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  • čas přidán 14. 02. 2014
  • A neat trick to quickly calculate fifth roots.
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    Featuring Simon Pampena, Australian Numeracy Ambassador.
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  • @JaceLeeRogers
    @JaceLeeRogers Před 7 lety +1675

    Euler was such a badass. His work is everywhere.

    • @wurttmapper2200
      @wurttmapper2200 Před 5 lety +310

      There's a joke that says all things in math are named after the second person that discovered them, because the first one was always Euler

    • @markiyanhapyak349
      @markiyanhapyak349 Před 5 lety +3

      Yeah… .

    • @shugaroony
      @shugaroony Před 5 lety +2

      @Alexis Hazel DeSilva They truly were astonishing.

    • @taelyrics3070
      @taelyrics3070 Před 5 lety +7

      Hes no joke hes a real genius

    • @JAzzWoods-ik4vv
      @JAzzWoods-ik4vv Před 4 lety +2

      He definitely was, but I wonder how much of that was because simply not that many people were able to study mathematics at and before his time.

  • @footie21
    @footie21 Před 10 lety +3724

    Ah the classic 69^5

  • @Hunter7023
    @Hunter7023 Před 10 lety +709

    Dude looks like an evil genius waiting for you to say that big number.

  • @DorFuchs
    @DorFuchs Před 10 lety +775

    I knew this trick with the third root. There for the last digit you have to swap 2 with 8 and 3 with 7 (and the other way around) and all the other are the same in the last digit.

    • @itsblack2321
      @itsblack2321 Před 6 lety +9

      Same. Square roots too, but you need to do more work since all last digits have 2 possibilities

    • @maxwillich7822
      @maxwillich7822 Před 6 lety +30

      Natürlich guckt DorFuchs Numberphile...

    • @MicroageHD
      @MicroageHD Před 6 lety +12

      Hahaha, DorFuchs du pussyslayer :D

    • @hajoscher
      @hajoscher Před 6 lety +1

      DorFuchs p

    • @MrSilverMo
      @MrSilverMo Před 5 lety

      ja DorFuchs!

  • @greg55666
    @greg55666 Před 10 lety +1149

    Dude interviewing the other guy, if you turn your phone sideways you can use the scientific calculator to get 38^5 directly.

    • @mattbritzius570
      @mattbritzius570 Před 8 lety +36

      +Numberphile nice attempted save

    • @tune_m
      @tune_m Před 8 lety +4

      +Srcsqwrn I'm fine with you being fine with this.

    • @superperfectstranger815
      @superperfectstranger815 Před 8 lety +9

      Android says square root 2 x2 is 2.8 so it's not number phile approved😃

    • @BlockWorker
      @BlockWorker Před 8 lety +88

      sqrt(2)^2 = 2, not sqrt(2)x2 :)

    • @dansussman5439
      @dansussman5439 Před 7 lety +2

      I'm disapointed, rip maths

  • @FostersAccount
    @FostersAccount Před 10 lety +311

    This dude's cool, get him here more often!

    • @KipIngram
      @KipIngram Před 4 lety +3

      Check out his "Epic Circles" contribution. Just fascinating...

  • @redwings02
    @redwings02 Před 9 lety +33

    This channel is simply one of the best to ever come out on CZcams. The amount of time I spend watching these videos is profane.

  • @helloofthebeach
    @helloofthebeach Před 10 lety +614

    Why is there a deer walking around in the background?

  • @archilzhvania6242
    @archilzhvania6242 Před 8 lety +213

    5:47 "a lot of kids loved 69 to the power 5" haha, those sassy kids :D

    • @x52m
      @x52m Před 7 lety +25

      it was a bit hard but i got used to it

    • @terryjacob1079
      @terryjacob1079 Před 7 lety

      XD

    • @XxSteamStreamxX
      @XxSteamStreamxX Před 7 lety +5

      There is a trick similar to this with cube roots, and at one point i just remembered the number for 69^3...

  • @UltimateTop10s
    @UltimateTop10s Před 10 lety +310

    Time to look incredibly clever in front of my friends!

  • @kylllroy5212
    @kylllroy5212 Před 5 lety +26

    When he said, “How’d I do it so quickly?” I said to myself, “Cause your a genius.” Only to immediately hear him say, “Cause I’m a genius.”

