I like how after the second missed question they completed the whole board before coming back to that category.

@nail3692

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that chess.com support watched youtube

@SharinganMan

3 жыл бұрын

Chesscom support, how come your site fucking sucks compared to a free site

@Ilikeminecraft57

3 жыл бұрын

@@SharinganMan he’s just advertising his site lol it’s a bot

@SharinganMan

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ilikeminecraft57 that is not accurate, keep my name out of your mouth

@Ilikeminecraft57

3 жыл бұрын

@@SharinganMan ok biebersgurl98

Me: *a fully grown adult with a math degree* TYLER YOU FOOL IT'S 120!! IT'S 5 FACTORIAL!!!

@lolpop7799

3 жыл бұрын

i dont think the double factorial of 120 is equal to 5 factorial

@trickytreyperfected1482

3 жыл бұрын

@@lolpop7799 you forgot about the triple factorial on "5 FACTORIAL"

@Liz_ArdE

3 жыл бұрын

@@trickytreyperfected1482 I think you could argue it's even quadruple given the written "factorial" and then the 3 exclamation points which would effectively make it 4 factorials

@therichard27

3 жыл бұрын

*me at 17*: same response

@graemehunter4395

3 жыл бұрын

@@trickytreyperfected1482 5!!!!

Wahoo! A category I can sweep! Take that, tiny humans!

@tranmanhuc6235

4 жыл бұрын

Jake Pullman me too!

@dannycraig6456

3 жыл бұрын

I missed 1

@AnuelleCheng

3 жыл бұрын

same

@Potato2017

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@putinsthirdtoe8800

3 жыл бұрын

I missed most

Anyone else hear a very quiet “three” from somewhere when Tyler was thinking about 1-2+3-4+5?

@Coolguysac238

3 жыл бұрын

i think it was alex saying “hurry”

@noahcote7301

3 жыл бұрын

@@Coolguysac238 I don’t think it was actually, just went back and watched it and didn’t sound like him

@holloman031

3 жыл бұрын

@@noahcote7301 go back it’s Alex squeaking out a “hurry”

@KazmirRunik

3 жыл бұрын

Shh don't tell them, they have to figure it out

@JoeyGee1000

3 жыл бұрын

I heard it too, it was in my head

Bruh the kid answered without knowing the answer

@Spilia4

3 жыл бұрын

Me on every test

@petedawg111

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, I could do it in my head between the buzz in and countdown. But I also used my fingers...

@Sentient_Blob

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a trick my friend uses at math competitions. You buzz in instantly and solve the problem while they acknowledge you

@JH-hb5cc

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a trick in Quizbowl, history bowl, and Certamen. Sometimes, you gotta buzz first and then think fast. Of course this should only be done in your speciality ie. Classical history or biochemistry or literature etc.

@beguglacat4394

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sentient_Blob yeah whenever i am at team competitions like that i always buzz in first but it is also because i have someone else to back me up but i think the kid just underestimated the complexity of the question

I feel like such an asshole trying to compete with Jeopardy contestants that are less than half my age.

@littlemisspipebomb4723

3 жыл бұрын

In fairness, have you ever tried to do a kid's math homework as an adult?

@bradenms

3 жыл бұрын

destroy the kids

@rnreajr9184

3 жыл бұрын

I got over that feeling about 20 years ago.

I know these are just kids, but I felt like a fucking genius for getting all these right before them

@cosmicr670

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@jasonduvall5467

4 ай бұрын

Haha me too

My man Tyler just rang in just to give himself some time to do it in his head

Back in the day, I could do math in my head better than any other kids in my class. But, to be honest, under the pressure and time constraint of answering these questions, I think I would have struggled too.

@Wasteman365

3 жыл бұрын

Then either a) You were never good at maths or b) you just got worse at maths

@nickgriffin6289

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wasteman365 his comment says nothing about him improving in math or not. He's saying that the pressure of the show would make it harder to answer the questions

@lauren7564

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wasteman365 your username is incredibly accurate

@simunator

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wasteman365 agreed. these are simple problems, no matter the pressure of situation if your math fundamentals are rock solid, they just roll right off the tongue. op just sucks at math if he succumbs to superficial things like external pressure

@Wasteman365

3 жыл бұрын

@@simunator he's clearly a liar, even if he was 'better than any other kid' at age 8, he still wouldn't 'struggle'. There are literally kids who could do this without struggling so op is a clown

What is five factorial?

