How to Subtract By Adding

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  • @redkb
    @redkb 9 років тому +1227

    You took an entire computer science lecture and turned it into a 3 min video! Nice!

    • @yousorooo
      @yousorooo 9 років тому +103

      RedKB If your class takes a whole lecture to teach students about 2's complement, then you probably went to the wrong college.

    • @are0planes
      @are0planes 9 років тому +41

      Derek Leung Have you ever seen an MIT lecture? The spend the whole class explaining concepts just like this.

    • @yousorooo
      @yousorooo 9 років тому +6

      Matthew Tayloe I've never watch any of their online lectures. The way I was taught is that we simply flip the bits and add one. This works because we don't have an infinite number line, instead a circular number line (mod) and flipping the bits just make it goes the other direction.

    • @Minstorm34
      @Minstorm34 9 років тому +1

      RedKB hey redkb, you watch minutephysics?

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid 9 років тому +6

      Derek Leung RedKB If you can watch this video without ever having been introduced to the concept and then understand it deeply and fully _and_ still have a profound understanding of the concept two years later, you don't need college.

  • @knollie199
    @knollie199 7 років тому +1529

    This is exactly what I need to know at 3 am.

  • @coldspade1590
    @coldspade1590 7 років тому +3734

    20 seconds into the video and I would rather just subtract

  • @Burt1038
    @Burt1038 6 років тому +104

    "How to subtract by Adding"
    -proceeds to do a series of subtractions.

  • @Waddellaw
    @Waddellaw 8 років тому +512

    I add by adding and subtract by subtracting. Never fails.

    • @mr.champion7304
      @mr.champion7304 6 років тому +8

      but the question still remains, how do you subtract by adding?

    • @fr0ntend
      @fr0ntend Рік тому +2

      @@mr.champion7304 better yet, how do you add by subtracting?

    • @botigamer9011
      @botigamer9011 Рік тому

      Any math problem will have dozens of methods to solve it

    • @thenew3dworldfan
      @thenew3dworldfan 5 місяців тому

      It’s theoretically possible to divide by multiplykng provided the number we’re dividing by has a multiplicative inverse (or modular inverse) if modular arithmetic.

  • @DanTheStripe
    @DanTheStripe 9 років тому +1698

    Video length = 3:14
    Pilluminati confirmed.

    • @babatulani6361
      @babatulani6361 9 років тому +41

      Wrong. It's 3.249 minutes long.

    • @patu8010
      @patu8010 9 років тому +69

      DanTheStripe Well, 3:13 but who's counting

    • @DanTheStripe
      @DanTheStripe 9 років тому +36

      patu8010 UA-cam always takes off a second :P In subboxes you'll see 3:14

    • @zirconcrystal1869
      @zirconcrystal1869 9 років тому +18

      You mean
      Tauovertwoilluminati confirmed

    • @cool2570
      @cool2570 9 років тому +16

      π = 3.1415926

  • @hayleydieckman8624
    @hayleydieckman8624 8 років тому +584

    Ready.... i know how to before the video starts....
    *clears throat*
    3+(-2)=1
    Mind blown

    • @tubzthepanda
      @tubzthepanda 8 років тому +31

      An adding machine cannot deal with negative numbers (which is why it is called an adding machine), so they must subtract by adding without using negatives.

    • @Al-.-ex
      @Al-.-ex 7 років тому +20

      That's exactly the same as 3-2=1: same input, process and output. I really don't see why so many people don't understand this.

    • @benedanika
      @benedanika 7 років тому +17

      +ulagudie
      they COULD deal with negative numbers. Click 'read more' only if your brain is able to deal with computer math. You've been warned.
      Real signed values for a computer have the first bit off for negative, on for positive. We'll do examples with an 8 bit number, which goes from -128 to 127. We'll also do overflows/underflows, which are basically when you add one to 127 to get -128 and vice versa.
      Representation for +5:
      %1000 0101
      And -5:
      %0111 1011
      Well, that looks completely wrong. So let's flip all the bits and see what we get...
      %1000 0100
      That is 4! I'll explain. If we had unsigned values (which are 0 to 255), +5 would be +133 and -5 would be +123. What is +123 represented as?
      %0111 1011
      You can see it: you add 4 to get to 127, and 1 to get to 128 (or %1000 0000).
      So basically to convert an unsigned value to a signed value you subtract -128 (but the computer doesn't do this. the display engine does it)
      Let's try 5 - 2 as the example. Computer does this:
      %1000 0101
      +
      %0111 1110
      To add a number, if two 0's collide, nothing happens. If 1 and 0 collides (or vice versa), it becomes 1. But what if two 1's collide? The bit left to it gets increased by 1, and the bit itself turns into 0. So here's the steps that happen:
      %1000 0101
      %1000 0111
      %1000 1011 (Note that 1+1=10 thing)
      %1001 0011 (It just starts looping.)
      %1010 0011
      %1100 0011
      Then... You get the result,
      %0000 0011
      Wait, where did that one bit go while adding it? It would be there if we were working with 9 bit values (or 16 bit values because they're easier to place it). Let's do the same math. We get:
      %0000 0001 0000 0011
      That's overflowing. If the bit can't be added within the 8-bit range, then it's just ignored, and we get the lower 8 bits, which is the last two groups of numbers (I'm grouping them to 4 bits for more readability).
      And lastly, let's convert %0000 0011 to decimal. If you know how to do this, you'll get 3. And indeed, 5-2=3. Wow, this took me a TON to type, but I hope it's understandable.

    • @benedanika
      @benedanika 7 років тому +5

      i was about to edit the comment to correct a mistake but youtube doesn't goddamnit let me. anyway you need to flip the first bit after the calculation because that becomes negative something if you don't.

    • @GameBanditPc
      @GameBanditPc 7 років тому +12

      I...wasnt...prepared...my head hurts

  • @fjoa123
    @fjoa123 7 років тому +1446

    wow math is so flexible yet so restrictive. Like a rubber band choking a kitten.

