10 divided by 10 cubed = ? many are going to get this WRONG!

I'm 57 and, using PEMDAS, I got 10/1000 which reduces to 1/100 which is the same thing as .01.

Wow, you made that a lot more complicated than it needed to be.

I was a B+ student in Math in High School until I hit ‘New Math’. I had a lot of turmoil going on at home so there was no help there. I tried going through counselors at school, hoping to find some tutoring. Somehow there was no real guidance (counselor didn’t do anything, said she couldn’t help) and the ball was dropped. Finally, once again I turned to my teacher and though he was aware of my efforts he told me to drop the class. It was SO demoralizing and facing no other sources of support… I did just that. (I couldn’t find a way forward so I considered myself incapable). At nearly 72 my inability to understand math has been my lifelong frustration. I have always been interested in career fields that required math and found I could never begin to consider them. I THANK YOU for your efforts on this channel I am a new GRATEFUL follower!!

75+ years ago I was learning basic maths. No PEDMAS for us but 10/ 10x10x10 easily became 10/1000 or 1/100. I have managed to be right in 8/8 of your questions so far. Has basic maths become more difficult or has trying to make it easier for children backfired? I will still continue to check I have not become too dumb in my old age

I wish I had had you as my high school math teacher. My geometry teacher would face the chalk board when class began and then begin droning on and writing on the board. He never turned around to see if anyone had a question. When the bell rang ending the class, he stopped and that was it. I never took another math class. Your students are very fortunate!

You don’t have to use PEMDAS since the bases are the same. All you have to do is subtract the exponents. 1-3= -2. 10^-2 is the same as 0.01.

I’m 70 years old, hated math my whole life but John’s videos make me want to learn math all over again. Thank YOU, John!

I read the comments and, find it interesting how many of us older people are interested. Thxs so much for your time and videos. Cheers, Bill

I'm 66 years old who was never a math whiz but did like geometry and statistics. My husband, an engineer, is the best math teacher I've ever had because he can clearly break problems down and explain things, plus he has endless patience. :) Well, I recently found your channel and decided to start working on a few problems just to challenge my aging brain. Seems I might have learned more and remember more about basic math than I thought I did. Anyway, thank you for making math understandable and enjoyable.

I’m a grandma having to go back to the school of math to help my grandkids with theirs. It’s almost like I’m digging up subconsciously stored math principles that I acquired, but at the time no conscious awareness of it was happening! Your channel is drawing it all out, and I am amazed, even at my age, of the AI’s ability to retrieve it from so deep a recess, or reteach an old brain. I shouldn’t be because I am aware of the “awe-inspiring way in which we are wonderfully made.” The reminders of it never get old!

I learned this 60 years ago and I solved it in seconds in my head. So easy and they make it so hard

I did these about 50 years ago, was a straight A student in maths. Basic maths has always been a problem for so many, but in reality it never changes, it's just understanding a concept. I enjoy doing the basic maths types, keeps the old grey cells working, lol

i've been terrified of math. you are so calming and clear. thanks for teaching!

Love this. I am getting all the answers.! CARRY ON, PLEASE. Our math's teacher, the last two years of high school. broke the confidence of our whole class.

No wonder kids shut off during math. That was the most convoluted thing I have yet seen.

When I first saw the problem my immediate thought was to express both terms as exponents: 10^1 / 10^3, which allows simple subtraction of the exponents to give 10^-2, which is 1/100 or 0.01.

I have hated dealing with math my whole life and I blame it on bad math teachers! If you are not taught math properly in the beginning stages of your education, you end up with a week foundation and its very hard to build on top of a week foundation. This reasoning goes for a lot of thing in education.

10 ^1 / 10^3 ---> 10^(1-3) --> 10^-2 --> 1/10^2 --> 1/100 I would stick with the rules for exponents, i.e. dividing is subtracting exponents and not go down PEMDAS (multiplication - divide).

I love mathematics . Your videos are amazing . Thank you so much . I'm 61 years old , and am saving for your courses . Thank you again , Michael .

I've been out of high school for well over 30 years at this point - I wish my math teachers were this thorough. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and teaching skills