How to defeat a dragon with math - Garth Sundem

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    Having trouble remembering the order of operations? Let's raise the stakes a little bit. What if the future of your (theoretical) kingdom depended on it? Garth Sundem creates a world in which PEMDAS is the hero but only heroic when in the proper order.
    Lesson by Garth Sundem, animation by Mark Phillips.

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  • @hb-oj1gb
    @hb-oj1gb Před 5 lety +3363

    Just multiply it by 0

  • @andalanraihad6817
    @andalanraihad6817 Před 4 lety +736

    0:50
    7 ate 9
    7 : "I have to eat 3 squared meals every day!"

    • @ChloekabanOfficial
      @ChloekabanOfficial Před 4 lety +13

      Kinda like a joke. Based on three squared equals nine.

    • @_crunchyleaf_398
      @_crunchyleaf_398 Před 4 lety +23

      And it's actually a pun, because seven ate (eight) nine

    • @izzaireredacted3018
      @izzaireredacted3018 Před 4 lety +1

      😂😂😂

    • @eightye4014
      @eightye4014 Před 4 lety +2

      7,8,9

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom Před 4 lety +8

      I made up a similar joke to the classic "why is 6 afraid of 7, because 7 8 9", but with letters. Here it is. Why is z afraid of all the other letters?
      Because they're all not z's (nazis).

  • @kaylenvee8150
    @kaylenvee8150 Před rokem +134

    I love how subtraction is protrayed as this small little docile character, but it's really the only one that can effectively reduce the sequence of numbers into zero.

  • @jayclawwit6489
    @jayclawwit6489 Před 4 lety +817

    Now everytime I solve a math equation, I will recall how the six musketeers defeated a mathematically huge dragon.

    • @jdgar5503
      @jdgar5503 Před 3 lety +6

      What is 3+5-4x9%6/7/4-1+7x6/4-1-5+16

    • @adelmodoria684
      @adelmodoria684 Před 3 lety

      I like u

    • @potalcium
      @potalcium Před 3 lety +2

      @@Nike_IV who cares? It's still 0!

    • @rem7837
      @rem7837 Před 3 lety

      @@jdgar5503 idk but ik algebra
      Whats 10 = 10 - X + X

    • @rem7837
      @rem7837 Před 3 lety

      @@jdgar5503 and pi 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971

  • @restorasenrisei9991
    @restorasenrisei9991 Před 6 lety +3023

    It's perfectly understandable e wasn't a good ruler.
    He was completely irrational

  • @jacoblee9519
    @jacoblee9519 Před 8 lety +2473

    Oh my god guys, at 0:50,
    A 7 is eating 9
    7 ate 9
    7 8 9

  • @McTofuwuerfel
    @McTofuwuerfel Před 4 lety +111

    Funny how people say "just multiply by 0" when deriving the constant dragon would have been as effective but more elegant.

    • @epicxfire4370
      @epicxfire4370 Před 2 lety +1

      You won't have normal numbers to work with. Exponents needs a number to work. The Dragon is eating all of the numbers. They have to use the insides of The Dragon if they want to get rid of this issue.

    • @epicxfire4370
      @epicxfire4370 Před 2 lety +1

      You wonder how they got the number population back with this tiny number "1".

  • @guywhochangeshisprofilealo7163

    Multiplication: Leader
    Division: Lancer
    Parenthesis: Big Guy
    Exponents: Smart Guy
    Addition: Heart
    Subtraction: Sixth Ranger (Because of his lack of definition during the whole naming sequence)

  • @fennic6892
    @fennic6892 Před 5 lety +2222

    I think dividing by 0 is equivalent to the nuclear bomb.

  • @Dr0iRedX
    @Dr0iRedX Před 8 lety +2859

    That was the weirdest TED-Ed video I've ever watched.

    • @takyacompton4109
      @takyacompton4109 Před 7 lety +11

      Some Nobody Told me to change my name,so i did first of all love the name second of all they should know it if they took fifth grade math

    • @rory_person_being
      @rory_person_being Před 7 lety +2

      i learned it at the beginning of 6th

    • @killjoy8097
      @killjoy8097 Před 7 lety +1

      +Rory Can hey Rory your profile picture is of fancy pants reply me I also play fancy pants

    • @mothloverr
      @mothloverr Před 7 lety +2

      I learned this in 3rd

    • @takyacompton4109
      @takyacompton4109 Před 7 lety +1

      Tatum FK srsly cool

  • @arandomguy1415
    @arandomguy1415 Před 4 lety +78

    "Throw a calculator"
    AND PUT X 0

    • @kv-2450
      @kv-2450 Před 3 lety +2

      *THROWING A CALCULATOR!*

    • @qo7052
      @qo7052 Před 3 lety

      using a calculator is like telekinesis

  • @firenzarfrenzy4985
    @firenzarfrenzy4985 Před 2 lety +20

    Medieval setting + Puff the Magic Dragon + Star Wars + PEMDAS
    Most unexpected crossover in history