  • @Srcsqwrn
    @Srcsqwrn Před 10 lety +28

    This video is fantastic.

  • @ElegantEnsue
    @ElegantEnsue Před 10 lety +129

    Euler never seems to stop impressing me... from 300 years ago

    • @sixhundredandfive7123
      @sixhundredandfive7123 Před rokem

      Every time I hit "like" when the number was originally Prime, I feel slightly bad.

  • @musicguy595
    @musicguy595 Před 10 lety +4

    This guy is my favorite of all the people you interview. He won me over when he split my brain in half about the number line in one of your previous videos.

  • @Cosmalano
    @Cosmalano Před 10 lety +135

    I started laughing so hard about the 69 thing.

    • @Shogun2Destroyer
      @Shogun2Destroyer Před 9 lety +3

      electrocat1 Liking this comment would be wrong...

    • @Cosmalano
      @Cosmalano Před 9 lety +6

      I waited for 69 likes for so long!

  • @noahrichard130
    @noahrichard130 Před 10 lety +127

    at 3:25 I thought that was a deer behind him. LOL

  • @mcrut111
    @mcrut111 Před 10 lety +100

    Wow! Time to go win some bets!

  • @Locut0s
    @Locut0s Před 10 lety +60

    I've now watched every single numberphile video. Binge watched them over the past week. Nice work Brady! Doing the same now for your other channels :P

  • @StubAtom
    @StubAtom Před 8 lety +57

    I love EULER

  • @Ewtube101
    @Ewtube101 Před 10 lety +6

    The same works for cubing/taking cube roots you just need to remember the answers to 1-9 cubed. The difference is that if the last digit is an 8 (e.g 74088) the last digit of the number you've cubed is 2 and vice versa (in this case the answer is 42) and if the last digit is 7 then the last digit of the number you have cubed is 3 and vice versa.

  • @willowspinner3383
    @willowspinner3383 Před 10 lety +10

    Very cool. This reminded me of when I was first learning the times tables. I didn't enjoy memorizing them so I just memorized the 12 times table and convinced people that I new all the rest. Because I must if I can do 12x, right?

  • @silentgloria
    @silentgloria Před 10 lety +397

    Video should end at 1:43 lol

  • @VodShod
    @VodShod Před 4 lety +2

    I had a math pattern I found when in freshman year of collage that was like this. It was more thorough compared to Euler's Theorem. My Teachers refused to even look at it because and I quote, "You are just a student, you could never come up with anything of value." or "There is nothing you could have come up with that someone else hasn't already found."
    I sent you what I was able to work out through twitter. It has been over a decade since I came up with it and I just was remembering it off the top of my head so it may be not formatted correctly. I don't have any connections, so this is literally the best method I can think of to get any feedback on it. Yes this is just a shot in the dark... And now I am realizing that this is a old video and... nevermind... :(

  • @WilliamDye-willdye
    @WilliamDye-willdye Před 10 lety +75

    Never take a pub bet against a Nottingham mathematician. :-)

  • @Vote4Drizzt
    @Vote4Drizzt Před 8 lety +7

    "Believe it or not, kids pick 69^5 a lot"
    I believe it....

  • @XavierGouchet
    @XavierGouchet Před 10 lety +3

    You can extend this trick to any odd power (my dad used to teach me how to do it to find cube roots). The basic idea is to remember 10³, 20³, 30³ and so on. And obviously know the last digit of any digit cubed (as the euler's theorem only works witha power of 5). It can also work for power 7, 9, and 11 (I have not checked other powers)

  • @tywinlannister8015
    @tywinlannister8015 Před 10 lety

    These guys never stop surprising me. Great job.

  • @Ang3l_dwg
    @Ang3l_dwg Před 5 lety +2

    Dude this guy is legit, MORE OF HIM!!

  • @RODALCO2007
    @RODALCO2007 Před 10 lety +21

    Great number tricks, thanks for sharing.

  • @JustAnotherSunny
    @JustAnotherSunny Před 10 lety +189

    I can seem like I'm smart now

    • @htmlguy88
      @htmlguy88 Před 9 lety

      JustAnotherSunny one thing I'd point out is that for the X0^5 stuff you can just know X ^5 and how many zeroes it would have at the end times 5 are added on. in fact this potentially allows you to if you pay attention to do any number to the power of 5 in theory except they overlap at times.

