Whoops - looks like my computer had a bit of a rendering hiccup around the 5:00 mark. In case it wasn't clear, that part just said that both sites provide step-by-step solutions that you can follow along with.

_you are watching this video instead of actually doing math_

I find math fun when I understand it

„And that’s especially important: Don’t rush through math problems“ My math teacher in the exam: „You have ten minutes left“ We love a good school system right

I have no shame with starting with math antics 1st grade math videos and working my way up to calculus and beyond and I'm 27 lol.

How to do maths: Step 1: read math problems Step 2: Do not think negative thoughts. Step 3: Use the max limit of your brain. Step 4: let me cry

I am really intrested in math the only problem is I don't understand math

I just start to crying when i remember that i have to study math...

Me when i solve maths problems: The answer: A : 210 B : 156 C : 120 D : 170 My calculator : 118 Me : *Then its 120*

School: 1 + 1 = 2 4 + 4 = 8 Exam: Given this ruler, calculate the distance and angle between the earth and the sun.

I hate when everyone in class understands how to do math except you-

As someone who used to despise math a few moths ago, and even had grades ranging from C's to F's, after some time and intense studying sessions while so watching math videos online, I got significantly better at math and so did my grades (two A's so far). My hate for math quickly disappeared (I still can't elaborate why) and now I even want to study math. So, an honest advice I'd give to someone, who doesn't seem to get better at math, is, to be patient with themselves and not give up if one math topic doesn't instantly "click", because at some point it'll make sense and then you'll be sitting there thinking: oh, wow... why didn't I realize that earlier (and that's totally normal, I get these moments more than I'd like to admit). Math can be though (duh), but that's also why I love it now; there's just so much about this subject: its abstarct constructs, the logic, which (almost) always blows my mind, 'cause it just seems to make sense, et cetera. I'd love to teach people math one day, I'm starting small by helping my friends and classmates, but sometimes I get too excited and baffle them with mathematical terms that we haven't even discussed in class yet 😅 I guess I'm a bit of a nerd after all... and that's fine :) Anyway, loved the video!

I was crying the whole afternoon while doing my homework, I cannot express enough how much this video helped me! It rationalized my fears, and I'm ready to go back and dig into those problems again. Thanks Tom ❤️

How to get better at maths 1. Have the will to learn 2. Having a positive mindset and self-confidence 3. Understanding instead of learning 4. Practicing many exercise 5. Don't have to be afraid of asking for help

I got instantly better at math by using photomath

I always thought I was good at math until I took Calc ll. Legit spent around 20 hours a week just for that class and ended with an 81. Anyone taking it in the future my advice is don’t be afraid to ask for help or even tutoring. It’s better having someone who mastered the subject explain to you the whole process. Knowing the answer is nothing compared to understanding the problem. Calc lll is much easier though. About to start my junior year for Aerospace, dreaming of going to nasa one day.

School: 2 x 2 = 4 Test: If Tom is 7 and Sam is 12 what is the volume of a can of milk if I’m single?

School : 2+2=4 Exam : If John has 6 apples and his train is 10 minutes late calculate the mass of the sun.

“How to get better at math” *1.4 million views*

6:18 Love that you're saying to not rush math homeworks when my teacher in contrast makes me works 10x faster and with 10x the mistakes rather than taking the time and doing it right

I watched this video 2 years ago, when I was illiterate on math. I watched this again today 'cause it appeared on my recommended and a lot has changed since then. It is really important to understand what you are solving, because if you just solve without asking 'why', it'll bore you. Math is just like any language with its own set of principles and logic. Goodluck people

During a math exam Me: using my calculator to check if 2+2 is still equals to 4.

How to do math: Step 1-write down question Step2-Cry.

Math homework makes me want to cry.

I've struggled with math my whole life and honestly doesn't seem like I'm getting any better at it. I don't know how many times I've cried over a math problem but it's definitely been a long journey when it comes to me doing math.