  • @paulcastillo1880
    @paulcastillo1880 Před 5 lety +872

    Dragon: Lol try to kill me
    ÷ Sign: *_Divides dragon by 0_*
    Dragon: *_OH GOD NOOOOOOOOO-_*

    • @DecaQuitin
      @DecaQuitin Před 5 lety +65

      multiplication: multiplies dragon by 0
      Dragon: *oof*

    • @thebestalan5685
      @thebestalan5685 Před 4 lety +13

      But what’s the Dragons value
      (Key dr=dragons value /= division)
      Dr / 0= 0
      I’ll change the DR later

    • @philusaqua3882
      @philusaqua3882 Před 4 lety +18

      Then the 0 number that is in dragom body, when diveded by zero, transforms the dragon into the indefinite dragon, a conjecture of all number. Congrats.

    • @user-gh9sv3jt3z
      @user-gh9sv3jt3z Před 4 lety +9

      divide the dragon to 0
      make it be infinitly bigger

    • @throwtea
      @throwtea Před 4 lety +4

      Dragon autocorrected to ERROR

  • @JJ-zr1wf
    @JJ-zr1wf Před 5 lety +325

    0:51 OMIGOSH!! Anyone notice the PUN
    SEVEN eight(ate) NINE
    TED ED.....WOW!

  • @eggyt1153
    @eggyt1153 Před rokem +50

    In the UK, here, we use BODMAS. Brackets, Order (Exponents or Square Roots), Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction.

    • @tracynewman7550
      @tracynewman7550 Před rokem

      My school taugh me BIDMAS, very similar

    • @eggyt1153
      @eggyt1153 Před rokem

      @@tracynewman7550 what does the I stand for

    • @tracynewman7550
      @tracynewman7550 Před rokem +2

      @@eggyt1153 The I stands for Indesies (bassically squared and cubed).

    • @eggyt1153
      @eggyt1153 Před rokem

      @@tracynewman7550 cool!

    • @kbgeedpy.
      @kbgeedpy. Před rokem +1

      well, here in kebabland, we use B,E,D/M,A/S. (the ones that are divided with a slash are used in left to right order.

  • @Ray-xq3cx
    @Ray-xq3cx Před 3 lety +57

    0:56 Are we all just gonna ignore the fact that the narrator just casually mentioned the land of pi was an anarcho-syndicalist commune?
    Truly Ted Ed’s weirdest video by far.

    • @MythosTheSophist
      @MythosTheSophist Před 3 lety +4

      Bloody insane

    • @createyourownfuture3840
      @createyourownfuture3840 Před 2 lety +2

      What does that mean?

    • @vitamins3039
      @vitamins3039 Před 2 lety +4

      @@createyourownfuture3840
      Syndicalism: a Movement and/or Revolution that tries to abolish the capitalist order and let workers take control of the economy and government by direct means.
      Anarcho-Syndicalist: a Philosophy that views Syndicalism as a way to gain control of the economy and influence boarder society
      Commune: One definition of Commune is a Living situation or a group of people that they have to share everything.
      (Just a note I do not know anything about anything not even remotely close, I just got these from a short 10mins research.)

    • @createyourownfuture3840
      @createyourownfuture3840 Před 2 lety

      @@vitamins3039 Thank you so much

    • @pizza_boy_dwight9995
      @pizza_boy_dwight9995 Před 5 měsíci

      It's a Monty Python reference.
      czcams.com/video/R7qT-C-0ajI/video.htmlsi=HCrZzr80x2Vtvau_

  • @joeyvk6145
    @joeyvk6145 Před 8 lety +807

    this will definitely help me in Skyrim.

  • @jantulinja8917
    @jantulinja8917 Před 8 lety +117

    i always use the pemdas strategy in boss battles

    • @paulmag91
      @paulmag91 Před 8 lety

      I suppose your battles are a little unconventional, John Egbert.

    • @jantulinja8917
      @jantulinja8917 Před 8 lety +1

      PaulMag you would know if you read the extra pages of homestuck

    • @paulmag91
      @paulmag91 Před 8 lety +1

      I should do that some day. I just read the first 3 MS PaintAdventures. Oh my god... I just checked the website. Is HHomestuck still in progress? How many years have it been going for now?

