Homework baffles dad and stumps AI tools. Can you figure out the mystery number?

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Many adults were stumped by this grade school homework question.
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@supermax75 25 күн бұрын

No AI. No paper. Just a brain, a sense of logic and 10 seconds of your life.

@mb-3faze 25 күн бұрын

Compared with many of Presh's puzzles, this seems entirely trivial. What were people getting confused about?

@luisfilipe2023 25 күн бұрын

Yep how is this problem even remotely difficult

@taragnor 25 күн бұрын

@@mb-3faze Mainly the significance was that the AI couldn't solve it. Which is actually something I've noticed with ChatGPT. It is terrible at very basic reasoning/logic like in this problem. So for all the "It can pass the BAR exam!" claims, it's good to see counterexamples where it is stymied by a very simple problem.

@egaLwie. 25 күн бұрын

@nijucow 25 күн бұрын

@@mb-3fazethe wording. It's written horribly.

@arifhossain9751 25 күн бұрын

430129 all you had to do was understand the concept of base 10.

@normalchannel2185 25 күн бұрын

This violates rule 4 Rule 4 says 9 is in place that is 0.01 the place of the 1. I.e 9 is 2 steps before the 1. 921034 works

@praney_pdr 25 күн бұрын

@@normalchannel2185it ain't violating no rules. 430129 is right, as 9 is two places behind the 1. In your answer, every other rule is violated as well

@arifhossain9751 25 күн бұрын

@@normalchannel2185 9 is in the place 100 times _less_ than the 1 Which means it is 2 spaces to the *Right*

@arifhossain9751 25 күн бұрын

@@praney_pdr He's doing them the wrong way round. The answer is flipped.

@fifiwoof1969 25 күн бұрын

@@normalchannel2185WRONG!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you don't have kids! Let us all know when you graduate maths, you JUST failed this question!

@alexanderbrinkley4332 25 күн бұрын

That is embarrassingly trivial.

@jasong5913 25 күн бұрын

If parents are struggling with this question then our educational system has failed us miserably.

@mrxmry3264 24 күн бұрын

There is other evidence that the education system sucks. Just look at all the idiots who believe that the earth is flat.

@marksmith8079 24 күн бұрын

It is however attrociously expressed. Places don't a value. Lines 4 and 5 misses out words.

@Vgamer311 24 күн бұрын

@@marksmith8079they do though? 1s place, 10’s place, thousands place, etc. is how its commonly expressed both in and out of school its also explicit that its talking about the “place” (digit placement) as opposed to something like the value of each number. The wording is fine, people just apparently forgot how to reason

@1st2nd2 23 күн бұрын

Eight out of five people suffer from math illiteracy.

@subhasdas501 23 күн бұрын

@@1st2nd2you are in that group

@kevins7030 25 күн бұрын

I solved it in my head before Presh was done reading it. I have no idea which math grads this concerned dad was talking to.

@penteractgaming 25 күн бұрын

Ones that cheated all the way to their "degree"

@mrxmry3264 25 күн бұрын

i had it before he even started reading the clues.

@fifiwoof1969 25 күн бұрын

How did they graduate? I wanna see their written exams. THAT is an EXCELLENT maths question. Congratulations to the teacher who came up with it, take what you can get from here, school won't give out bonuses that's for sure!

@fifiwoof1969 25 күн бұрын

@@Buckminster.Fullerene he is one!!!!!

@andrewhooper7603 24 күн бұрын

The ones that write click maximization algorithms.

@adogonasidecar1262 25 күн бұрын

Hmmm. Not that challenging. Took 20 seconds by head calculation.

@dinglejono 25 күн бұрын

Same

@123xqp 25 күн бұрын

Same. It is from the Daily Mirror...

@eowynmoonlight 25 күн бұрын

Same

@mrxmry3264 25 күн бұрын

20 seconds? that long?

@MegaUpstairs 25 күн бұрын

Yeah it's just sorting.

@jonathanblackwell42 25 күн бұрын

I refuse to believe that "math graduates" couldn't solve this one.