  • @FlyingTurtleLP
    @FlyingTurtleLP Před 10 lety +2

    Love that stuff! Enjoyed it a ton.

  • @MofoWoW
    @MofoWoW Před 10 lety

    Awesome video! Keep uploading videos with Simon please!

  • @ehaslage
    @ehaslage Před 9 lety +7

    "69 is a bit hard, but I got used to it." - Simon Pampena

  • @me_hanics
    @me_hanics Před 8 lety +9

    Euler's theorem can be easily proved:
    The Little Fermat theorem says
    a^p - a is divideable by p, IF p is a prime.
    That means a^5 - a is divideable by 5.
    If it's divideable by 5, then the last number must be 0 or 5.
    If it ends with 5 then of course it's an odd number. If it ends with 0 then it's even. We just have to proof that it's even, so it ends in 0 every time.
    The way we show this is by doing this (i don't know how you say it in english):
    a^5 -a = a*(a^4 -1)
    If a is an even number then of course a*(a^4 -1) is even.
    If a is odd then a^4 is odd too, and a^4 -1 is even so our number is even again.
    We proved that it's even and divideable by 5, so it means it ends with 0.
    But if a^5 -a ends with 0, then a^5 ends with a.

    • @me_hanics
      @me_hanics Před 8 lety

      Ooops, I mean a^5 ends with a 's last number

    • @xFraaZen
      @xFraaZen Před 8 lety

      +Shri harsha Nayak Yeah, you're right sorry :/

  • @shikamarunara8920
    @shikamarunara8920 Před 8 lety

    ok , i will admit that i am more of a numberphile than i was before watching this video, this channel is not only for someone who is a numberphile to enjoy, it will slowly make you in to one, just give it some time . thanks a lot for everything :)

  • @Galakyllz
    @Galakyllz Před 10 lety +2

    That's a pretty neat trick. My usual math trick is to get someone to think of a number (while I think of the variable X), have them perform simple math operations (while I do the same to X), tell them to subtract their original number when I have some number plus X in my head, and then tell them what that number is. What's best is to ask what their favorite number is first and make it come out to that.
    Example:
    Pick a number, add 2, multiply by 3, subtract 3, divide by 3, subtract your original number: You're thinking of 1.
    In my head:
    X -> X+2 -> 3X+6 -> 3X+3 -> X+1 -> 1

  • @Sceleri
    @Sceleri Před 8 lety +113

    69 was a bit hard. But i got used to it.

  • @Agnostic080
    @Agnostic080 Před 10 lety +18

    Awesome trick, thanks for sharing! ;)

  • @appledog9545
    @appledog9545 Před 5 lety +1

    no one in this world gets to business as quickly as Numberphile.. legit

  • @UberOcelot
    @UberOcelot Před 6 lety

    This is one of the loveliest videos on the internet.

  • @TimmacTR
    @TimmacTR Před 10 lety +16

    I didn't even know something called a fifth root existed.. :)

    • @RubenHogenhout
      @RubenHogenhout Před 6 lety

      I gues you don t know the solution of X^5 + 5t*X^3 + 5t^2*X = -2q = 0 then.

  • @BradenBest
    @BradenBest Před 8 lety +5

    Mentally calculating 20^5 is easy: just apply the distributive property to exponentiation the same way you would with multiplication: 20^5 = (2 * 10)^5 = 2^5 * 10^5 = 32 * 100000 = 3200000
    30^5: 3^5 = 9 * 9 * 3 = 81 * 3 = 3(80 + 1) = 24 * 10 + 3 = 243 = 24300000
    40^5 = (4 * 10)^5 = 4^5 = 16 * 16 * 4 = 256 * 4 = 4(200 + 50 + 6) = 800 + 200 + 24 = 1024 * 10^5 = 102400000
    That's all mental calculation, except I have a trick for 4^5. I know that sqrt(4) = 2, so I can just double the magnitude and get 2^10, which I happen to know is 1,024. Or you can square 4, subtract 1 from and halve the magnitude to get 4^5 = 4^4 * 4^1 = 16^2 * 4

  • @TheRedstoneTaco
    @TheRedstoneTaco Před 8 lety

    Dude Im knows as the smart kid in my class and when I go back to school monday I'm gonna blow everyone's minds. You've done it again numberphile!