    • @jantulinja8917
      @jantulinja8917 Před 8 lety +2

      PaulMag more than one year

    • @paulmag91
      @paulmag91 Před 8 lety +1

      John Egbert It must be at least 5 years.

  • @sophiesmith9300
    @sophiesmith9300 Před 3 lety +14

    You know everyone seems to be talking about dividing by zero, but the fact there's just a casual other monster laying around is chill??
    Yeah seems fair enough.

  • @Nulono
    @Nulono Před 3 lety +14

    2:35 This is *incorrect*. Division is just another kind of multiplication, so it should be done in the same step as multiplication, from left to right. The same is true of addition and subtraction.

  • @sauceke9031
    @sauceke9031 Před 5 lety +508

    + = health potion (heal you and hurt the dragon)
    - = knife (really sharp)
    × = shuriken ( poisonous)
    ÷ = dart ( poisonous)
    ( ) = gauntlet ( spiked)
    What is your weapon

    • @emperorpierogi9772
      @emperorpierogi9772 Před 5 lety +32

      , = dagger (cuts everything into pieces)
      < = poison (poisons you, obviously)

    • @cookiebuster2324
      @cookiebuster2324 Před 5 lety +4

      lol wut

    • @evanc4001
      @evanc4001 Před 5 lety +3

      chicknasaurus exponent= fly and spit (poisonous)

    • @lizzy6179
      @lizzy6179 Před 5 lety +2

      + and the division sign

    • @ezekielshorizon6
      @ezekielshorizon6 Před 5 lety +12

      Mine is a powerful spell. I can use it on any number and they'll disappear. It's called the Multiply by 0 spell.

  • @beehivemind9343
    @beehivemind9343 Před 6 lety +380

    *PEMDAS, THERE'S ANOTHER SPOT!!*

  • @RudyHH2
    @RudyHH2 Před 2 lety +6

    1:03 Euler's Number
    2:21 (2+4×2/2³-3)
    3:02 Nested Parenthesis

  • @waterwraith3334
    @waterwraith3334 Před 4 lety +42

    Digit dragon: "i am invincible!"
    Division: divides by 0
    Digit dragon: WHAT THE FU-
    *EXPLOSION*

    • @ryurai7772
      @ryurai7772 Před 3 lety

      But they dont jave the 0 tho :/

    • @ultrio325
      @ultrio325 Před 3 lety

      n - n = 0

    • @priyanshudutta9463
      @priyanshudutta9463 Před 3 lety +1

      You can not divide something by zero. If you do , then itwill become infinity

    • @ultrio325
      @ultrio325 Před 3 lety

      @@priyanshudutta9463 czcams.com/video/NKmGVE85GUU/video.html

    • @SaniFakhouri
      @SaniFakhouri Před 3 lety

      Omae wa ma zero-deru...

  • @nguyenminhquang9393
    @nguyenminhquang9393 Před 5 lety +53

    Other ways to defeat the dragon:
    -Take The dragon and minus it for the dragon
    -Take The negative version of the dragon and plus for the dragon
    -Take The dragon and multiply it with 0
    -Take 0 and divided it for the dragon

  • @htlchtlc
    @htlchtlc Před 7 lety +232

    It's easy. Just turn the ( ) into a 0 and put it after division guy. By dividing the dragon by 0 the universe breaks and the dragon is kill. Simple geometry.

  • @dhakshanaamalasuthan
    @dhakshanaamalasuthan Před 4 lety +33

    It took me 4 years to realise that they were trying to explain BIDMAS/BODMAS/PEDMAS, whatever the heck you call it

    • @miguelbaltazar7606
      @miguelbaltazar7606 Před 2 lety

      PEMDAS.

    • @OfficialMinecrafter0986
      @OfficialMinecrafter0986 Před 2 lety +1

      It's Pemdas. And it stands for Parentheses Exponents Multiplication Division Addition and Subtraction. It's a very important acronym in math.

    • @susandarber9942
      @susandarber9942 Před 2 lety +2

      As a french, multiplication and division have the same value and can be exchanged...
      International math isn't as easy as may you think.
      Maths are an extract of the language it user use, so linguistic interpretation occurs too.

    • @OfficialMinecrafter0986
      @OfficialMinecrafter0986 Před 2 lety

      @@susandarber9942 Oh.

    • @jatinthukral
      @jatinthukral Před 2 lety

      BODMAS is also a strategy lol

  • @Rand0m_Anon
    @Rand0m_Anon Před 2 lety +27

    This is somehow one if the best TED-ED narrations imo

  • @friizing
    @friizing Před 7 lety +249

    How to kill a Dragon with math? Easy, put it in my Math Teachers class.