    • @pyromaniac000000
      @pyromaniac000000 7 років тому +73

      Ya really, why?? Why a kitten?? Why not, say, a puppy?? Sorry I don't like dogs....I know I have issues...

    • @javierlim4873
      @javierlim4873 7 років тому +161

      PETA is now tracking your search history

    • @fjoa123
      @fjoa123 7 років тому +8

      Javier Lim
      I love Kitties, just check my channel ):

    • @VoidExileYT
      @VoidExileYT 7 років тому +18

      you have serious problems

    • @joseantonio6637
      @joseantonio6637 7 років тому +13

      Damn, your comment is as dark as my soul.

  • @rinhato8453
    @rinhato8453 9 років тому +374

    How does maths even work.

    • @P3dotme
      @P3dotme 9 років тому +12

      Rin Hato *sigh*
      this is why we need to rework math education.

    • @zirconcrystal1869
      @zirconcrystal1869 9 років тому +35

      How does Meth even work

    • @freeforallhi
      @freeforallhi 9 років тому

      ***** Yes! I always thought of it as such, but you were the first I've seen to put it so concisely!

    • @P3dotme
      @P3dotme 9 років тому +4

      One for All If you'd like to be even more concise:
      The examination of patterns in tautologies surrounding a rule set. That is math.

    • @P3dotme
      @P3dotme 9 років тому +4

      ***** Math isn't scientific.

  • @ihaveagun22
    @ihaveagun22 8 років тому +977

    how the hell did anyone just stumble across this rule
    what was he doing?

    • @nelpski
      @nelpski 8 років тому +178

      LSD. LSD is what he was doing.

    • @Dakta96
      @Dakta96 8 років тому +100

      We use it in computers.

    • @arrisfay
      @arrisfay 8 років тому +13

      +ClownsClaws thats not what he asked...

    • @johnny45irish
      @johnny45irish 8 років тому +62

      To compute means to calculate.
      Originally computers were people who specialises in computing large numbers mainly in their heads. To do this efficiently, short cuts would be helpful. This is where this, and many other short cuts were formed and used.
      Such knowledge is no longer really required for any practical use, apart from maybe to impress your friends at parties by calculating very large sums, although it can be useful in everyday life to know a few.

    • @PopeLando
      @PopeLando 8 років тому +12

      Every time you make change from a dollar, you're creating complements. Every time you figured out a subtraction by thinking of what the change would be and then adding it, you have subtracted by adding the complement. At least this is something I've done for as long as I can remember, so I think this is how somebody "stumbled" across this rule.

  • @YungPnut2404
    @YungPnut2404 7 років тому +182

    This is much more relevant if you know how computers do it. Lol

  • @Kanglar
    @Kanglar 7 років тому +61

    After an entire semester of digital logic class, this 3 minute video finally got me to understand the actual reasoning behind 2s compliment :)

    • @Macandcheese1818
      @Macandcheese1818 Рік тому +1

      It's so simple why couldn't they just teach this to us

    • @vaishanthjv2519
      @vaishanthjv2519 9 місяців тому

      Same! Finally understood why 2's complement works.

  • @Czesnek
    @Czesnek 8 років тому +515

    I have no idea what is going on in this video.

    • @calvin3005
      @calvin3005 8 років тому +11

      +Czesnek Basically, he's talking about maths and shit.

    • @Tremor244
      @Tremor244 8 років тому +7

      +calvin3005 I don't understand something....its probably maths and shit!

    • @badmintonlover2720
      @badmintonlover2720 8 років тому

      shit & shit

    • @jackhooper2839
      @jackhooper2839 8 років тому +6

      So basically, for a - b = c, where b is a natural number (1,2,3,4...) with n digits,
      ((10^n - b) + a) -10^n = c
      The 10^n term cancels and you're left with:
      - b + a = c
      That makes sense doesn't it?

    • @MEGASproles
      @MEGASproles 8 років тому +2

      +Jack Hooper thanks bro

  • @woodfur00
    @woodfur00 9 років тому +455

    Um, but Henry, 2 + 2 still doesn't equal 1.

    • @CaptainStino
      @CaptainStino 9 років тому +53

      woodfur00 This depends in what space you are calculating.

    • @libalchris
      @libalchris 9 років тому +114

      woodfur00 It does in the finite field modulo 3

    • @reasonnottheneed
      @reasonnottheneed 9 років тому +4

      woodfur00 Of course it does! Also, 2^3 = 2

    • @yoav116
      @yoav116 9 років тому

      Apokalyps beat me to it xD

    • @ihrbekommtmeinenrichtigennamen
      @ihrbekommtmeinenrichtigennamen 9 років тому +1

      woodfur00 Eh. I'm sure you can fiddle it in by using a different base and a fitting number of digits.

  • @SlickNickP
    @SlickNickP 5 років тому +50

    0:17 I don’t want to carry over, so let’s start by subtracting everything from nine, which is effectively the same thing but more steps

    • @drmusa1003
      @drmusa1003 2 роки тому +4

      Not really, doing it that way is much easier cuz - by 9 dosent have carry

  • @faciality
    @faciality 7 років тому +236

    but ur still subtracting.

    • @johnkeefer8760
      @johnkeefer8760 4 роки тому +10

      OPULENT not in overflow on a computer

    • @JamesR624
      @JamesR624 3 роки тому +6

      Yep. Just clickbait. Most larger channels like this know most of their viewers aren’t very smart. The point of these channels isn’t education. It’s ad money. Pure and simple.

    • @vertia2839
      @vertia2839 3 роки тому +3

      Well the video’s still entertaining so... and besides if he really wanted that ad money he would've stretched it out to 10mons

    • @vertia2839
      @vertia2839 3 роки тому

      Mins*

    • @abigailsokol3029
      @abigailsokol3029 3 роки тому

      ​@@JamesR624 The point of the video was to show how machines (such as the adding machine shown, or more commonly, most computers) subtract numbers by adding rather than "real" subtraction. Most arithmetic logic units subtract numbers by first running a not operation on one number, then add the two numbers with the starting carry bit set.