  • @boRegah
    @boRegah Před 3 lety

    This dude is just so... freakin... competent!!
    Great job! You make me proud! 🤗

  • @contemplatively
    @contemplatively Před 10 lety +7

    Love this channel. Really nice work. One note: you guys probably don't realize how a sharpie on brown paper sounds in a recording. To many people, it's worse than nails on a chalkboard.

    • @whoeveriam0iam14222
      @whoeveriam0iam14222 Před 10 lety

      never thought it was annoying to hear. then again.. i don't care too much about nails on a chalkboard either

    • @Adamantium9001
      @Adamantium9001 Před 10 lety +4

      Personal preference. I quite like it.

    • @evandonovan9239
      @evandonovan9239 Před 6 lety

      I actually quite enjoy the sharpie sound. It's not grating like a chalkboard.

  • @NoriMori1992
    @NoriMori1992 Před 8 lety +146

    Haha, 69^5. Kids. XD

  • @nilsson16
    @nilsson16 Před 10 lety

    Nice vid as always

  • @rodm3rd
    @rodm3rd Před 10 lety

    Very nice vid and good explanation .

  • @orangegold1
    @orangegold1 Před 10 lety +35

    Fun tip... @ 1:04 on the calculator, you don't have to keep typing *38 = .. *38 = ... *38= .... --------- You can just type *38 once then press the "=" sign 4 times in a row, it will automatically preform the last operation (that being *38)

    • @Cr4zyCrudBuck3t
      @Cr4zyCrudBuck3t Před 7 lety +3

      I think he was trying to make sure people knew he was doing 38^5

    • @ritesh6487
      @ritesh6487 Před 7 lety +3

      Albert Renshaw or you could just swipe the screen to the right....you will get a scientific calculator

    • @becomepostal
      @becomepostal Před 5 lety

      Or you could just write the result directly.

  • @alo754
    @alo754 Před 10 lety +12

    Damn it why couldn't all my math teachers in school be as enthusiastic as you?

    • @becomepostal
      @becomepostal Před 5 lety

      Equis Igriegazeta teachers are enthusiastic when they don’t crash into unmotivated students... (as you?)

  • @luigiplayer14
    @luigiplayer14 Před 4 lety

    I love all these math tricks!

  • @archives1485
    @archives1485 Před 7 lety

    This was extremely great!

  • @Fredthe99th
    @Fredthe99th Před 10 lety +9

    I love this guy!
    I get the feeling he is really smart, really really smart, and I always feel he could probably work it out in long hand if he wanted. Great video, thanks

  • @dogeness
    @dogeness Před 10 lety +391

    I wonder if he knows why kids choose 69^5...

    • @yan-qu5zm
      @yan-qu5zm Před 7 lety +3

      likemynewname lol that's what I've been thinking

    • @onecommunistboi
      @onecommunistboi Před 7 lety +41

      Pretty sure he does

    • @GeodesicBruh
      @GeodesicBruh Před 5 lety +6

      He’s a mathematician, therefore he doesn’t know.
      I’m a mathematician in the making so don’t take it too personally I’m just joking lol.

    • @Xnoob545
      @Xnoob545 Před 4 lety

      its because its used in lots of memes and stuff
      They probably dont know the true meaning
      The true meaning i-

  • @JonX0X0
    @JonX0X0 Před 10 lety

    This is the best thing I have ever seen!

  • @FuckingSlayeeeer
    @FuckingSlayeeeer Před 10 lety

    Please give us more calculator unboxings. I need more. I need them!

  • @DJLad16
    @DJLad16 Před 10 lety +3

    This is really cool, can't really share because I don't want my friends to know about this :)

  • @Prazkat
    @Prazkat Před 9 lety +117

    I didn't know Russell Brand was a math genius!!

    • @trickster0231
      @trickster0231 Před 9 lety +4

      Prazkat Reviews He looks more like Matthew Santoro to me.

    • @thejiminator8816
      @thejiminator8816 Před 6 lety +3

      the first sword of bravos does not run

    • @rushthezeppelin
      @rushthezeppelin Před 6 lety +3

      He really does not look all that much like Russell Brand.....Doesn't have enough of an aloof look about him for one.