  • @manutdhn
    @manutdhn Před 5 lety +198

    Well as they say 7 8 9 which known as SEVEN ATE NINE

    • @oracle372
      @oracle372 Před 5 lety +4

      Yeah at 0:50 I only just made that joke oh no

    • @oracle372
      @oracle372 Před 5 lety

      Marcus C I’m also the same age whatever you are if you are telling the truth and I am

    • @rubyacosta2573
      @rubyacosta2573 Před 4 lety

      bruh everyone knows that my little cousin does and shes 2

  • @wellplyd8110
    @wellplyd8110 Před 4 lety +19

    I....i just realized after watching this so many time that in 1:07 is a star war reference

  • @Mr._Obvious
    @Mr._Obvious Před rokem +20

    We need to make a show out of this

    • @satulno8964
      @satulno8964 Před rokem

      YES

    • @BfdiFan567
      @BfdiFan567 Před rokem

      YES we need a netflix show! Of this it would probably be called the land of the 6 types of math

    • @EvilMeganium
      @EvilMeganium Před rokem

      Up

    • @jakyloyjuan
      @jakyloyjuan Před 2 měsíci

      that's obvi a horrible idea, this video is about math

  • @adjly1824
    @adjly1824 Před 5 lety +107

    0:52
    Haha that joke again.
    Seven ate nine.

  • @wilsonong2898
    @wilsonong2898 Před 8 lety +328

    Would totally play this if it was a game

    • @malcolmsmith6380
      @malcolmsmith6380 Před 8 lety +4

      +Wilson Ong
      If a lot of people think as you do it could be done small scale but still takes about a month's worth of work for someone already confident in the appropriate languages for the chosen platform to code anything that would be seen as reasonably decent beyond text based. Some things don't work well for large programs you end up with hundreds of lines of code have trouble shot be meticulous and find the most efficient code not just a way of doing it and you have to compile it to make it easily machine readable . Also there's the artwork but before all that there's asking the owner if you can use their idea to avoid copyright infringement.

    • @Simon-xi7lb
      @Simon-xi7lb Před 8 lety

      +Wilson Ong
      People are too busy making more efficient concepts, and the only ones foolish enough to try somethin' complex like this fail. Hard.

    • @Douglas-vw8ou
      @Douglas-vw8ou Před 8 lety +1

      +Matthew H I know games don't have to be complicated or take that long to create but as far as I can tell it dose if you want it to be good enough to keep people interested.
      I built a few partial games in unity recently the first one of witch I put online www.kongregate.com/games/DouglasA83/yorgozy From what Iv been told the numbers of plays you need to actually earn money from add revenue after the hosts cut are high something like 10-30k for a minimum threshold I can only assume it also has to be fairly good for anyone to donate, share or buy it.

    • @leonader9465
      @leonader9465 Před 6 lety

      same

    • @warpedmine9682
      @warpedmine9682 Před 2 lety

      me to

  • @robynbergeron2363
    @robynbergeron2363 Před 2 lety +8

    Multiplication: The Main One
    Division: The Explorer
    Addition: The One Who Tries, but often fails.
    Parenthesis: The Guide
    Exponents: The Smart Child
    Subtraction: The Useless One

    • @Player0001
      @Player0001 Před 7 měsíci

      Dont say that about minus, he is useful, in his own way

    • @Phantom_FlameXD
      @Phantom_FlameXD Před 6 měsíci

      @@Player0001 bruh

  • @pallavij520
    @pallavij520 Před 7 měsíci +2

    1:23 Recker defeat
    1:25 Draqoul defeat
    1:54 Cackeoul defeat
    3:03 Pendas pops out
    3:33 The end

  • @rovidecena5351
    @rovidecena5351 Před 8 lety +230

    Multiplication times the dragon by two.
    Subtraction gets in the middle of the two dragons.
    There we go.

    • @rovidecena5351
      @rovidecena5351 Před 8 lety +1

      *with the help of another two.

    • @5up3rp3rs0n
      @5up3rp3rs0n Před 8 lety +6

      We need a 2 first tho

    • @kiky.mp4
      @kiky.mp4 Před 8 lety +6

      ' by two ' lol the dragon eat the two

    • @durdleduc8520
      @durdleduc8520 Před 8 lety +5

      We also need the trusty equal sign

    • @WilliametcCook
      @WilliametcCook Před 7 lety +20

      -Find a 0 in the dragon
      -Raise the dragon to the power of the 0
      -Dragon is now a 1
      -You could also multiply the dragon by the 0 to get 0

  • @finalbossd
    @finalbossd Před 7 lety +83

    If I drop my calculus book on the dragon's carotid artery from high enough up, when my book reaches terminal velocity, it should hopefully impart enough force to kill the dragon, so I think that should do it.