  • @israellai
    @israellai 9 років тому +267

    Ah reminds me of the good old computer science lessons in high school. Add and ignore overflow.

    • @charriu
      @charriu 9 років тому +1

      xXGoblinLord69Xx as a programmer: :(

    • @666Tomato666
      @666Tomato666 9 років тому +50

      xXGoblinLord69Xx So, how is the work at McDonalds?

    • @BrennenSprimont92
      @BrennenSprimont92 9 років тому +9

      666Tomato666 Too be fair less than 1% of programmers are actually programming in a language low enough to use this information.

    • @666Tomato666
      @666Tomato666 9 років тому +9

      Brennen Sprimont I don't expect them to use this, I expect them to understand the general concepts and limitations
      even if you use languages like Java you still have to worry about integer overflow

    • @daddyleon
      @daddyleon 9 років тому +1

      Israel Lai Yeah, but you´re still subtracting...

  • @amier2k1
    @amier2k1 8 років тому +1109

    dont fuck me up like this

    • @themaldi1
      @themaldi1 8 років тому +45

      Your avatar makes this comment even funnier.

    • @mathiaskjeldgaardpetersen5926
      @mathiaskjeldgaardpetersen5926 8 років тому +4

      +larlol2001 Yep there is a fake Minte Physics account made to scam you. but it's easy to spot the fake account, it has 0 subs and adversatives stuff like: FREE give-aways of 100 new Iphones just click this suspicious link. Henry wouldn't add links in the comments but in the video info

    • @amier2k1
      @amier2k1 8 років тому +2

      Mathias Petersen i know ialways report them

    • @zachogilman7397
      @zachogilman7397 8 років тому +2

      larlol2001 Well, I don't think it's fake because its run by a REAL person, Henry! Plus that's the greatest subtraction method I've ran into! Try to solve 185-92 in 15 seconds just rounding and then give another 15 for subtracting by adding.
      Well...
      Okay, okay! The method is take 9 minus the digits to the left of the ones place and 10 minus the final digit. You then add your new number to your larger number. and then you ignore the first digit, resulting in your answer!
      185-92= 93
      185+08=193, or 93

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      @zachogilman7397 8 років тому

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  • @chinomsookafor4564
    @chinomsookafor4564 7 років тому +120

    How to subtract by adding: use negatives.

    • @TealJosh
      @TealJosh 7 років тому +4

      Can no do for computers

    • @Fillster
      @Fillster 3 роки тому +1

      But then you still would indirectly be subtracting.

  • @Dwagoner
    @Dwagoner 7 років тому +113

    My brain is all over the floor

    • @outlet6018
      @outlet6018 7 років тому +7

      This is the easiest video yet
      10+ (-20)= -10 .
      Same as 10-20= -10

    • @Jeffrey314159
      @Jeffrey314159 7 років тому

      Outleteon Not quite the same for calcs

    • @MusicalInquisit
      @MusicalInquisit 7 років тому

      By calcs do you mean calculator or calculous?

    • @rdococ
      @rdococ 7 років тому

      AnimatorGeorge: Calculous?

    • @shianeruu4359
      @shianeruu4359 7 років тому +9

      So it's overflow-ring

  • @Liamv4696
    @Liamv4696 9 років тому +830

    This is basically me in my programming class at uni.
    Just like, lolwut

    • @gustythebest
      @gustythebest 9 років тому +4

      Liamv4696 I'm in my second year of Comp Sci and they have never spoken about this... Well maybe they have but chances are I wasn't there.

    • @Liamv4696
      @Liamv4696 9 років тому +6

      Gusty Abra Im doing a mechanical engineering degree, yet i have to do two electrical systems units and a programming unit.
      Still waiting to do some physics...

    • @TheCh0senOne
      @TheCh0senOne 9 років тому +4

      Liamv4696 Seems only logical, right? Computers can only perform 3 basic functions: adding, comparing and transfer of data. When I watched this, programming was the first thing that came to my mind. Reminds me a bit of "Russian Multiplication".

    • @BrennenSprimont92
      @BrennenSprimont92 9 років тому +1

      Gusty Abra My school covered it at the 3000 level in a class rightfully abbreviated as "CAOS"
      (Computer Architecture and Operating Systems). Not a good time.

    • @lobtyu
      @lobtyu 9 років тому

      Brennen Sprimont My school has all electrical and computer engineers and computer science majors take this in their first year in a 100 level class. And then we used this concept to build a microprocessor that could subtract, among other functions lol Literally one of the hardest classes I've taken.

  • @TheCreepyLuck
    @TheCreepyLuck 8 років тому +90

    I've been trying to explain how I subtract to my mom for years, this is gold for me

    • @adamcetinkent
      @adamcetinkent Рік тому +1

      I've only ever subtracted from my mum

    • @jazzling
      @jazzling Рік тому

      @@adamcetinkent i ftreeaked your mom

  • @themegadrivekid7721
    @themegadrivekid7721 7 років тому +92

    *walks to computer*
    Hey computer?
    "hello fellow nerd"
    I heard that you subtract by adding.
    "that is correct"
    So how do you know how to subtract 9 from each digit.
    Windows has encountered an error, and needs to shut down.

    • @quinn7894
      @quinn7894 4 роки тому +14

      "'i' simply xor the main number with all ones and add one"

    • @De_Swink
      @De_Swink 3 роки тому +2

      @@quinn7894 This is not true. Two's compliment works by inverting all bits and adding 1. If you XOR all bits with 1 you get a gibberish number that has no mathematical meaning for calculations.

    • @fullfungo
      @fullfungo 3 роки тому +3

      @@De_Swink They didn't say XOR with one, they said XOR with ALL ones, which would be a number consisting of only ones.

    • @jetison333
      @jetison333 3 роки тому +1

      Yall xoring with a one is the exact same as inverting the bits. Go look up the truth take if you have too.