@fifiwoof1969 25 күн бұрын

I prefer to believe they're not actually graduates and shouldn't be breeding. Questions like this should be a lightbulb moment for any student taking this class.

@WombatMan64 19 күн бұрын

Nah, math graduates weren't having issues, this is just headline writers being dull and trite in order to generate clicks. How many times are scientists "baffled!!!" by some new discovery or observation? When you actually read the article, and not just the headline; they're not baffled at all, but usually excited because the new discovery has lead to a better understanding of the universe.

@hafirenggayuda 19 күн бұрын

Well, for me English not my first language, so I have no clue whatsoever at first. But after basic explanation, I immediately found the answer. More trivial riddle, not "math" problem

@burlapknapsack 16 күн бұрын

Maybe Math is an online university with ultra-low educational standards.

@londonbobby 25 күн бұрын

Well that was about 95% waffle for a very easy question. Worked it out in my head in around five seconds.

@geoninja8971 Ай бұрын

I took a pencil, and as I read through, jotted down notes - when I got to the end, my number was just written down. Maybe Dad should get Mum to help his daughter with homework in future! And maths graduates not being able to do this, pigs bum!

@EpothKyary 25 күн бұрын

How is your comment from 2 weeks ago when the video just got uploaded??

@dorionporath4363 25 күн бұрын

@@EpothKyaryperchance unlisted first

@skld-xm 25 күн бұрын

Yeah. Just news being news.

@Pj-pz9vk 25 күн бұрын

Oh you traveled in time to give us the answer

@verkuilb 25 күн бұрын

Well, it didn’t say what level of math they graduated. And I could easily see some pre-K graduates who aced their “count-to-10” exams, struggling with this. 😂

@Ultranger 25 күн бұрын

“Place that is 10 times greater/more” can just be interpreted as “the digit to the left” and “place that is 10 times less” can be interpreted as “the digit to the right” “Place that is 10^n times more/less” is “n digits to the left/right” 3 is to the left of 0 1 is to the right of 0 4 is to the left of 3 9 is two to the right of 1 (100 = 10^2) 2 is to the left of 9 The number is 430129

@ceejay0137 18 күн бұрын

Exactly. Each clue gives the relative position of two of the digits. Just write down the pairs and then link them using the digits that pairs have in common. Very easy.

@phantomlogic6940 25 күн бұрын

This hardly even took me 10 seconds to figure out. I'm more baffled at how this is considered a difficult question.

@richcolour 25 күн бұрын

The working out here is way too complicated and unnecessary. Just read the statements in order and write down the digit in the appropriate place. Takes 30 seconds.

@zenaku666 24 күн бұрын

Well you should show your work. After all 90% of the point of any math problem is to show how you arrived at the answer you got.

@adamingerman1139 24 күн бұрын

@@zenaku666 Yeah, but you should work towards the solution, don't do unnecessary extra work until you need it to cross-check or you get stuck Once you understand what the question is asking, it's a simple matter of adding to a sequence of numbers; you don't need to say that it could be 3 in the 10s, 3 in the 100s, 3 in the 1000s, etc for every possible value when that doesn't matter - the question only brings the order of digits into question, not which place they are

@Figgy20000 24 күн бұрын

@@zenaku666 What work? You literally just place the numbers in the exact order the question tells you. There is nothing to solve here. It is too trivially easy to require "Work"

@TheNinjaWolffYT 24 күн бұрын

@@richcolour you made my point much more efficiently than I did

@americanborn6768 23 күн бұрын

"Amen" my method exactly

@ronenmazar1145 25 күн бұрын

Sometimes I get stumped by stuff like this too. I get so caught up in looking for complicated solutions that I forget to look right under my nose! 😅

@Chris-hf2sl 24 күн бұрын

Yes, some of these puzzles are so trivial, that I think it must be a trick question, so I end up searching for a more complicated answer.

@stevemichael8458 15 күн бұрын

Nowhere does it say that any of the digits should be placed under your nose 🤣🤣

@robertsolovy69 24 күн бұрын

The moral of the story is ask Mom for help with your homework, not Dad.