    • @asston712
      @asston712 Před 6 lety +13

      Throw a Nokia phone at it.

    • @Felix-vt2xx
      @Felix-vt2xx Před 6 lety +6

      we want to kill the dragon, not destroy the world

    • @ewartsmith7490
      @ewartsmith7490 Před 5 lety

      Technically, it would impart enough force from any height. It's momentum that you're concerned about.

  • @ryandelaney3547
    @ryandelaney3547 Před rokem +9

    People back then: ah yes a math video.
    kids now: What happened to L, M, N, O, and P?

  • @spide2424
    @spide2424 Před 4 lety +15

    This is amazing!!! I wish we could learn math in that way in school!

  • @Quincy_Morris
    @Quincy_Morris Před 8 lety +713

    Lol 7 ate 9. I see what you did there

    • @murdochwong3346
      @murdochwong3346 Před 7 lety +1

      David Umstattd |Oh god no...if you had a life like me...you hear that joke twice a day...

    • @sverre7676
      @sverre7676 Před 7 lety +9

      노초보 it is 7 8 9' 7 ate 9

    • @justplainchaos2748
      @justplainchaos2748 Před 7 lety +1

      David Umstattd IKR

    • @suzie5530
      @suzie5530 Před 7 lety +1

      David Umstattd yea

    • @purememes844
      @purememes844 Před 7 lety

      David Umstattd yeah I was ganna right that

  • @calvin8284
    @calvin8284 Před 4 lety +40

    1:18 and a princess or 2, lol

  • @strawberrich777
    @strawberrich777 Před 3 lety +8

    This should be my bedtime story! I love it :•D

  • @iciclesunshine4935
    @iciclesunshine4935 Před 2 lety +1

    E: kills all the kingdom’s knights.
    E: installs himself as emperor
    Also E: Hey, where did all my knights go?

  • @nocx4592
    @nocx4592 Před 6 lety +143

    Except for the emperor number, which they threw into the mouth of an ancient creature nesting in the desert.

  • @yinghungman4471
    @yinghungman4471 Před 5 lety +67

    1. Get multiplication
    2. Throw him into the dragon's mouth
    3. Let him do some sums with 0
    4. The dragon is dead!

    • @app1es
      @app1es Před 3 lety +2

      Isn’t it called product?

    • @krishvaish
      @krishvaish Před 2 lety

      NO U MUST DO THAT WITH DIVISION,SACRIFICE THAT SLASH

    • @bluekirbo3678
      @bluekirbo3678 Před 2 lety

      @@krishvaish that is the nuclear bomb so you would won, but at what cost?

    • @AgusSetiawan-jg1ke
      @AgusSetiawan-jg1ke Před 2 lety

      +

    • @EvilMeganium
      @EvilMeganium Před rokem

      ​@@krishvaishthat will cause the end of the universe
      Also what did division guy do to you

  • @IpadUserGuy
    @IpadUserGuy Před rokem +3

    In my country (UK) We call it BIDMAS. Brackets, Indesies, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction

  • @derekrockstoysw7837
    @derekrockstoysw7837 Před 2 lety +2

    I found 2 potential Star Wars references.
    1: when the emperor number became the… emperor. It reminded me of the emperor form basically every Star Wars movie except the force awakens and the last Jedi.
    2: when the emperor number was thrown into the mouth of an ancient monster that lived in the desert. It reminded me of the Sarlacc Pit from return of the Jedi.

  • @obystarxs.o.1297
    @obystarxs.o.1297 Před 5 lety +73

    A wild Mathdragon appeared!
    It uses multiply! It doesn't do any damage.
    0 uses itself! Its super duper effective!
    The Mathdragon ran away!

  • @TheCreeperRedstone
    @TheCreeperRedstone Před 8 lety +207

    Oh I get it. Euler's number was the villain because it was the land of Pi......

  • @jorgemtzb9359
    @jorgemtzb9359 Před rokem +1

    2013: Haha they got attacked by trascans
    2022: GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT

  • @InkyWinkDink
    @InkyWinkDink Před 2 lety +3

    I love the fact that the dragon was number one.

  • @pratikjain9018
    @pratikjain9018 Před 6 lety +203

    Without subtraction they couldn't have possibly got zero he is the true hero .WHO ALL AGREE

    • @jaquiroquilantang8126
      @jaquiroquilantang8126 Před 5 lety +9

      You do realize you can also get zero using addition too, right? E.g. : 32 + -32

    • @theonewhoslost
      @theonewhoslost Před 5 lety +15

      -32 is still minus

    • @eliaskivenmaa4609
      @eliaskivenmaa4609 Před 5 lety +4

      @@theonewhoslost adding negative numbers is not the same as substraction.