@Thagliou

3 жыл бұрын

The only right answer

@kylehome8818

3 жыл бұрын

Great answer, but I'm sure the sticklers at Jeopardy would only accept 120.

@NewLegacy93

3 жыл бұрын

Kyle Home they’ve accepted technically correct answers like that before

@toaster4693

3 жыл бұрын

It's not really correct because that would be the same as just repeating "What is 1*2*3*4*5"

@hinkhall5291

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

listen at the end, "I can do math"

@BiffGreggle

6 жыл бұрын

EqualsPeach "Now listen here, Trebek...you wouldn't have known that if ya didn't have that card in front of ya! This guy reads from a CARD!"

@mxd01x

6 жыл бұрын

EqualsPeach r

@KellyDeBardelaben

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t electing the comment from Alex! 😂😍

@RayChiTown

3 жыл бұрын

@@BiffGreggle Thank you Sean.

These kids are young and are probably stressed because their being timed, on national tv, and money is at stake, obviously it's going to be difficult for them to think clearly in the situation

@griffinbeach5791

3 жыл бұрын

they're* I had to correct it sorry

@brightthebackpack

3 жыл бұрын

for the 600 dollar one, they should;ve said 5!

@motorsportmoments

3 жыл бұрын

It’s that they didn’t have enough time to do the mental math in time.

@jazzswords1374

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure they could’ve solved those equations, they just needed more time then you get to answer on Jeopardy

@tharunsankar4926

3 жыл бұрын

How about the fact that common core doesn’t help kids

RIP Alex Trebek. You will be greatly missed. July 22, 1940 - November 8, 2020

Cmon Tyler

@ceciliaalcantara3475

3 жыл бұрын

He still won

@pao6207

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah fuck Tyler 😎

@fable9159

10 ай бұрын

@@ceciliaalcantara3475I know

"I can do math." Beautiful!!

I feel bad for Tyler bro. He was buzzing before doing the math, even though the other two weren’t even trying so he probably could’ve taken his time

Nobody: Alex Trebek: I can do math.

Me like “haha idiots” while being a highschooler in an AP calc course...

@benjamin-uc9rj

3 жыл бұрын

weird flex

@quadginger

3 жыл бұрын

Weird flex indeed. You’re still a baby

@mgsquared5204

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry y’all didn’t mean to flex. My high school curriculum includes calc regardless of what level you’re in lmao

@gabe8168

3 жыл бұрын

@@mgsquared5204 most do, calc is pretty easy tbh

@mgsquared5204

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabe8168 I know lol. That’s why I was kinda surprised by the weird flex comments lmao.

My dude hit the button before solving the problem or at least close to solving it. My dude when into debt.

I love this, I actually know the answers to the questions.

I get why you might miss some of these... in a high stress scenario like this with only a few moments to think, it’s crazy to act like *anyone* could do it

@Wasteman365

3 жыл бұрын

Any adult could, but it’s not shocking that a kid can’t

@jkid1134

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who has spent a little bit of time improving their arithmetic operational efficiency should be fine.

@zurreal8087

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t say that not anyone can do it. That’s wishful thinking on your part. When I was in middle school I took part in a similar competition. I can say from experience that you’re correct about the stress and time pressure. However, a child was asked what something like 58^2 - 56^2 was and he answered correctly almost immediately. It was well within the time limit that these kids had for this game of Jeopardy. To say that no one can do it is absolutely untrue.

@QuadLamb

3 жыл бұрын

@@zurreal8087 He probably did difference of squares and then it’s just multiplication, probably the simplest way to do that problem in your head. 58^2 - 56^2 = 2*114

@zurreal8087

3 жыл бұрын

QuadLamb031275 Yes, you're correct. He both recognized to do that and performed the calculation in a few seconds. My point more than stands.

Damn they couldn’t even do that second one Jesus Christ

I definitely remember questions like these in that blue common core math book in like 3rd grade you got sent home with with the crappy like biege off-white pages

i literally got a jeapordy ad before this lmao

I loved that at the end

I like how nobody even attempted that last one😂

@jfast8256

3 жыл бұрын

Which was the really confusing part considering trebek literally gave them the answer a second before.

I’ll admit I got most wrong. Math and my brain just don’t go together.

You're blowing it Tyler.

Thank you Pearson for helping out with the brain drain in the sciences!

@ceciliaalcantara3475

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

This is, of course, all Common Core math.