@EpothKyary 25 күн бұрын

Paige Freshwater's crazy for making headline 😂

@carldaniel6510 18 күн бұрын

I'm baffled by how Presh made this so complicated. A little basic logic leads to a solution literally in the time it takes to read the question.

@AzureKyle 25 күн бұрын

This was actually quite simple for me. With the first clue, it tells us that 3 is 10 times greater than 0, this means at some point in the code, 3 immediately comes before 0: 30. Second clue, 1 is 10 times lesser than 0, this tells us that 1 comes immediately after the 0: 301. Third clue tells us 4 is 10 times greater than 3, meaning it comes right before the 3: 4301. Fourth clue tells us that 9 is is 100 times less than 1, which means there's a number between 1 and 9: 4301?9. And finally, fifth clue tells us 2 is 10 times more than 9, which means it's right before the 9, giving us our 6-digit number of 430129.

@patmx5 17 сағат бұрын

Right? He totally over complicated it with his solution. It’s not so much a math problem as a word problem requiring a skosh of math knowledge. Like you, I simply wrote down the first number, then followed with the others referenced as described to what was there.

@icusmilingAZ 25 күн бұрын

Is Paige Freshwater a pseudonym for Presh Talwalkar?

@Hokiebird428 25 күн бұрын

First clue: 30 Second Clue: 301 Third Clue: 4301 Fourth Clue: 4301x9 Fifth Clue: 430129 Double check that all rules satisfied. That took a grand total of 60 seconds.

@CMBR 23 күн бұрын

This is so simple, it could be done mentally. Moral of the story. If you have a problem, go to someone who knows the subject, not to social media or an AI tool.

@glum_hippo 25 күн бұрын

You don’t need the last clue at all except to know that there’s a digit 2 in the solution

@fifiwoof1969 25 күн бұрын

So you DID need the last clue - VERY well written question by this teacher. It's unfortunate this Dad was allowed to breed - if daughter can't solve it she needs to keep studying. THIS question is VERY straightforward!

@Mobin92 25 күн бұрын

I think his point was that the clue could just have been "There's also a 2 in the number" without clues about the position.

@fifiwoof1969 25 күн бұрын

@@Mobin92 so a perfectly written logic question.

@Soomeone.35 25 күн бұрын

Did they asked a new maths major while they were drunk?

@fifiwoof1969 25 күн бұрын

Stoned more like it!

@LizZimmer 24 күн бұрын

No. A math major could have easily solved this while drunk.

@Soomeone.35 24 күн бұрын

@@LizZimmer hmmm… Maybe they asked a meths major then

@rustyfox81 25 күн бұрын

I think this problem says more about Mirror readers than the actual problem !

@verkuilb 24 күн бұрын

Not just Mirror readers, but the Mirror itself!!

@dontpanic6043 25 күн бұрын

I barely passed high school math. Not bragging…took me about 15 seconds

@poxy1000 25 күн бұрын

same, funny how the crappier we are at classes the better we can do what they are supposed to teach.

@JonnyBoi957 25 күн бұрын

The question is not stated properly. When I figured out what they meant it was easy. The word times is used wrong. Makes it seem like it is 10 or more spaces which does not make sense at all for a 6 digit number

@phantomlogic6940 25 күн бұрын

@@JonnyBoi957 But we know from the start that it is a six-digit number, so that thinking shouldn't even cross one's mind. All you need is knowledge of base 10.

@JonnyBoi957 25 күн бұрын

@phantomlogic6940 I have not even used base ten tbf. Only reason I thought of that is cause I knew as you increase in the number digits it is a mutiple of 10. I am not usually good with this stuff but I am improving

@georgesos 24 күн бұрын

Exactly,me too,and I ve never finished high school....

@DaveLeCompte 25 күн бұрын

Next week's homework is "guess what I have in my pocket"

@arifhossain9751 25 күн бұрын

@@DaveLeCompte "Thas not a RID-DLE. Tricksy little hobbitses"

@Autonym 24 күн бұрын

Fish

@TonyCrenshawsLatte 21 күн бұрын

I opened up my notepad to work out the problem, anticipating a mindbender. I was sorely disappointed once I actually read the question.