    • @gam8052
      @gam8052 Před 5 lety

      Wrong
      A.Adding negative numbers
      -1 + 1 = 0
      B.Multiplying by Zero
      12304922939292304929394829384939395848394949384859399403039493939493939494 × 0 = 0

    • @MaybeKoshka
      @MaybeKoshka Před 5 lety +2

      just x 0

  • @r3ddr01d7
    @r3ddr01d7 Před 5 lety +20

    Kid: Math can't be fun
    Teacher: (show this video)

  • @ralphkoppelman654
    @ralphkoppelman654 Před 4 lety +9

    0:22-0:23 Parentheses
    0:23-0:24 Exponents
    0:24-0:26 Multiplication and Division
    0:26-0:27 Addition
    0:27-0:28 Subtraction
    1:03-1:06 The Emperor Number
    1:14-1:17 Puff
    3:14-3:27 The number One

  • @I_FUCKING_HATE_YOUTUBE
    @I_FUCKING_HATE_YOUTUBE Před 3 lety +3

    I like how it starts like a fairy tale of numbers, but then the anarcho syndicalist commune and the imperial senate get introduced.

  • @BreezyInterwebs
    @BreezyInterwebs Před 8 lety +95

    Well damn that ending was kind of dark.

  • @BaxterDaTrashball
    @BaxterDaTrashball Před 6 lety +485

    1:20 the population of The Land of Pi is the same as the number Pi!

  • @241Cookies__
    @241Cookies__ Před 3 lety +3

    I know we’re talking about the two major x 0 and /0 catalysts, but like... why would Puff the Magic Digit Dragon eat a zero? Wouldn’t it be tasteless? Also, how could one come from zero?? Questions remained unanswered until this very day, a little over 8 years after this video was published. Will they ever be answered? Is there an unknown sequel that was never released? What was the desert creature?! Will I end this dramatic monologue?! SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE US ANSWERS

  • @quarkstuff
    @quarkstuff Před 3 lety +5

    Just to let everyone know, Multiplication and Division are done together, left to right, same goes for addition and subtraction
    so if 20 / 5 x 5 was shown, it would go :
    20 / 5 x 3
    4 x 3
    12
    likewise, if 20 - 5 + 3 was shown, it goes :
    20 - 5 + 3
    15 + 3
    18

  • @jake-cm7gl
    @jake-cm7gl Před 8 lety +79

    I don't need to defeat a dragon with math, I need to defeat math with a dragon xD

    • @HeyKevinYT
      @HeyKevinYT Před 8 lety

      lol good one!

    • @Hans5958
      @Hans5958 Před 7 lety +12

      *math hater detected*

    • @455024a
      @455024a Před 6 lety

      kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

    • @swone100
      @swone100 Před 6 lety

      👏👏👏

    • @milkobeni2093
      @milkobeni2093 Před 6 lety +1

      **Baddumm tshhhh**

  • @airwiki
    @airwiki Před 5 lety +117

    I've learned more from Ted-Ed than school.

  • @nurnur-rw1hw
    @nurnur-rw1hw Před 9 měsíci

    “The dragon ate a few more princesses”
    Funniest part in the world

  • @weirdboi3375
    @weirdboi3375 Před 3 lety +2

    What knights are thinking when they attack a dragon:
    *ok so if I throw my sword at its neck, then if I figure out the mohs scale, I would say about 9.2k mohs so the material of the dragon is skin so earth is 9.8 m/s squared but this may be altered by air and the horizontal speed should be slightly be above the real answer because the air will push off if it. If I find the correct force and the sine and cosine waves then I will figure it out. The target relative to my position and rotation is 90 feet, so I will throw at a 45 degree angle with the force of 100 lb weight traveling at the force of 10 mph.*
    *fwoosh*
    *sword chokes dragon*
    *DRAGON SCREAMS*
    “YES!”

  • @xukaili8272
    @xukaili8272 Před 8 lety +129

    Who saw the 7 8 9 joke?

  • @neddoo
    @neddoo Před 4 lety +13

    Me: 1+1=2
    Dragon: Oh No! He beat me with math!

  • @vinatha09
    @vinatha09 Před 3 lety +5

    BODMAS Rule : I’m about to end this man’s whole career.

