this a full pre-algebra course? I see other courses on youtube that are much, much longer.
    I also looked at the course on the Khan website and it doesn't use this playlist. It seems to be very different. Is that one better than this one?
    I'm really looking for a college level course, ideally.

  • @amzd247
    @amzd247 3 роки тому

    Bruh you’re literally saving my grades thank you so much

  • @KNGDMcars
    @KNGDMcars Рік тому +2

    im in high school and the class is being forced to watch this

  • @DaNarwhals
    @DaNarwhals 13 років тому

    My dad showed me you and I am stuck up in a bad situation... I just got some new material and honestly I am pretty clueless. My notes help somewhat both otherwise, I'm roadkill. Can you please do closure, identity, inverse, communitive, associative and all those other properties?? If I don't get a good understanding on this I might end up failing math. And believe me... It is not my homework bringing me down. It's those darn tests!!

  • @rashaahmedmohammedeisa9528
    @rashaahmedmohammedeisa9528 4 роки тому

    This really helps

  • @alotibia11
    @alotibia11 6 років тому +1

    very useful

  • @tiffanywallace8402
    @tiffanywallace8402 3 роки тому

    im a teacher and after two years of working i understood more

  • @jiyeonkim3773
    @jiyeonkim3773 4 роки тому

    Your math is great

  • @MaureenMurphy_
    @MaureenMurphy_ 7 років тому +3

    lol I’m so happy that I can finally say that I understand something.

  • @uthandophiri6669
    @uthandophiri6669 3 роки тому

    I love Khan Academy it really helps but can u please write a little bit bigger

  • @mk-ninja5284
    @mk-ninja5284 4 роки тому +2

    I also understand everything in math that he showed me

  • @sully42682
    @sully42682 9 років тому +4

    I think he may have gotten that, having negative money at the bank bit, from an older Louis C.K. bit. Good execution though. It made me lol, then I said to myself, 'Wait a minute, I've heard something like that before', then, hence, I came to the conclusion, it was Louis C.K. I LOVE Khan Academy btw!

  • @saidrafili6916
    @saidrafili6916 3 роки тому

    Could you please recommend books to practice Pre-Algebra?

  • @nexoburlax4831
    @nexoburlax4831 7 років тому

    This was so helpful

  • @MrNickdino
    @MrNickdino 11 років тому +1

    for example, he says -100 there is a lack of heat, no sir. There is heat if something measures -100, and none if it measures -273.15

  • @ty_op2425
    @ty_op2425 4 роки тому

    Thanks man i get it

  • @hunter017
    @hunter017 12 років тому

    must negative values have their negative signs in front of the value or is there other ways of expressing negative values?

  • @lazyechoess
    @lazyechoess 2 місяці тому

    mans about to save my whole career. (I need to catch up a whole years work in 2 weeks, maybe less)

  • @romanmclennan8828
    @romanmclennan8828 9 років тому +2

    thanks khan academy!!!! I got a hundred percent on my test thanks to you!!

  • @Dandymancan
    @Dandymancan 2 роки тому +1

    What I don’t get is if -1 is bigger then -20 then that means it would be easier to pay off the -20 then the -1 because the -20 is SMALLER.

  • @nixibrock7857
    @nixibrock7857 8 місяців тому

    WHYCCANT THEY JUSTPLAY YOUR VIDS I AM BAD AT MATH BUT U MAKE EVERYTHING EZSZZAYY🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @Bunny-b4z
    @Bunny-b4z 2 роки тому

    i will subscribe u deserve it

  • @bash_7775
    @bash_7775 7 років тому

    so helpful

  • @Krsxh0__0
    @Krsxh0__0 2 роки тому

    I love Khan Academy

  • @woodstone7748
    @woodstone7748 Рік тому

    NICE!!!