I took my SAT today, and I was really proud of myself. I was doing so well on the math section.... and then I got to question 2 and it was all downhill from there.

I love when people are arguing after the test “I got 7” “No, it was 12” But I got South Africa

We need more people like you. People who have a growth mindset, instead of bragging about being smart and calling other people idiots.

You have actually inspired me to start learning math again. Thank you ☺️

2 years ago I solved a father and son problem. The son was 28 years older than the father. Since that day I hate math

I bet most people are scrolling through the comments rather than actually doing any maths 😂

Totally agree with these tips sir Thomas Frank! Mastering the fundamental concepts in math is very important to progress and be better at complex topics. Thanks again for this video!

Fabulous video Thomas. Well explained and fun to do. Really well done!

When I practice in my home I will be knowing every single thing but when I see the question paper in the examination I forget every single thing

A: "I'm terrible at math." B: "Why do you think that?" A: "I did one practice problem and I didn't find the answer in ten seconds" B: "How did you try to solve the problem?" A: "I wrote down the problem and stared at it and the answer didn't come to me"

You can get better, I saw my progression trough high school from almost failing year one to having B as an end grade year 3. And my tip is that you need to learn how to study or what works for u. I found out that I get the best results from doing all the homework and preparing for a test week prior to it, with this I dont spend too much time practicing and still get a C or B 80% of the time

That ONE example u did helped me a lot in my finance course, many times we have to use long summation formulas and that helped me understand better

Loved George Polya's quote: "If you can't solve a problem, then there is an easier problem that you can solve: find it." This is advice that can be carried over into all aspects of problem solving. Great wisdom, and great video!

M= mentally A= affected T= teachers H= harassing S= students

"If you can't solve a problem, then there is an easier problem you can solve: find it." - Great advice! Maybe I should make it like Granny embroidery to hang on the wall.

Practice, when you actually attempt h.w questions, they tend to be a little formula-breaking compared to classwork questions. Attempting various types of a questions helps you understand fundamental properties of maths without even needing to learn them definitively. Also, finding decently challenging questions from outside source. I recommend downloading Standard Maths SQP - 10th (CBSE curriculum), they are challenging but ultimately, you just depend on fundamentals. This helped me alot and i genuinely feel like nothing can stop me.

Class: 2+2 Homework: 75×68 Test: Prove that there are no integer solutions to the equation x^n + y^n = z^n where n is greater than 2.

Im staring at my homework and I’m on the verge of tears. I’m pretty stressed lately and I have 3 double-sided pages of math homework and totally forgot how to do the equations. They’re due tomorrow and it’s already 11 at night and I haven’t even got ready for bed. Why is life so cruel?

Thank you for making this video.

How I become better at math 1. I saw 2. I become positive 3. I fail 4. I return to negativity 5. I cry

*SERIOUSLY THOMAS HOW DO YOU POST AT THE PERFECT TIMES*

Elementary: I love math. It’s easy College: Oh my god! What have I done?

I haven't felt this much hope in months. Thank you!

Thanks so much!

if you want to be good at math : > Stop telling yourself you're bad at math and stop saying "hahahah so me" when you see a dumbass meme like "i'm 25% funny 85% bad at math" >Instead, practice, focus, believe in your skills, make mistakes, learn how to correct them, eventually you'll get good. Know that it is at everyones reach to be good at math. Goood luck ^o^

I'm really depressed right now. My math teacher told my mom that i would have to struggle to pass at matriculation exam. But i got 100s in last year.. I actually tend to be a good student... Thank you for your tips. They really comfort me.

I’m having a plan to refresh my math skills for which I have difficulty learning them since grade school 😢 I wanted to learn those again and ace them.