  • @eatpantboi8673
    @eatpantboi8673 Před 4 lety +6

    0:45 aww that's cute

  • @8Bhatti
    @8Bhatti Před 7 lety +119

    I like the Star Wars reference at the beginning and at the end XD

    • @DG-ek8qr
      @DG-ek8qr Před 7 lety +3

      Muhammad Sohaib Bhatti
      Beginning Reference= Trash can Robots vs. Jedi Knights
      End Reference= Boba Fetts Death

    • @daniyalshah1503
      @daniyalshah1503 Před 7 lety

      ohhh ok

    • @tron7_
      @tron7_ Před 7 lety

      Oshawott Gaming Battle Droids*

    • @DG-ek8qr
      @DG-ek8qr Před 7 lety +1

      Oh and he says the Emperor is the Imperial Senate.

    • @8Bhatti
      @8Bhatti Před 7 lety +1

      Oshawott Gaming Yep

  • @HeyKevinYT
    @HeyKevinYT Před 8 lety +27

    *Looks at title*
    *Goes to a dragon*
    *Shouting out expressions and their solutions*
    I hope that works.

  • @kiti_cat524
    @kiti_cat524 Před 3 měsíci +1

    0:54 "come back here and get subtracted!"

  • @bluepaper7133
    @bluepaper7133 Před 3 lety +1

    How to defeat a dragon with math? Simply multiply by -1. This is reverse whatever the dragon did as well as make the dragon peaceful. Now just make sure to never touch the absolute value symbol or ask exponent to raise it by an even amount of times...

  • @jjmah7
    @jjmah7 Před 8 lety +35

    I especially liked the part where 7 ate 9.

  • @redcharget5894
    @redcharget5894 Před 4 lety +18

    3:00 *PARENTHESISCEPTION*
    BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM

  • @simonfoster7787
    @simonfoster7787 Před rokem

    What if the musketeers had sidekicks?
    Equals: the one that has a mouth
    Decimal Point: the one that is smaller than Exponent
    Square Root: the one with a large hand and a small hand
    Less Than: the one that is small with 1 small hand (not smaller than Exponent or Decimal Point)
    Greater than: the one that is Large with 1 large hand (larger than Parentheses)
    Persent: the one that has fists

  • @aubreystewart2238
    @aubreystewart2238 Před 3 lety +1

    That's a reference to the most famous book"The Three/Four Musketeers".

  • @mandy2917
    @mandy2917 Před 5 lety +9

    When you finally hear the whole TED-Ed intro

  • @AN-ou6qu
    @AN-ou6qu Před 5 lety +21

    This is actually a really fun and clever way to teach math.

  • @PeterDivine
    @PeterDivine Před 3 lety +1

    This is a neat story, until you remember the old PEMDAS/BODMAS debates and realize its deficiency in fact.
    Multiplication and Division, along with Addition and Subtraction, are each done on equal footing with their counterpart, based on which comes first in an equation (once exponents and parentheses are settled.) Addition does not necessarily happen before subtraction, nor multiplication before division; doing so can cause SERIOUS order of operations snafus, i.e. thinking 8/4*2 is 1 instead of 4.

  • @CreationStation.
    @CreationStation. Před 2 lety

    Gotta love the "7, ate, 9" joke 0:48

    • @iatemyhand11
      @iatemyhand11 Před 2 lety +1

      I wanted to tell everyone too, But I guess you did it first.

  • @justfranxis1570
    @justfranxis1570 Před 5 lety +14

    0:51 OMG! 7 8 9! Damn Ted Ed , I spot one joke now uwu

  • @hos5043
    @hos5043 Před 8 lety +25

    Anyone could have found "/" and "0" and Form X/0, that would have been much more badass

  • @voltronex2057
    @voltronex2057 Před 4 lety +1

    3:30 that scene is from star wars, the emperor would be digested over a 1000 years, awww

  • @mikearmstrong8989
    @mikearmstrong8989 Před 4 lety

    Mom:Cleans The Dishes And Misses The Spot Boy: 2:56

  • @bradiewright4571
    @bradiewright4571 Před 5 lety +7

    3:16 one is the loneliest number

  • @l3xd3m37
    @l3xd3m37 Před 5 lety +31

    PEMDAS is for:
    P- Parentheses
    E- Exponents
    M- Multiplication
    D- Division
    A- Addition
    S- Subtraction

    • @nongnhang5035
      @nongnhang5035 Před 2 lety

      Numbragon: aaaaaaaawtsGeGA riperoni 1

    • @nongnhang5035
      @nongnhang5035 Před 2 lety

      Numbragon: my finger boomed in to oil me torso part and the tail pop: pemdas thers a another spot!

    • @nongnhang5035
      @nongnhang5035 Před 2 lety

      A few minutes later: numbragon: ……… aawwwwttttsss GEG
      Aaaaaaaaaaaaa error error 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111!

    • @nongnhang5035
      @nongnhang5035 Před 2 lety

      Numbragon: I’m turnformed in to 1 boo boo boo!