    • @yuvalmaharshak5566
      @yuvalmaharshak5566 3 роки тому +1

      don't know how computer do it but he can just keep adding ones and check how many one's have been added until nine

  • @Mudkip971
    @Mudkip971 6 років тому +207

    *2+2=Fish*

  • @EnderCrypt
    @EnderCrypt 8 років тому +785

    yeah, but you still have to substract, lel

    • @Jayoshi32
      @Jayoshi32 8 років тому +6

      +EnderCrypt you use the difference from nine or ten, not subtract. There's a fine difference between the two.

    • @EnderCrypt
      @EnderCrypt 8 років тому +60

      Jayoshi diffrence uses subtraction, basic subtraction, subtraction nontheless

    • @Jayoshi32
      @Jayoshi32 8 років тому +35

      EnderCrypt Actually, it doesn't have to. You can use the smaller number, and count how many times you add one until you reach the bigger number. For example:
      4 < 9
      4+1 = 5 (1)
      5+1 = 6 (2)
      6+1 = 7 (3)
      7+1 = 8 (4)
      8+1 = 9 (5)
      And four plus five is nine. So, using the 1492-1066 example:
      difference between 1 & 9:
      1+1 = 2 (1)
      ...
      8+1 = 9 (8)
      *8000*
      difference between 0 & 9:
      0+1 = 1 (1)
      ...
      8+1 = 9 (9)
      *8900*
      difference between 6 & 9: (laughter is allowed)
      6+1 = 7 (1)
      7+1 = 8 (2)
      8+1 = 9 (3)
      *8930*
      difference between 6 & 10:
      6+1 = 7 (1)
      ...
      9+1 = 10 (4)
      *8934*
      8934+1492 = *10426*
      without the 10000: *426*
      Never subtracting a single digit.

    • @EnderCrypt
      @EnderCrypt 8 років тому +22

      Jayoshi *subtraction*
      "Mathematics. the operation or process of finding the difference between two numbers or quantities"
      so yeah, thats still subtraction

    • @Jayoshi32
      @Jayoshi32 8 років тому +21

      EnderCrypt but you use addition methods to subtract. In computers, subtraction _must_ be composed of addition. It _cannot_ use subtraction directly, so your claim is incorrect that this method uses subtraction without adding.
      E: never mind, I see where you were coming from. The thing is that it doesn't take away a quantity, which is another definition for subtraction. (more specifically, to subtract)

  • @sporkafife
    @sporkafife 9 років тому +279

    How do you subtract by adding? Okay, here we go... first... DO A LOT OF SUBTRACTING :D But it's only single digit subtracting, so it's nicer :P

    • @Dobendanx
      @Dobendanx 9 років тому +25

      sporkafife You can break down the "lot of substracting" to adding, too. In binary it's even easier, you just flip every bit and add a 1, and you are done

    • @yousorooo
      @yousorooo 9 років тому +2

      sporkafife In binary the only thing you do is just flipping the bits, which can be done in parallel by slapping in XORs, which is extremely efficient.

    • @neeneko
      @neeneko 9 років тому +4

      sporkafife it is a lot cleaner in base 2.

    • @eideticex
      @eideticex 9 років тому +3

      Derek Leung This is actually the same thing as binary. Decimal inversion is 9 - X, where 9 is the largest single digit value. Binary inversion is 1 - X, where 1 is the largest single digit value. Also the number he threw away at the end should be familiar too for 2s-compliment familiar folk, it's the sign digit.

    • @rangedfighter
      @rangedfighter 9 років тому

      sporkafife you can do the single digit subtraction in your head, because every digit will be turned to the same digit always, then just add +1 to it at the end
      1 will always be inverted to 8
      2 to 7
      3 to 6
      4 to 5
      and vice versa

  • @varsei4215
    @varsei4215 8 років тому +61

    who else just blank out in the middle of the video?

    • @ahuttee
      @ahuttee 6 років тому +2

      Not me

  • @Spark31Gaming
    @Spark31Gaming 8 років тому +6

    Finally! A video by you with something I already knew about! I've been subtracting by the two's complement for ages now.

  • @Dragonking3787
    @Dragonking3787 8 років тому +150

    So if I had 999,995 dollars, five more dollars and I'd end up with 000,000 dollars?
    Nuuuuu!

    • @DaffyDaffyDaffy33322
      @DaffyDaffyDaffy33322 8 років тому +41

      +Dragonking3787 It also means if you go 3 dollars negative in your bank account you'll have 999,997 :P

    • @Dragonking3787
      @Dragonking3787 8 років тому +19

      +DaffyDaffyDaffy33322
      Really? I'm rich!!!!

    • @LillianWinterAnimations
      @LillianWinterAnimations 8 років тому +8

      I have 0 dollars. All I need to do is give away 5 dollars, and I'll have 10^99 - 5 dollars!

    • @jonathangamez952
      @jonathangamez952 8 років тому +13

      If your bank computer system doesn't work with enough digits, then yes. That's what happened with the Y2K bug.

    • @oscarmendez1477
      @oscarmendez1477 7 років тому

      Jonathan Gamez Really? Thanks! I did not knew that.

  • @RaiOkami
    @RaiOkami 9 років тому +119

    This is basically tens complement, right?

    • @TheSinfulFreak
      @TheSinfulFreak 9 років тому +8

      RaiOkami exactly!

    • @Zarggg
      @Zarggg 9 років тому

      RaiOkami Yes!

    • @moocats
      @moocats 9 років тому

      Pretty much

    • @AlqGo
      @AlqGo 9 років тому +2

      complement of 10 raised to the power of some n, where n is the number of digits of the number to be subtracted

  • @lukewalker3260
    @lukewalker3260 7 років тому

    I've watched lot of these videos, and they're grate, but this one if by far the best, and most useful!

  • @windpaw
    @windpaw Рік тому

    I definitely needed this.