I love the subtle references. Also, another awesome resource is Photomath. It uses your phone camera to scan and solve written math problems, so you don't have to type them in. It's not perfect, but it's remarkably accurate, even when scanning sub-par handwriting. It's free and gives step-by-step solutions. Desmos is another awesome tool. It's free and intuitive, yet its graphing capabilities far exceed those of expensive graphing calculators in many ways. It's an incredible way to deepen your understanding of math in a visual way rather than just trying to make sense of the numbers.

Completely off topic, but you sir, are fine as wine.

Thing is everytime I do math i litterally forget everything, even basic fractions idk y i spend like 10 minutes searching the problem up even though I did it a few days ago..

You broke down that first problem well. Just by looking I understood it and knew exactly how to solve it.

Fantastic video, thank you!

Practice, practice, practice..

Funny how this came just after I fucked up on a maths exam. It's probably a sign...

Thank you so much it really made me realize about my future and my grades and how important it is to learn math

When I was in high school, I went to 3 separate schools across 3 different states. The lessons and requirements were different in each school so I ended up in remedial math classes which I passed with a -D. Now I’m in several statistics classes and desperately wanting to get good at math.

Too late, Tom. I needed this during High School.

*2 plus 2 is 4, minus 1 that’s 3. Quick maffs.*

"I don't hate you, I'm just naturally bad at understanding you"

Excellent monologue about math!!! Motivated truly

I remember in when I was in high school taking my chemistry class. I was failing for 99% of the year, but not for a lack of trying. I'd stay after school every day to get help with what I wasn't understanding (which was everything). My teacher came up to me near the end of the cool year and said, "I've noticed you're not doing so well in my class, even though you've been here every day working on your homework and asking questions. I respect that. I want you to know, that if you keep working this hard for the rest of the year, I GUARANTEE you will not fail this class." So I continued working diligently as I have been and sure enough, I passed the class with a solid 60%!

Thank you mr Thomas for this helpful information,,i hope i learned alot from you in the future...

When doing math in writing in papers that are disposable, when you see it then you must use your calculations program to see if your wrong or right.

I've found that Khan Academy is great for learning math conceptually.

When I finished school barely passing maths class, I thought I was done with it. Now I study linguistics and got classes abt higher mathematics lmao

A good resource for me was Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering (Vol. 3) along with the solutions manual. Highly reccomend for anyone wanting to get better at mathematics and work through good work problems with detailed solutions.

Thanks

I think that the biggest mistake when studying math is to think that you are learning how to solve a particular problem, because math is about pattern recognition, and that is something that a lot of people is great at naturally, but that doesn't mean that they don't work hard on learning it. When you repeat a type of exercise the first few are going to be hard, but the more you keep doing them, the more you will realize how that pattern is and how to solve it the next time. There are no shortcuts in math, because shortcuts will hurt your learning curve when having to solve difficult problems. Great video, as always. Sorry for my English, but I hope that my message got across.

Summary of "how to get better at math" 1. Go for the tough problems to become a math genius. 2. Go for easy problems to get a grasp of the basic concept. 3. Break down into small chunks, to see what you must get better at. 4. Use contrast or wolfa alpha, to see, and find the mistake. If you know there is something not exactly correct. Then point the faults out, or tell me what I could´ve written.

Every time I watch a beginners math tutorial I'm lost after a minute.

thank you so much. I appreciate ur help man

Advice from a mathematics PhD candidate: - precalculus: you either know it or you don’t. Be sure you understand precalculus concepts through and through otherwise you’re gonna have a bad time in calculus and other classes like Analysis - Math is about understanding. DO NOT try to memorize how to solve a problem it will only lead to your demise. - Understand definitions in mathematics- what is a prime number/ polynomial/ rational expression - Mathematics can be found everywhere because it’s a universal language so become familiar with it. Like learning spoken (or signed) languages you have to push yourself to understand and construct complex sentences and abstract ideas so it’s ok to make mistakes - to build on the previous point, math, like any language, isn’t mastered in one day so don’t give up if you don’t get it the first time. - be sure to reach out for help AS SOON AS you don’t understand something - for upper level math classes like topology and analysis, go in with an open mind - have fun doing it. Math is straightforward and definitive. Once you master a concept in this field, it’s with you for life.