@LucasMp 25 күн бұрын

That took me less than 30 seconds. What Math graduate couldn't solve this?

@nestorddiaz 15 күн бұрын

You don't even need the 10 and 100 times clues, just the lower/greater clues.

@georgebattrick2365 25 күн бұрын

You made it hopelessly more complicated and confusing by drawing the six places, as you don't yet know where anything goes. If you just start with the first clue and write "30", then from the second clue put the "1" to the right of the "0", and just carry on like that, it all sorts itself out. The only "trick" is to put an "x" for the unknown digit needed for the fifth clue, so at that point we have "4301x9".

@harrietjordan6378 24 күн бұрын

I put an underscore rather than an x, but yes, exactly the same.

@jaysonsk 24 күн бұрын

@@harrietjordan6378you only mark one place in the middle of the paper if you need to write it down. Then put more places as you need them for the number

@zenaku666 24 күн бұрын

I don't think writing out place holders for the numbers makes anything "hopelessly more complicated" even if you start with the 3 in the most significant spot the clue about the 4 will tell you to move everything down one place anyway.

@WestalSage 16 күн бұрын

This one doesn't even take any sorting out. You just go thru the steps in order and the answer is right there.

@laszloliptak611 21 күн бұрын

This is quite easy once one understands the meaning of the clues. They could have been slightly more precise by saying that, e.g., "3 is in a place WHOSE VALUE is 10 times of the VALUE of the place of the 0", and so on.

@90rightangle2 21 күн бұрын

Looks like we were typing at the same time. Credit where credit is due.

@IslandHermit 13 күн бұрын

Seriously? "Math grads" had trouble with this? Are they talking about grade 1 math grads?

@ChristianRodriguezTarozzi 24 күн бұрын

Did it on the fly in my head, and just to be fair asked my 10-year old daughter... who did it on the fly in her head. That this made it to the media...

@matthewrice5721 25 күн бұрын

And, of course, you could stick a decimal place anywhere inside that number and it would still be a correct answer.

@doge9737 25 күн бұрын

There is no way that "math graduates" are not able to solve this bruh. There is enough information for even an 8th grader to find the number out. should really take more than even half a minute

@fifiwoof1969 25 күн бұрын

I wanna see these "maths graduates" written exams. How TF did they graduate? DAMN!

@johngaltline9933 12 күн бұрын

8th grade? I'd think anyone that's learned that numbers over 9 exist ought to be able to handle it. I distinctly remember carrying digits over in multiplication and division in third grade, so I'll say any third grader can "solve" it.

@mrxmry3264 24 күн бұрын

I can only assume that his daughter is in primary school, just starting to learn about numbers and what to do with them, because this "problem" is so RIDICULOUSLY easy that anyone who graduated from primary school should be able to solve it in a few seconds without using pen and paper.

@jeffeloso 25 күн бұрын

Many folks do not understand the place system, hence the apparent difficulty, despite it being a really easy puzzle.

@poxy1000 25 күн бұрын

its more of an instruction manual than a puzzle

@quantumspark343 25 күн бұрын

its the wording that su*ks

@Gideon_Judges6 25 күн бұрын

@@quantumspark343the wording is perfect for a place-value system. People's comprehension is just lacking.

@fifiwoof1969 25 күн бұрын

If the class are fluent in English and Base 10 arithmetic this question is PERFECT!

@andrewhooper7603 24 күн бұрын

@@quantumspark343 grasping at anything to avoid admitting they're just bad at something.

@antoniomonteiro1203 17 күн бұрын

This problem is just straight forward. We just start writing a 3 on a paper, then the 0 to the right, and so on until the last digit without any dificulties. We just have to leave a space when placing the 9. I believe this is the easyest problem I've seen on this channel.