  • @chelsie292
    @chelsie292 8 років тому +400

    424242 and 333333.
    I sense some Illuminati and explanation of life here

    • @deadlydeath3245
      @deadlydeath3245 6 років тому +1

      Chelsie And
      666667 and 1090909

    • @B870879
      @B870879 6 років тому +2

      Chelsie and illuminati sitting in a tree K I S S I N G

    • @electromorphous9567
      @electromorphous9567 6 років тому +1

      0 vids and 80 subs on ur channel? How?

    • @nigit7451
      @nigit7451 6 років тому +1

      Chelsie 666667 has 5 sixes and one seven which when added are 37, 37 is prime, 3 is prime, the illuminati has 3 sides, illuminati confirmed

    • @kubatutak9452
      @kubatutak9452 4 роки тому

      Now 777-666=111
      Today i met number 6.900e111
      69, 777, 666

  • @andretsang7337
    @andretsang7337 8 років тому +334

    2's complement, eh?
    *YOU LOOK VERY NICE*
    Am I doing this right?

  • @q-tek8349
    @q-tek8349 7 років тому +7

    "Subtract by adding"
    Process:
    *subtract* 9 from each digit and 10 from the last

  • @dhruvsrinivasan8558
    @dhruvsrinivasan8558 7 років тому

    OMG u life saver, and the reasoning behind it is so simple as well

  • @ScienceAsylum
    @ScienceAsylum 9 років тому +48

    I remember learning this as follows: Subtract *all* the digits from 9 and then add the first digit of the result to the last digit of the result:
    1425 - 0923 ---> 1425 + 9076 = 10501 ---> 502
    ...but I suppose it's essentially the same thing. I had no idea Hank's machine did things this way though. Cool.

    • @misitan42z
      @misitan42z Рік тому

      hello verified man who absolutely destroyed me when I tried to farm likes in your comments

    • @jazzling
      @jazzling Рік тому +1

      i love you

  • @markoftheland3115
    @markoftheland3115 8 років тому +141

    how to subtract by adding? SUBTRACTING every single one of the numbers from 9 and then do the adding process. okay then...

    • @pyritenightmare
      @pyritenightmare 6 років тому +5

      This was 2 years ago, I know, but using addition to make the number equal to 9 (for example, with 6, you'd add 3), then use the number you added. (Same thing with the final digit but with 10.) No subtraction needed!

    • @thomasslone1964
      @thomasslone1964 6 років тому +1

      Marcos Landi this process still requires a form of subtracting so how do I make a binary

    • @waltblackadar4690
      @waltblackadar4690 6 років тому

      It's still subtraction, Thumbs down.

  • @FM1234
    @FM1234 3 роки тому

    This is pog. Will definitely use this

  • @saftaisland3427
    @saftaisland3427 6 років тому +1

    OMG i wish i saw this during my year 12 software classes. The way my teacher explained it made it go straight over my head but this is so easy to understand.

  • @FlyingKitty900
    @FlyingKitty900 9 років тому +263

    Or just use a calculator

    • @FlyingKitty900
      @FlyingKitty900 9 років тому +32

      ***** There's a calculator in your computer.

    • @cedriccrystobalorleans675
      @cedriccrystobalorleans675 9 років тому +34

      FlyingKitty Your profile picture fits your comment perfectly. :3

    • @lobtyu
      @lobtyu 9 років тому +6

      FlyingKitty This is the cheapest way in terms of both circuit cost and circuit space to implement a circuit that can do binary subtraction in a computer. This method is really only relevant for electrical and computer engineers like myself, I just wish the author emphasized the point of how this is how computers subtract more greatly since it seems like the use of this method could be a bit hard to see.

    • @ericcartmann
      @ericcartmann 9 років тому +2

      FlyingKitty did you know your calculator does only approximations for lets say sin(1.52).
      most calculators are off by a few decimals. If you knew how the calculator works, you can just "mine" yourself a billion iterations of a Taylor series approximation to insure accuracy( you calculator does maybe 10-100 iterations depending on the speed/memory of the calculator)
      Even to do that approximation you need to know something about what minutephysics says. 64 bit machines can only have a number as large as 2^64 / 2 (negatives) or 2^64 (without negatives or unsigned). If we are dealing with unsigned 64 bit integers, what happens if you get a number like 2^64 + 1?
      Well this may sound counter intuitive, you just get 0, other interpreted languages well just cap at 2^64. with this in mind even your approximation algorithm will be off, of course you can correct easily using other algorithms. the point is recognizing that this is a thing.

    • @Oshyrath
      @Oshyrath 9 років тому

      FlyingKitty Your laptop doesn't have time to use a calculator when calculating addresses.

  • @sterlingarcher3857
    @sterlingarcher3857 8 років тому +29

    so to subtract by adding you need to subtract? okaaaaayyy

    • @larsvanpeer6311
      @larsvanpeer6311 3 роки тому

      That's exactly what my brain is going through now.

  • @sandraarent7005
    @sandraarent7005 3 роки тому

    I love this!

  • @XavierAliatos
    @XavierAliatos 6 років тому

    I wasn't sure where you were going with this until you mentioned the adding machine, then my comp sci background kicked in. Clever way to frame the idea!

  • @AlexN5142
    @AlexN5142 9 років тому +11

    I'm in my final year of getting my computer engineering degree, and have taken tons of courses on digital logic, designing circuitry that adds/subtracts, and learned lots of discrete math and modular arithmetic. And until now, it never clicked that two's complement IS modular arithmetic! You just opened up a whole new world of understanding for me. Thanks!

    • @joshyoung1440
      @joshyoung1440 Рік тому

      Okay, so from that description, I'm pretty sure computer engineering is what I need to go back to school for. I dropped out of university after losing passion for my major (and getting addicted to drugs), but I never stopped learning, and I've been thinking about going back now that things are better, and so I was thinking about all the stuff I've been into since leaving school... chemistry was a huge part of it, but recently it's been taking apart electronics in an attempt to learn about computers in the most bare-metal, what-is-a-bit-and-how-do-you-command-throngs-of-them-to-do-your-bidding kind of way. Oh, and 3d printing on my fuckin $80 toddler's-first-3d-printer (lmao), so learning a tiny bit of 3d design, but I still wanna focus on learning the nitty gritty.