My personal advice: 1) Know what you want to learn and what you know (realize where you are) 2) Get an explanation of the idea, visualize the solution (just to get you motivated) 3)Get a simple example well explained step by step, it can be a video or on paper, but have it in hand 4) Do a simple example yourself, different from the one you saw and with the answer step by step at the back for you to check, if you have any difficulty aid yourself with the other example 5)Do another example, maybe with just the end answer or with something different which makes it harder (for the last one you may need the answer step by step). 6) Do step 2 but no relate it to the exercises you've been doing 7) Do more exercises till you can write the steps you follow to do the problem, and do write down somewhere the steps for if you need them to study 8) Now you can move to the next topic 9) Cover many topics and you'll see how they require of each other; eventually you'll get a math intuition but that takes different time for different people This is the quick way of learning math but mathematicians don't really like it because scenically you are learning a "cooking recipe" rather than going straight to the abstract idea. And many feel it's kind of cheating

Excellent advice!

You are so amazing, Frank! 🎉😂 I enjoy your videos on Math and Science!

You know that sensation when you solve an entire problem and you're 100% sure it's correct What is it like? ;-;

School: 1+1 Answer:2 Homework:If Bob has 2 apples and he gives 1 away how many does he have? Answer:1 Exam: If bobs calculator is turning red how can you calculate the distance to Venus if you have 49 bananas? Answer: 17 because rocks change to chairs with the theory of the wardrobe.

Thank you for this,really helpful tips!

Yeah I agree

You know what’s easy? Biology. -Says the Bio major.

me : reading the question paper oh! there is a fractional problem BRAIN.EXE has stopped working

I don't know if I'm going to get better but the fact that theirs a video emphasizing that i can i makes me relief and hopeful

You're the best bro, thanks❤

The key to being good at math really on any level is (for the most part) practice ... the genuises might need less of it than you, but they need to practice a whole fucking lot nevertheless :D

M-major A-anxiety T-to H-health

so helpful video.. thankx bro

Great tips and self awakening on Maths. Thank you Tom...

Math definitely requires practice, you guys. It's no use understanding the theory if you can't apply it! Another good thing about doing practices is that certain types or styles of questions come up frequently (at least at junior/senior year highschool math) and by learning the correct approach to these problems, you're better able to handle them when tests come around. Always do practice exams if you can get access to them - not only are you testing your abilities under time limit, it also minimises your exam stress (in my experience). Caveat: if you don't understand the theory, get that sorted asap before bothering with lots of practice. You should try and clarify your doubts quickly before things snowball and your foundation becomes shaky. This is also why listening in class is important - it's way harder to figure things out on your own. You may have a not-great teacher like I do, but don't dismiss them as they may occasionally say some helpful things. If your teacher's not cutting it, don't complain - arrange for consultations (some teachers are better 1-1), look for additional math resources, or ask the resident math genius. The same amount of input in math generates more output than subjects like Literature. The key is to work hard at it. Regular practice has helped me bring my math grade from a 40% to a 75% over 1/2 a year, and math is one of my weaker subjects. Put in effort and you might just outperform the smarter kids who don't practice!

1. I cant do maths 2. Im dumb 3. End of conversation

Even if you are a math person or not but when you see a person who can solve problems and do fast calculations, you instantly develop respect for that person

Thanks!

This entire video was like advanced Japanese for me. I don't speak Japanese.

I've been avoiding math for years and it's holding me back in the completion of my degrees and moving on. Starting at the bottom and I hope I will know enough to pass next semester. Can't get better at math by not doing math! Study time!

Thank you so much

I completely agree that math is a skill that can be learned and that math builds on itself so it is important to master each concept. Great video!