@indigoziona 18 күн бұрын

The more I read "impossible maths homework" headlines, the more I hate tabloid media. Even the questions that are genuinely tricky aren't there to trip students up, they are there to stretch and challenge. They are helping to build ideas about numbers and shapes that help connect up different knowledge into one connected network. And if you can't help with your kid's homework, you can be grateful that their education is more comprehensive that yours was!

@peetiegonzalez1845 18 күн бұрын

Literally solved it faster than you could say it. I love how sometimes you have some real brainteasers and sometimes they're just really easy problems that some people simply misunderstand the question.

@Sam_on_YouTube 25 күн бұрын

I solved it in my head very quickly. Then, I tried out GPT 4o instead of 3.5. It was able to solve it with no problem on the first try. The explanation was a little advanced for the grade level, talking about exponentiation. I asked for a 4th grade level explanation and here's what it gave me: The number 3 is in a place that is 10 times bigger than the place of the 0.This means if the 0 is in the thousands place, the 3 is in the ten-thousands place.The number 1 is in a place that is 10 times smaller than the place of the 0.This means if the 0 is in the thousands place, the 1 is in the hundreds place.The number 4 is in a place that is 10 times bigger than the place of the 3.This means if the 3 is in the ten-thousands place, the 4 is in the hundred-thousands place.The number 9 is in a place that is 100 times smaller than the place of the 1.This means if the 1 is in the hundreds place, the 9 is in the units place.The number 2 is in a place that is 10 times bigger than the place of the 9.This means if the 9 is in the units place, the 2 is in the tens place.Putting this all together:The 4 is in the hundred-thousands place.The 3 is in the ten-thousands place.The 0 is in the thousands place.The 1 is in the hundreds place.The 2 is in the tens place.The 9 is in the units place. So, the mystery number is 430129.

@GallingEssay 24 күн бұрын

I guess the language tripped the AI. Because the questions phrases it as, "10 times greater/less". It should be 10 times, or 1/10 times. "10 times greater" just means "11 times", which doesn't make sense as the place values are in denominations of 10,100,1000, etc. But we as humans understood what the question meant to say, therefore it was a 10 second problem.

@mertkarpuz1357 25 күн бұрын

This is literally the only "puzzle" from this channel that I have been able to solve lol

@Ynook 25 күн бұрын

Is it just me or does Presh over-explain the solutions just to make the video longer? This problem shouldn't take more than a minute to solve, including reading the text part.

@z000ey 24 күн бұрын

Seeing that there are stated "math graduates" and plenty of dads that couldn't do it, better to explain it as if talking to idiots. This said, although I haven't watched his explanation since the simplicty of the question...

@Ynook 24 күн бұрын

@@z000ey I see your point, not everyone watching this video is a 'math nerd', if I may say. But I also think that most of the subscribers of this channel know basic math, he doesn't have to explain it like we're fourth graders.

@z000ey 24 күн бұрын

@@Ynook well I guess he's trying to get some of those complete nincompoops to start watching his channel and start learning, maybe they'll eventually achieve much more complex math. Definitely not a problem for people that follow the channel regularly, I agree :) Scares me a bit though, if adults cannot solve this...

@indifinity215 25 күн бұрын

430129, the absolute wording is horrible!

@kenchanaud 25 күн бұрын

The wording confused me at first. After that it was easy. Like a jigsaw puzzle with connected puzzle pieces.

@Gideon_Judges6 25 күн бұрын

Huh? The wording is perfect. You just write the numbers down in their relative precedence. This is how place-value systems work.

@verkuilb 25 күн бұрын

@@Gideon_Judges6 The wording is not perfect. Neither "ten times more" nor "ten times less" are grammatically correct terms for this usage. It should have said "ten times as much" and "one-tenth as much".

@garyd5095 25 күн бұрын

The wording wasn’t a problem at all. By the 3rd clue, I figured it was referring to the place value of the numbers. Every place value is 10 times the previous value. I just watched to confirm I was right. This was probably the easiest video Presh ever did

@Gideon_Judges6 25 күн бұрын

@@verkuilb ok you got me there. People often get that wording wrong, and percentages as well, but I digress. If you can get past that common error or correct it, then it's pretty clear. But yes, 10 is not 10x "more" than 1. It's 10x as much. What's interesting is you have the same problem if someone says "10x less than" when they should probably say "1/10th as much" but you don't see as many people complain about it.