    • @joshyoung1440
      @joshyoung1440 Рік тому

      Also, hope your computer career is taking off well :)

  • @harvirdhindsa3244
    @harvirdhindsa3244 8 років тому +11

    Most of the commentators here have no idea what he was stressing in this video. Although this may not be practical for you on a daily basis, it is how machines work. And machines are essentially the future so it is vital to know how they work.

    • @SonicMusicVape
      @SonicMusicVape 6 років тому

      He should've added, "How computers do it" in the title

  • @bp_cherryblossomtree723
    @bp_cherryblossomtree723 7 років тому

    Thanks man!

  • @anasofxa9804
    @anasofxa9804 7 років тому +3

    How to subtract by adding: OK FIRST U GOTTA SUBTRACT EACH DIGIT FROM 9 AND THEN-
    Yeah that was really eye-opening minute physics thanks for showing me how to subtract by adding, especially the part where you told me to do subtraction

  • @Just10tb
    @Just10tb 9 років тому +58

    This is more complicated than just subtracting it.

    • @Roxor128
      @Roxor128 9 років тому +10

      Justin Baldwin Not really. If anything the borrowing mechanism of conventional subtraction is more complicated than "invert the digits and add one".

    • @Nemoticon
      @Nemoticon 9 років тому +6

      ***** No

    • @Roxor128
      @Roxor128 9 років тому

      Rogue Qall "No."? Is that all? No explanation why you disagree?

    • @Nemoticon
      @Nemoticon 9 років тому +4

      ***** Strait up subtraction isn't that hard to do at all. I'm pretty poor at maths, but addition and subtraction isn't something I need a mechanism for. Be it mentally or written on paper.

    • @shadfurman
      @shadfurman 9 років тому +3

      Rogue Qall I think you're ignoring your experience with subtraction. Its not about it needing a "mechanism". I imagine if this were the way you were taught to subtract as a child it might be easier. The point of it is that its a different way that can be better is SOME cases. It seems to me in a brain calculation case, training and experience being equal, these would be roughly equal.

  • @Tocaraca
    @Tocaraca 8 років тому +134

    2+-1

    • @ishrak1813
      @ishrak1813 8 років тому +7

      1

    • @Tocaraca
      @Tocaraca 8 років тому +1

      Ishrak Khan lol

    • @iqbaltrojan
      @iqbaltrojan 8 років тому

      +Ishrak Khan* 0**
      *D0 i reconize that name?
      **0 = 1^
      ^as l0ng as y0u d0nt l00k t0 far 000

    • @hagalathekido
      @hagalathekido 8 років тому +5

      its 1 m8

    • @Al-.-ex
      @Al-.-ex 7 років тому +1

      This is exactly the same as 2-1, just written differently: same input, processes and output. All you did was add a '+'. Btw it's 2+(-1).

  • @bailey125
    @bailey125 8 років тому +48

    You are still subtracting but you are just doing it individually to each digit. Unless you predetermine the numbers:
    1 = 8 or if it is the last digit: 1 = 9
    2 = 7 2 = 8
    3 = 6 3 = 7
    4 = 5 4 = 6
    5 = 4 5 = 5
    6 = 3 6 = 4
    7 = 2 7 = 3
    8 = 1 8 = 2
    9 = 0 9 = 1
    0 = 9 0 = 10

    • @nuklearboysymbiote
      @nuklearboysymbiote 8 років тому +3

      Exactly. Doing it by each digit is what makes it diferent than the conventional method.

    • @Jeffrey314159
      @Jeffrey314159 7 років тому +3

      I thought he was using the 9's Compliment to subtract, like those cheap electromechanical adding machines(from the 1960's) used to subtract. Those simple machines couldn't calculate with negative intergers for their motorizing components rotated in one direction.

    • @connorhorman
      @connorhorman 3 роки тому

      If you do it in binary, it's free to do so.

    • @michaelhanford8139
      @michaelhanford8139 Рік тому

      predetermining the numbers still requires subtraction tho. Tho that's what the makers of the adding machines must have done.
      Lol back to back 'thoughs'! 😄

  • @FriendofWigner
    @FriendofWigner 3 роки тому +5

    I have been using this principal for off and on for almost 15 years now, and this is the first time it actually made sense to me on an intuitive level. You did in three minutes what multiple professors, books, and videos couldn't. You, sir, are a rock star.

  • @SonicRooncoPrime
    @SonicRooncoPrime 9 років тому +5

    Amazing how quickly the views roll in. Great work MinutePhysics!

  • @MegaCalin88
    @MegaCalin88 8 років тому +203

    Anyone else feel dumb after this?

    • @chiggawaffle04
      @chiggawaffle04 8 років тому +9

      Nope

    • @diondredunigan2583
      @diondredunigan2583 8 років тому +1

      +Calin H No

    • @adamross9626
      @adamross9626 8 років тому +1

      meh,nope

    • @girlrants1334
      @girlrants1334 8 років тому +2

      Yes and I am Asian 😮

    • @wintersolstice3573
      @wintersolstice3573 8 років тому +1

      +Calin H Already knew this since I studied logic circuits and switching theory :)
      They do it in EXCESS 3 (or in short terms to add a +3 to any given number) to correct the computing error that +0 is greater than -0

  • @bosjesmann3865
    @bosjesmann3865 8 років тому

    THANK YOU

  • @jonni2734
    @jonni2734 7 років тому

    wow! really cool video!

  • @DaniJaxJarcor
    @DaniJaxJarcor 9 років тому +29

    Lenght of the video: 3:14
    Icy wat u did there.

  • @halithegreat3240
    @halithegreat3240 8 років тому +44

    I know how to subtract by adding! 8+-1=7. MAGIC

    • @a.f.nik.4210
      @a.f.nik.4210 8 років тому

      u 2's complement?