  • @veryack7103
    @veryack7103 7 років тому +14

    If its -100 we'll have an ice age

    • @naokimc
      @naokimc 4 роки тому

      Antarctica has a temperature of about -70, so -100 can't be Ice Age, it should be about -101 degrees to be the ice age. You forgot to subtract -1

    • @Luastuff
      @Luastuff 3 роки тому

      E

    • @dustoniuspollywogus8105
      @dustoniuspollywogus8105 3 роки тому

      prolly

    • @greenfnfn
      @greenfnfn 8 місяців тому

      @@Luastuff E

    • @Luastuff
      @Luastuff 8 місяців тому

      @@greenfnfn dude I said this 3 years ago 💀

  • @victorial6794
    @victorial6794 8 років тому +8

    less than 0? was thinking fractions and decimals :P

  • @stephenkamenar
    @stephenkamenar 9 років тому +8

    This video is really funny. But something interesting to note is that even serious mathematicians of the past didn't believe negative numbers existed, lol.

    • @firas-8761
      @firas-8761 9 років тому +3

      +Stephen Kamenar ikr my teacher would be like can 2 - 3? ME be like yes teacher says no I say -1 teacher says dont get smart with

  • @cacita2.0
    @cacita2.0 3 роки тому

    the story of how this man saved my life

  • @meow3korvson337
    @meow3korvson337 6 років тому

    what is the software you use to draw?

  • @Kwintessential2
    @Kwintessential2 7 років тому

    Good review

  • @anitasamek
    @anitasamek 13 років тому +2

    "deep mysterious things" lol! I love you XD

  • @MrNickdino
    @MrNickdino 11 років тому

    whereas kelvin starts from the complete lack of temperature-causing atom movement. There is no lower temperature possible, so, a true temperature scale begins from no temperature. So using celcius is a false example.

  • @idemirkan79
    @idemirkan79 5 років тому

    how did you make it?

  • @alihusin9026
    @alihusin9026 5 років тому +2

    Just now I am studying this

  • @kylerich6075
    @kylerich6075 11 років тому

    wouldnt 3-4 be a double negative because the minus sign refers as a negative also to the 4.

  • @hajrakhan1263
    @hajrakhan1263 4 роки тому +4

    Who’s watching this in quarantine bc they have no frking idea of what the teacher game them lol 😂

  • @jijon805
    @jijon805 5 років тому +3

    My mom yelled at me and made me watch this video...

  • @em_falcon
    @em_falcon 4 роки тому

    If -1 is larger than-100 it is because of that is going inverse, am I right Mr. Sal Khan.

  • @sunflowersarles
    @sunflowersarles 13 років тому

    Nice Sal.

  • @wasleedbroskie3490
    @wasleedbroskie3490 8 місяців тому

    people who put this in their room out loud too make it sound like your studying but really playing a video game.

  • @nimatallahi01
    @nimatallahi01 8 років тому +1

    TUTORIALS! ha its awesome and you care about TUTORIALS

  • @philipswensen1724
    @philipswensen1724 5 років тому

    Yeah, lets see this work in Kelvin scale...

  • @MrNickdino
    @MrNickdino 11 років тому +1

    i disagree with the explanation and i'm still searching for one (an explanation) of negative numbers. what in reality can be represented by a negative number? everything exists. There is no negative exists, its yes or no and then there is namestuff, a person is, when he dies and goes to ashes he is not. In the case of temperature, 0 degrees celcius is a faulty bottom since atoms are still moving, causing temperature,

  • @zeenatiqbal9691
    @zeenatiqbal9691 4 роки тому

    Ok thanks

  • @chau4444
    @chau4444 7 місяців тому

    I am currently skipping math from 7th to pre algebra TYSM

  • @bestadd0
    @bestadd0 5 місяців тому

    2/4 > 2/8
    if -1 < 0.1 : 2/-1 > 2/0.1?

  • @puglantisgaming4662
    @puglantisgaming4662 4 роки тому

    What if u subtract a negative number to a negative number?

  • @mak0076
    @mak0076 8 років тому +2

    plz add HINDI national Language of india in your video lectures. thanks KHAN ACADEMY

  • @william_doesroblox
    @william_doesroblox Рік тому +2

    thank you for helping me have a nice day ( •̀ ω •́ )✧

  • @victorial6794
    @victorial6794 8 років тому +2

    -1 - -2

  • @dooryeong
    @dooryeong 4 роки тому +1

    I seemed interested because of Odd Squad :>

  • @lewisgelfand9727
    @lewisgelfand9727 11 років тому

    I did this for 6th grade homework.