@CliftonFranklund 24 күн бұрын

This is truly a grade school question.

@CarolCanGame 25 күн бұрын

Im at my bed, lil sleepy, not even english graduate, and i get to solve the whole thing in 5 min. This is just some basic understanding about base 10 ,a bit of rewording for first grade would be something like: - 3 is right before 0 - 1 is right after 0 - 4 is right before 3 - 9 is after 1 (its like 1_9) - 2 is right before 9 Do the last 2 clue first and then work ur way up If a math graduate cant solve this then they shouldn't be graduated at all

@alexdamman6805 12 күн бұрын

It took longer to grab paper than to confidently solve.

@Makowako_ 5 күн бұрын

Are you kidding me that took the same time to solve as it took to read the problem

@SleepingDragon1 25 күн бұрын

I usually struggle with problems on this channel but this one is extremely easy. I got it as fast as I could read it.

@Eidolon777 23 күн бұрын

I did it in 5 seconds and I immediately checked the comments since I knew I couldn’t be the only one to think this is ridiculously easy.

@tejloro 25 күн бұрын

A 30 second video crammed into over 8 minutes...

@londonbobby 25 күн бұрын

Exactly.

@fifiwoof1969 25 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@joeschmo622 24 күн бұрын

430129. Wow, I was expecting way worse, but pen and paper, and I immediately filled in the numbers as I was reading each condition.

@josephlck 21 күн бұрын

I love how chat gpt gives out rubbish logic that sounds vaguely like it knows what it is doing, then disregards that logic to spit out a random number. At least gemini noticed it's logic made the puzzle impossible.

@pelic9608 24 күн бұрын

I would troll my classes so hard by giving them that type of question, if I was a teacher. Let's see who's using GPT for homework and who's not. 😏

@garydetlefs6095 15 күн бұрын

That is such a ridiculously trivial problem.

@msnirajagrawal 23 күн бұрын

Solved in head while you were reading the question.. How could the father be puzzled by this?? Its simple and too easy..

@samclark379 24 күн бұрын

"Work the little gray cells." Love the Poirot reference.

@naphxing 24 күн бұрын

"stumping AI tools" is a low bar

@docsigma 17 күн бұрын

This was such a simple problem that I honestly wonder if it was some sort of language barrier issue on the part of the father.

@ssarmazi 22 күн бұрын

My lord. This took me less than 30 seconds. And it took that long because I misread one of the clues.

@xyavdast5554 25 күн бұрын

The real issue for the AI tools was probably the wording "A is X times more/less than B" because that wording means A = B + "X times" or A= B - "X times". The correct wording for this question would have been "A is X times that of B" and "A is 1/X times that of B". E.g.: Wrong wordings: "The 3 is in a place that is 10 times greater than the place of the 0." "The 1 is in a place that is 10 times less than the place of the 0." --> Correct wordings: "The 3 is in a place that is 10 times as great/big as the place of the 0". "The 1 is in a place that is 1/10 as great/big as the place of the 0."

@Rhesa-jc3on 24 күн бұрын

Not difficult 4 a lot of us, but it was 4 the dad. Glad he reached out - good 4 him. He is telling his child that it is ok 2 reach out 4 helo!!

@ytmahsdad 25 күн бұрын

I'm never able to solve your puzzles, until now. This one was a no brainer

@ParvGupta-so1fc 24 күн бұрын

How the heck math graduates weren't able to solve this. It literally took me less than 20 secs to solve it.

@TheAstronomyDude 24 күн бұрын

I turned 35 today 🥳and it took me ~30 seconds to solve this after a day filled with whiskey and champagne.

@WillRennar 25 күн бұрын

Once I started looking at it as "10 times greater = 1 to the left, 10 times less = 1 to the right", it took me about 12 seconds to solve this. 430129

@Gideon_Judges6 25 күн бұрын

I got out a piece of paper thinking this was going to be difficult since the video is 8+ minutes but as I read the rules out loud I wrote the number down in like 15 seconds.