    • @halithegreat3240
      @halithegreat3240 8 років тому

      Wafflez the Great Its called joking you moronic kindergartner.

    • @petrkdn8224
      @petrkdn8224 6 років тому +1

      you can.. you add a negative number 2+ (still positive number) -2(negative number..)=0 so that means you add negative number

    • @adiramrakhani
      @adiramrakhani 6 років тому +1

      yes you can

    • @daredevil3744
      @daredevil3744 5 років тому

      Yep...

  • @_prof.paradox_
    @_prof.paradox_ 6 років тому

    Of course it works for every positive number. It is basically sort of doing a two step for subtraction instead one. Also the rest of the information was very impressive. Thank you.

  • @jacobrickayzen2744
    @jacobrickayzen2744 6 років тому

    i got introduced to this video, and this entire channel, by a friend and i was fascinated by this video so i learnt and practiced and eventually mastered this technique. i soon after had a maths test but there was one slight problem... i somehow forgot how to column method for subtraction. i was young at the time and i remembered that is learnt how to subtract by adding so i did this method, got the answer correct and confused the hell out of my teachers because is showed my working out. :)

  • @CatalystEXE
    @CatalystEXE 8 років тому +70

    commoncore.mpg

    • @VentMagic102
      @VentMagic102 8 років тому +1

      amen.

    • @Oshyrath
      @Oshyrath 8 років тому +8

      +CatalystEXE Not common core. Computer architecture. As a guy who's majoring in CE, this video makes perfect sense.

    • @VentMagic102
      @VentMagic102 8 років тому +3

      Oshyrath thanks for playing

    • @dionaeamuscipula6649
      @dionaeamuscipula6649 8 років тому

      +Oshyrath ( ° □ °)-°•¤•°○☆ SHIPPIDY DIPPIDY DENCE! I FORCE YOU! TO NOT MAKE SENSE

  • @OscarCookeAbbott
    @OscarCookeAbbott 9 років тому +38

    Great for subtracting by adding... Except that it requires you to subtract numbers from 9 and 10...

    • @k2saf
      @k2saf 9 років тому +11

      Oscar Cooke-Abbott or maybe, you could do add (for example) 5 +9 = 14 and just take the 4 ( 9-5 = 4 ).

    • @OscarCookeAbbott
      @OscarCookeAbbott 9 років тому +1

      k2saf true enough

    • @unaliveeveryonenow
      @unaliveeveryonenow 9 років тому +2

      Oscar Cooke-Abbott or make a lookup table with 10 rows

    • @SerenityReceiver
      @SerenityReceiver 9 років тому +2

      k2saf nope...use a different number to check your hypothesis.

    • @harsha8976
      @harsha8976 9 років тому +3

      k2saf doesnt work with 7-6

  • @TIJEY-BEG
    @TIJEY-BEG 4 роки тому

    Great shit!

  • @xxgtgamerxx9758
    @xxgtgamerxx9758 7 років тому

    This Guy Is Amazing And Genius!

  • @tgseidel
    @tgseidel 9 років тому +113

    looking for channnels like vsauce and minutephysics? any suggestions? :)

  • @TomPauls007
    @TomPauls007 3 роки тому +1

    I learned this sometime ago when I was repairing mainframe computers. Those computers did everything by adding and bit shifts. Cool.

  • @JommiGommi
    @JommiGommi 7 років тому

    Mind. BLOWN!

  • @mazowskii3342
    @mazowskii3342 8 років тому +15

    2+(-1)=1 done.

    • @doctorblaze5497
      @doctorblaze5497 6 років тому

      that's it the same thing as 2-1 as adding a negative is subtraction, subtraction is the addition of negative numbers but just removing the addition sign and leaving the negative sign means the same thing. Adding negative numbers is just subtraction but usually used for reorganizing an equation so if you wanted to reorganize 2-1 you would go -1+2 which is the same thing.

  • @CatherineLu
    @CatherineLu 9 років тому +7

    That was pretty cool.

  • @Thomas-uq2cm
    @Thomas-uq2cm 7 років тому

    MIND BLOWN !!!!!

  • @roy04
    @roy04 28 днів тому

    Always took it as a given and never understood much how, but two's complement makes so much more sense now.

  • @k0pe1177
    @k0pe1177 9 років тому +3

    I am a freshman in high school and we are required to take a test called ECA to graduate (I passed+)and there are 3 sepret portions of this test on 1 you can not use a calculator and it had a question involving long subtraction and this actually helped thank you.

  • @messianicrogue
    @messianicrogue 9 років тому +9

    whooosh.... straight over my head.

  • @jjrandom1125
    @jjrandom1125 7 років тому

    Hey! This is actually what i've done my entire life, just simplified!!!

  • @MidiMaze178
    @MidiMaze178 8 років тому

    this video actually put me to sleep. it wasn't boring I was just really tired and I fell asleep.

  • @Sal-zi4tu
    @Sal-zi4tu 8 років тому +10

    SPOILER: the concepts explained matter to a computer scientist, not 8 years old below.

  • @MontagoDK
    @MontagoDK 9 років тому +35

    i discovered this myself in 3rd grade: Division by 5 is the same as multiplying by 2 and dividing by 10
    eg: 45 : 5 = 90 / 10 = 9
    47 : 5 = 94 / 10 = 9,4
    etc...

    • @palmomki
      @palmomki 9 років тому +5

      ***** Well... you were a smart kid. But... how does this relate to the mechanism proposed in the video? XD

    • @MontagoDK
      @MontagoDK 9 років тому

      palmomki not much, other than being a calculation trick.

    • @Skiddla
      @Skiddla 9 років тому +4

      ***** careful young watson, you also need to divide your reminder by 2 :o)

    • @palmomki
      @palmomki 9 років тому +3

      ***** remainder? he's not using exclusively integers, he won't ever get any remainder

    • @MontagoDK
      @MontagoDK 9 років тому +1

      ***** what remainder ?
      try punching the numbers into a calculator

  • @LongNguyen-pv9sm
    @LongNguyen-pv9sm 7 років тому

    this is freaking useful

  • @cristchaesarehg924
    @cristchaesarehg924 6 років тому

    Brilliant

  • @mcgelloe
    @mcgelloe 8 років тому +69

    Nobody in the comments section understood the video...