    • @TheThreatenedSwan
      @TheThreatenedSwan Před 6 lety +4

      He doesn't look enough like a slimy, bohemian socialist

  • @mrboredj
    @mrboredj Před 10 lety +1

    I wish numberphile was around when I was at school. I was ok at maths, but I think if I saw the beauty in it I would have been far more interested.

  • @MrAdrianeagle
    @MrAdrianeagle Před 10 lety

    I shall blow some minds now , Thanks Brady and Mr. Simon Pampena :D

  • @josephwilles29
    @josephwilles29 Před 8 lety +81

    Here is the proof behind Euler's theorem for a^5 = 10m + a. I will use a proof by induction.
    1.) Let's assume that a = 1, therefore, 1^5 = 10m + 1. 1 = 10m + 1. 0 = 10m, and therefore, m = 0. For m = 0, 1^5 = 10m + 1.
    2.) Let's assume that k^5 = 10m + k. Where m is an element of the set of integers.
    (k+1)^5 = k^5 + 5k^4 + 10k^3 + 10k^2 + 5k + 1.
    (k+1)^5 = 10p + k + 1, where p is an element of the set of integers.
    (k+1)^5 - k - 1 = 10p.
    k^5 + 5k^4 + 10k^3 + 10k^2 + 4k = 10p
    10m = k^5 - k
    10p - 10m = k^5 + 5k^4 + 10k^3 + 10k^2 + 4k - k^5 + k = 5k^4 + 10k^3 + 10k^2 + 5k.
    Therefore, 10p - 10m = 10(p-m). (p-m) is an element of the set of integers since the set of integers is closed by subtraction.
    From Subproof Awesome, below, we know that 5k^4 +10k^3 +10k^2 + 5k is always divisible by 10 for no matter what integer k.
    Therefore, a^5 = 10m + a
    End of Proof
    Subproof Awesome
    We need to prove that 5k^4 + 10k^3 + 10k^2 + 5k is always divisible by 10 for all k in the set of integers.
    Let's suppose that k = 1
    5(1^4) + 10(1^3) + 10(1^2) + 5(1) = 5 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 30. 30/10 = 3, and 3 is an integer. Therefore, it is true for k = 1.
    Let's suppose that for k = q is true, can we assume k = q+1 is true.
    5q^4 + 10q^3 + 10q^2 + 5q = 10h where h is an integer.
    5(q+1)^4 + 10(q+1)^3 +10(q+1)^2 + 5(q+1) = 5(q^4 + 4q^3+6q^2 + 4q + 1) + 10(q^3 + 3q^2 + 3q + 1) + 10(q^2 + 2q + 1) + 5(q+1) =
    5q^4 + 20q^3 +30q^2 + 20q + 5
    + 10q^3 +30q^2 + 30q + 10
    +10q^2 + 20q + 10
    + 5q + 5
    _____________________________________
    5q^4 + 30q^3 + 70q^2 + 75q + 30 = 10r, where r is an integer.
    Subtract 5q^4 + 10q^3 + 10q^2 + 5q from 5q^4 + 30q^3 + 60q^2 + 75q + 30 and you get 10r-10h.
    20q^3 + 50q^2 + 70q + 30 = 10(r-h)
    10(2q^3+5q^2+7q+3) = 10(r-h).
    As you can see, they are always divisible by 10.
    Therefore, for all k integers, 5k^4 + 10k^3 + 10k^2 + 5k is divisible by 10.
    END of Subproof Awesome

    • @CopiedOriginality
      @CopiedOriginality Před 8 lety +21

      You used so many ks the ku klux klan is inviting you to their next lynching

    • @thesage1096
      @thesage1096 Před 8 lety

      +CopiedOriginality he didnt use a single K !

    • @ericdunn9001
      @ericdunn9001 Před 8 lety

      +Joseph Willes But how is that a proof by induction? If you prove that the base case works (the smallest example of it working or the first step that you take) then you prove that it will work for any variable that comes after. Usually for that step we let n equal a new variable k.

    • @M0odez
      @M0odez Před 8 lety

      He is inducting on a in the main proof and then k in the subproof. There is no n.