@tagore_14 24 күн бұрын

It didn't even took 2 seconds after reading the question

@lankancheetah 22 күн бұрын

This was one of the easiest puzzles which I appreciate.

@wernerviehhauser94 24 күн бұрын

Those parents should grab that math graduate and go back to grade school together....

@c_b5060 13 күн бұрын

This was so simple to solve. All you have to do is read and understand the "clues". I solved this in less than 15 seconds.

@TheRealLiark 22 күн бұрын

If anyone has seen Spongebob like season 1 or 2, the chatGPT answer is like Patrick talking to Man-Ray

@mikesmithz 21 күн бұрын

Wow - you made it super simple to understand!

@Toastfreak 17 күн бұрын

This is the type of problem I was learning in grade 3.

@GRAHAMAUS 22 күн бұрын

I solved this in about 3 seconds. I suspected I'd missed something subtle but no, I got it right. Seriously, if maths graduates are not able to solve this, they took the wrong course.

@nielshoogev1 8 күн бұрын

My solution was in the reverse order. I "built" my solution on the notion of an array as found in computer languages. There the indexing is from left to right. In base-10 notation, the indexing is from right to left.

@draco_zelifarn4521 7 күн бұрын

At first, I thought the "places" were just 1 through 6. When I realized I was referring to base 10 notation, it was much easier

@constanceelliott2736 10 күн бұрын

It's understanding the language of place values. "100 times..." two-digit move left (less than), or right (greater than). "10 times..." a one-digit move. Understand this and you can solve it in your head.

@zaphbrox8239 Күн бұрын

"10 times less" is mathematically insensible.

@piotrrayski-pawlik504 22 күн бұрын

I had even no need of calculating anything solving this puzzle. Search for a pencil and a piece of paper took longer.

@ahva2280 21 күн бұрын

Easiest one of these I can remember solving myself.

@paulchauvin733 22 күн бұрын

The Dad and the AI both misunderstand "place"

@charcolew 22 күн бұрын

So easy that this parent is either a fool or a troll.

@DictoDictov 25 күн бұрын

Currently watching at 0:52. Well, "10 times greater" means that if, for example, 0 is a unit, then 3 is tens… Thus the answer is 430129

@ShathruMI 25 күн бұрын

Why was the dad stumped? I'm not even a Math major and I simply followed the steps to get the actual number. What has this country come to for deeming this is difficult?

@quantumspark343 25 күн бұрын

The wording is ambiguous

@jaysonsk 24 күн бұрын

@@quantumspark343I don’t think it is. Maybe too wordy but it’s pretty straightforward

@WoefulMinion 24 күн бұрын

@@quantumspark343 It doesn't seem ambiguous at all to me. The teacher would have taught about the "10s place," "the 100s place" and taught that each place is 10 times the place to the right. I literally just wrote down the numbers as I read each step adding them to the right or left whether less or more. The 100 moved two steps instead of one.

@jimbobago 24 күн бұрын

I think I needed maybe one minute. There's no way any sort of serious "math graduate" would have a problem with this.

@pandapanda25611 24 күн бұрын

I looked at the preview of this video. I narrowed the digits to all the possibilities and got 4 in the first digit, and all of the other digits fell into place. Got 430129

@fredashay 6 күн бұрын

I get 430129 at the video pause without much thought about it. Either the problem is super easy, or there's a trick they're not telling us in the setup. Here's how I did it: Don't bother with 6 blanks because you don't know what places the digits are yet. The first clue tells us we have "30" The second clue tells us we have "301" The third clue tells us we have "4301" The fourth clue tells us we have "4301?9" The fifth clue tells us we have "430129" Ridiculously easy!

@Mobin92 25 күн бұрын

What? It's so trivial you can just do it mentally while reading it...

@kristofclaus7460 25 күн бұрын

I don't even have a degree, so i was curious. Paused when it came up and set timer. 8 seconds in i had the right answer in my mind. If math graduates struggle with this, the world is doomed