    • @kyletzzff125
      @kyletzzff125 8 років тому +6

      That's just your opinion, I understood it perfectly.

    • @niranodoneh782
      @niranodoneh782 8 років тому +7

      Fix: MOST people in the comments section didn't understand the video.

    • @omgitsjezus
      @omgitsjezus 6 років тому +1

      I understand it others don't xd

    • @HandledToaster2
      @HandledToaster2 4 роки тому

      I, an intellectual, understood the video.

  • @Shangori
    @Shangori 9 років тому +29

    I love math! And computers!
    I love this video!

    • @Adokebab
      @Adokebab 9 років тому +2

      Let me guess
      Your asian
      :)

    • @seppeldiseppsepp
      @seppeldiseppsepp 9 років тому +9

      Shangori its not just love, its love²

    • @Shangori
      @Shangori 9 років тому +6

      I cant find a name Not at all. I'm dutch. But, I work with AI systems and I enjoy math more than language. More predictable

    • @pablez94
      @pablez94 9 років тому +3

      I cant find a name and you're racist! :D

    • @MagnusSkiptonLLC
      @MagnusSkiptonLLC 9 років тому

      Shangori I hate computers. And my day-to-day job is programming...

  • @FewVidsJustComments
    @FewVidsJustComments 3 роки тому

    Ever since I first watched this video a few years ago, I usuallly use this trick when i do subtraction problems and stuff

  • @daniyalkaleem3752
    @daniyalkaleem3752 7 років тому +1

    In twos complement the most significant bit is changed to negative thus making the value that represented the bit to change to negative as a result the bits are subtracted from 1 i.e all 1s changed to 0 and vice versa.

  • @user-kd4mi8xb7p
    @user-kd4mi8xb7p 9 років тому +20

    What if I don't know addition?

    • @magnus.magnusson
      @magnus.magnusson 9 років тому +10

      Kim Jong-Un then use rocks.

    • @Gruncival
      @Gruncival 9 років тому +5

      Kim Jong-Un Addition is just "faster counting", so you just have to remember how to count by numbers greater than 1, my Great Leader.

    • @mrhappy192
      @mrhappy192 9 років тому

      Subtract 9 from every digit and subtract the numbers. You should get the correct result except the first digit.

  • @adityakhanna113
    @adityakhanna113 9 років тому +19

    Thanks Henry, I just recently studied the two's complement ..,. I didn't know its use... Until now...
    These videos are as great as your physics' ones...
    P.S. 424242 .. Got that reference..
    We all are obsessed with 42 ,aren't we XD?
    Plus it's 101010 in binary... Alternating digits everywhere!!

    • @JNCressey
      @JNCressey 9 років тому

      Aditya Khanna Actually, 424242 Dec = 1100111100100110010 Bin.
      101010 Bin = 82 Dec.

    • @adityakhanna113
      @adityakhanna113 9 років тому

      I was talking about... 42 Dec = 101010 Bin
      Like 424242 has alternating decimal digits
      . 42 ( 101010) has alternating binary digits

    • @JNCressey
      @JNCressey 9 років тому

      Aditya Khanna Sorry, when I did Bin→Dec on 101010 I accidentally did _2+2^3+2^6_ and got 82 instead.

    • @adityakhanna113
      @adityakhanna113 9 років тому

      JNCressey I understand it happens, man! :) Chillax!

    • @claraisweird6395
      @claraisweird6395 9 років тому +1

      Forty-twooo... ;D

  • @WhoEvenFilms
    @WhoEvenFilms 6 років тому +1

    dude your the best nobdy appreciate you but i do thanks for teaching me i will use this for my math problems (seriously)

  • @johnny45irish
    @johnny45irish 8 років тому

    You can also multiply the number you want to take away by -1, which makes it a negative number, which when added to the original number, does the opposite and subtracts.

  • @catchthesehands2936
    @catchthesehands2936 8 років тому +5

    Yep I saw this and immediately resized it was 2's compliment for base 10 :p

  • @ryPish
    @ryPish 9 років тому +23

    Cool Numberphile video, too bad it's on the wrong channel D:

  • @aru05001
    @aru05001 7 років тому

    I did this as a kid, my teachers put the kaibach on that one...thank you for reminding me how it works.

  • @wyrn_slater
    @wyrn_slater 7 років тому +2

    Holy chitt! Dis actually works.

  • @BuyHighSellLo
    @BuyHighSellLo 9 років тому +4

    At first when i saw the title i was like you just add a negative number? but then i get this which is way more awesome haha

  • @MrJason005
    @MrJason005 8 років тому +6

    8+(-6)= 2
    My maths teacher has turned our way of thinking upside down, she wants us to see subtraction as adding.

  • @BloCKBu5teR
    @BloCKBu5teR 7 років тому

    complements are nice :D

  • @garimaojha2816
    @garimaojha2816 6 років тому

    this guy is genious

  • @adriancarpio7536
    @adriancarpio7536 8 років тому +20

    999 gajillion 999 bajillion 999 XD

  • @emileighmatthews4955
    @emileighmatthews4955 8 років тому +6

    I'm just going to subtract...

  • @walterkolpons7361
    @walterkolpons7361 3 роки тому

    ima watch this once a day to remember it

  • @marxiusivanadolfdenniellom2162
    @marxiusivanadolfdenniellom2162 3 роки тому +1

    Finally. Something i can teach my teacher with

  • @mr.jetstreams1437
    @mr.jetstreams1437 8 років тому +3

    actually had to do subtraction with 9-# and 10-# to get the full answer, you can bypass this fact by inverting the number and adding one to the end so..
    0=9
    1=8
    2=7
    3=6
    4=5
    so 1076 would be 8923 and then you would add one to that so 8924.