    • @Fightclub1995
      @Fightclub1995 Před 8 lety +2

      This isnt Eulers theorem.
      Eulers theorem is: a^phi (n) = 1 mod n

  • @mphayes98
    @mphayes98 Před 4 lety +3

    This will forever be the nicest ending to a Numberphile video

  • @JamesSkemp
    @JamesSkemp Před 10 lety +1

    Now this I could see trying to use in social situations. Very cool.

  • @cristalex7490
    @cristalex7490 Před 7 lety +3

    I've seen this repeats with all (1+multiple of 4) powers like ^(1+4) or ^(1+8). The last digit stays the same.
    To use a similar trick, you just have to learn the powers of the numbers from 0 to 9 (I guess is because 10 base numerical system.).

    • @nikhilnagaria2672
      @nikhilnagaria2672 Před 2 lety

      It does because a^5=10m+a, times this by a^4, and get a^9=10ma^4+a^5=10ma^4+10m+a, and same for a^8, etc

    • @davinchristino
      @davinchristino Před 2 lety

      A slight variation of the trick allows for all 3+multiple of 4 powers.

  • @oakenguitar3
    @oakenguitar3 Před 10 lety +4

    does this work in other bases other than base 10 such as base 12? I'm too lazy to figure it out myself.

  • @olgahall1948
    @olgahall1948 Před rokem +1

    “That’s STILL a big ask, to memorize all that” LOL - I too, was here hoping that the trick were a lot easier than this- 😅

  • @hiothezebra
    @hiothezebra Před 10 lety +1

    Awesome trick.

  • @Pooua
    @Pooua Před 10 lety +5

    That's a neat trick, but how likely am I ever to need to know the fifth root? It isn't like square roots or even cube roots, which come up all the time!

  • @darthvatrayen
    @darthvatrayen Před 10 lety +28

    Why does the number have to be in English?

    • @mustafaemrebasaran7701
      @mustafaemrebasaran7701 Před 7 lety +4

      Maybe he doesn't speak any other language...

    • @kabochaVA
      @kabochaVA Před 6 lety +1

      Because in languages like German or Arabic, you don't say "sixty-eight", but "eight and sixty".
      In German, for instance, it's "achtundsechzig" (8 and 60).
      Hope that answers your question... albeit 4 years later.

  • @MrMica22
    @MrMica22 Před 10 lety

    this trick is badass, i'll definitely learn it!

  • @TamissonReis
    @TamissonReis Před 10 lety +1

    I really love when you post this videos with captions. I'm brasilian and i really don't understand much things. The math is ok, but i lost all jokes :/

  • @SparkySywer
    @SparkySywer Před 10 lety +27

    Also was that a deer?

  • @peppybocan
    @peppybocan Před 10 lety +7

    well, memoization may work for these small numbers, but what to do, if I am handling sextillions ??

  • @ronitbiswal2729
    @ronitbiswal2729 Před 5 lety

    Bro you are greatest mathematician for me on youtube

  • @Grombo79
    @Grombo79 Před 7 lety

    i love watching this man talk about maths.

  • @darkmage07070777
    @darkmage07070777 Před 10 lety +96

    Yay, new party trick!
    ...yes, my parties are frequented by drunk geeks, why do you ask?

  • @Zeturic
    @Zeturic Před 10 lety +34

    I personally really hate the "root" notation. It just obscures the relationship with exponentiation. Is it really that much harder to say to the 1/5 power instead of 5th root?

    • @Lukexxxxxx
      @Lukexxxxxx Před 10 lety +11

      yes, however my advice is: deal with it. that's the least of problems a mathematician could have.
      also, is anyone stopping you from using the power notation and not using the root-notation at all?

    • @z121231211
      @z121231211 Před 10 lety +4

      That's really only a problem when kids first learn about them (like 2pi vs tau) and with little practice it becomes hard to tell if it was ever a problem to begin with. If you really want you could mess with people by saying "the 1/2th root of X" for X^2.

    • @connfdm
      @connfdm Před 7 lety +2

      how much harder is it to multiply by a fraction to divide, or add to a negative number to subtract?

  • @max2551
    @max2551 Před 4 lety

    I tried to figure out a rule before he explained his trick. I came up with something similar, to guess the leftmost number. Since it was between 100,000 and 10,000,000,000, the root had to be between 10 and 100. Dividing by 100,000, I found out the number was between 3^5=243 and 4^5=1024, so the leftmost number had to be 3. For the rightmost, I tried most digits (some were obvious) to see how the 5th power ended, and was a bit surprised to find out they were always identical to the original number, so that gave the 8. Very cool !