    • @nongnhang5035
      @nongnhang5035 Před 2 lety

      Numbragon is 1 n alter

  • @Captain.Dank64
    @Captain.Dank64 Před 3 lety +2

    0 represents a bomb,
    Division is the smartest musketeer because he can mess with bombs and devices
    Division activates the bomb, blows up the dragon and restoring peace the end.

    • @evayanling5690
      @evayanling5690 Před 3 lety

      You mean the smartest muskeeters and thd other 5 can have that elemental magic?

    • @Captain.Dank64
      @Captain.Dank64 Před 3 lety

      @@evayanling5690 if they go to college that is

  • @brendanintheuniverse1910
    @brendanintheuniverse1910 Před 3 lety +2

    Well, even though you said that parentheses can be inside other parentheses, there are also to more different pairs of grouping symbols, brackets [ ] and braces { }.

  • @akmalzaini4853
    @akmalzaini4853 Před 5 lety +96

    That's what it's called
    *_MATH_*

  • @MoodRealm_Native
    @MoodRealm_Native Před 4 lety +13

    I Know Another Way To Defeat A Dragon With Math...
    Dungeons And Dragons

  • @crystalsugar4136
    @crystalsugar4136 Před 4 lety +1

    I assumed this was a riddle and instantly came to the resolution of PEMDAS. Then realized it was just teaching people order of operations after watching the whole video...

  • @yilmaz7643
    @yilmaz7643 Před 4 lety

    *addition and subtraction*(1) *multiplication and division*(2) are in the same order, but whichever is on the left is done first.

  • @hedwyn8803
    @hedwyn8803 Před 8 lety +39

    The Land of Tau is doubly plentiful when compared with The Land of Pi. Clearly, Puff the Magic Digit Dragon was not able to defeat the forces of Tau.

    • @espeonlz5839
      @espeonlz5839 Před 8 lety +1

      Preach.

    • @Vengir
      @Vengir Před 8 lety +1

      +Burrito Apple A railgun salvo from a Broadside team, and poof, goes the dragon. For the Greater Good!

    • @bjgeantil
      @bjgeantil Před 8 lety

      +Burrito Apple That "tau" land thing sucks

    • @hedwyn8803
      @hedwyn8803 Před 8 lety

      bjgeantil​ ok

  • @Pokemonlin99
    @Pokemonlin99 Před 9 lety +8

    Wait, that number e had his pi crown. That creature unintentionally gave him the exponent of i, and turned into -1. He has proceeded to pass the border check and has politically crumbled the country from inside.

  • @CharlieCGofficial
    @CharlieCGofficial Před 3 měsíci

    Dragon: lol, try to kill me!
    Exponents: *turns into 0*
    Dragon: _ded_

  • @Josplex
    @Josplex Před rokem

    th- this brings back so much nostalgia.....the memories man

  • @blueflameblast
    @blueflameblast Před 8 lety +20

    It's sad how much I identify with subtraction ;(

  • @nmmeswey3584
    @nmmeswey3584 Před 9 lety +361

    Wow, talk about clickbait titles

    • @metarmask
      @metarmask Před 8 lety +33

      What were you expecting?

    • @houndrider1375
      @houndrider1375 Před 7 lety +3

      That Fckin Guy 😂

    • @iqbaltrojan
      @iqbaltrojan Před 7 lety +3

      ahhh... clickbait titles you asked me too talk about clickbait, in a nutshell. the answer is darude - sandstorm

    • @calderworthington563
      @calderworthington563 Před 7 lety +9

      That Fckin Guy, Dude, did you not watch the video?! THEY DEFEATED A DRAGON WITH MATH, THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT THE TITLE SAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @hkapples2347
      @hkapples2347 Před 7 lety +3

      Their name is Ted-ED. Emphasis on the *ED*. Teaching is what they specialise in. Honestly, what did you expect? A bunch of people throwing math books at an oversized lizard?

  • @user-kufihfmurb
    @user-kufihfmurb Před rokem +1

    Divide it by zero then The dragon will ge-
    I KNOW WE CANNOT DIVIDE BY ZERO

  • @THEMIMIK
    @THEMIMIK Před 7 měsíci

    I remember seeing this video when i was like what? 4 or 5? I had no idea what this was as i had only knowm addition and subtraction at the time, but i liked the story. I watched the video over and over, to where a lot of it was burned into my mind. Now here i am, at the (Very young grade of 6th grade 💀) learning Pemdas, and because those scenes were so burned into my mind, i finally understood everything, and it just clicked. I completely aced everything and completely saved my math grade. Thank you Ted Ed for putting this video inside a time capsule in my head for when this would become useful