  • @kevinding1204
    @kevinding1204 Před 3 lety

    The engineer joke at 4:53 made my day lol thanks 😊

  • @pussylumpessru
    @pussylumpessru Před 10 lety +8

    Whys there a deer in the back!!!?

  • @luzvs21
    @luzvs21 Před 10 lety +22

    do a video on 1,000,000 factorial

  • @oshanstudios
    @oshanstudios Před 9 lety

    Happy Pi day!!!!!

  • @nosuchthing8
    @nosuchthing8 Před 10 lety

    Awesome, thanks

  • @coopergates9680
    @coopergates9680 Před 9 lety +6

    The only issue is giving him a non-perfect fifth root, such as taking the fifth root of a random number like 766445.

    • @tyraelarchangel183
      @tyraelarchangel183 Před 9 lety +13

      That's the trick, he said think of any two digit number. This implies it's an integer between 10 and 99. Then he told that person to multiply it by itself 5 times and tell him the result.
      They didn't start by giving him a large number and asking for it's fifth root, that would likely not be an integer result.

  • @notatruestatement
    @notatruestatement Před 9 lety +227

    5:50 I wonder why the children say 69 :3 koff koff

    • @error.418
      @error.418 Před 9 lety +1

      ***** I have no idea what you're trying to say.

    • @WarpRulez
      @WarpRulez Před 9 lety

      Samurai Nakruf Because they are immature?

    • @notatruestatement
      @notatruestatement Před 9 lety

      WarpRulez no, to trick him. :D

    • @GameDogLeader21
      @GameDogLeader21 Před 9 lety +3

      ***** 69, 9 is just 6 upside down so its neat and easy to remember pattern.

    • @error.418
      @error.418 Před 9 lety +18

      GameDogLeader21 Sure, but that's not the reason the children find it amusing to suggest it and get excited about it

  • @Rationalific
    @Rationalific Před 10 lety

    Really cool!

  • @Melthornal
    @Melthornal Před 10 lety

    He is one of my favorite numberphile video dudes (host? guest? whatever). I hope you make more videos with him. Like, a lot more.

  • @unpronouncable2442
    @unpronouncable2442 Před 10 lety +33

    hey Braidy ask your proffesors about spheres. more precisely about
    1. turning sphere inside out
    2. makeing 2 spheres (or actualy any number of spheres) from one sphere (you can cut a sphere into very small puzzle pieces and then when you put these pieces back together you can do so in such a way that you can make two or more spheres)

  • @borisdorofeev5602
    @borisdorofeev5602 Před 6 lety +6

    Is it big?
    Yea it's big, are you ready?
    °¿°
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  • @AdithyaKumar112358
    @AdithyaKumar112358 Před 10 lety

    Cool stuff :) Can be extended to quite a few powers. (Prime powers). Neat use of the euler's theorem.

  • @ShadowzKnowledge
    @ShadowzKnowledge Před 10 lety +1

    awesome! thanks for sharing :)

  • @Nerdthagoras
    @Nerdthagoras Před 10 lety +8

    Simple way to memorize the first digit.
    10^5 is the same as 1^5 with 5 0s after
    20^5 is the same as 2^5 with 5 0s after
    and so on. So just learn your powers of 5

    • @becomepostal
      @becomepostal Před 5 lety

      Kumartheffar that’s quite obvious, isn’t it?

  • @CalebTroyer
    @CalebTroyer Před 10 lety +3

    Pause at 1:05. Scary.

  • @katsuki4492
    @katsuki4492 Před 6 lety

    Thanks For The Vid

  • @misc0615
    @misc0615 Před 10 lety

    wow pretty cool! I like this trick

  • @BdaB164
    @BdaB164 Před 10 lety +43

    I failed Algebra 2...what am I doing here

  • @Canada2760
    @Canada2760 Před 8 lety +7

    At 3:25 is that a deer or a giant cat in the background?

  • @Idontgivechainsaw
    @Idontgivechainsaw Před 8 lety

    That was a great trick.

  • @axela.9247
    @axela.9247 Před 9 lety +1

    wow this is amazing, i love math.

  • @loFEEzy.
    @loFEEzy. Před 8 lety +68

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