600 and 800 are easy if you know factorials. But those definitely aren’t common core.

@Enaronia

2 жыл бұрын

They definitely are. They're a bit above these kids' grade levels, though.

i love how it's just 1 2 3 4 5 arithmetic.

Sad that none of them got -1 x 2 x -3 x 4 x -5, after they were TOLD the answer to the previous q was 120. Common Core fail.

@GaryLuKOTH

8 жыл бұрын

+rcspence They did the 1X2X3X4X5 question at the beginning of the game and the -1 X 2 X -3 X 4 X -5 question at the end of the game, so you would not expect them to remember, would you?

@richards31415

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Ryan -1 × 2 × -3 × 4 × -5 = -120, not 120

@ElderStatesman

5 жыл бұрын

Richard S, no. Because you’re multiplying 24 by -5. Adding a negative number to a positive number will make it negative. Two negatives negate each other. The answer is -120.

@GaryLuKOTH

3 жыл бұрын

@Davis Wilson What do you mean?

@Milesco

3 жыл бұрын

@Davis Wilson : I believe that's exactly what Gary said. (Or at least implied.) Or maybe you were intending to reply to Richard S?

I don't blame them I can barely do that shit

Everyone is saying those kids are dumb, I didn't get a majority of these as an adult. Guess I'm dumb too.

Normal people: *can solve these expressions without thinking for more than 2 seconds* Me, a guy who’s never liked math: *taking my time, breaking each part down until I get the solution*

I expected the jeopardy kids to nail that math tbh

When I saw the thumbnail I orginally thought the answer (question) was going to be what is 5 factorial

Took me a while to understand the second one, but I get it now. (It is also 7 AM)

TBH, that was the biggest “D’OH!“ moment in “Jeopardy!” history.

I’m not a kid, so I have experience with factorials, but the second one was the only hard one for me.

@matrixphijr

3 жыл бұрын

Funny thing about that equation - with the alternating signs, it forms a pattern. At each step, the answers are 1 (obviously), -1, 2, -2, and 3. (Subtracting 6 would then get you -3, and so on.) That’s how I learned to do it quickly, because yes, it seems very simple but can throw your brain for an absolute loop.

@toaster4693

3 жыл бұрын

You realize it's the same as -6 + 9? That really shouldn't be difficult.

@sparkyshore3543

3 жыл бұрын

@@toaster4693 the problem is the time pressure, and that you have to be the first to buzz in.

@Wasteman365

3 жыл бұрын

They had ages.. how was that hard?

But what was the $1000?

@redpepper74

3 жыл бұрын

@Flyin' Steve oof, boring. rounded to how many digits?

@fable9159

10 ай бұрын

I’m guessing a multiplication problem but they didn’t have time for it

What do y'all think the best way is to attack 1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5? Looking back, it seems like recognizing that it simplifies to - 1 - 1 + 5 would be the easiest.

@alexanderdineen2476

3 жыл бұрын

I just did 9 - 6

@jason86768

3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter what order you add or subtract them, one way to think of it is that you're adding all of them together, except some are negative. I personally worked backwards, starting with positive 5, adding negative 4, etc.., which kept me on the positive side of zero, which made it simpler for me to not have to keep track of whether my running total was positive or negative.

@MuffinsAPlenty

3 жыл бұрын

There's not necessarily a best way. I took on the negative numbers first, saw they gave -6, which would cancel with the 1+5, leaving only the 3.

@yshuttle

3 жыл бұрын

Left to right

@davidpement

3 жыл бұрын

I did (1+2+3+4+5) - 2(2+4) = 15 - 12

You will be missed Alex

That’s why you don’t buzz in unless you know kid

@Carnage7209

3 жыл бұрын

Valid strategy. Buzz in then think fast

@Enaronia

2 жыл бұрын

@@Carnage7209 Particularly for a category you solve rather than know.

Answer: 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 Me: 5 x 4 = 20 x 3 = 60 x 2 = 120, cumulative property of multiplication is fun, nx1=n, "What is 120" Answer: -1 x 2 x -3 x 4 x -5 Me: Same digits as last Q, 3 negatives, "What is -120"

*Buzz* What is..... uhhh.....

I got all of them right before time was up

5!

All of this *is* Common Core math, for the record. "Common Core" is just a list of content standards; all the weird implementations _of_ those standards that people get upset about were decided upon at the state/district/school/classroom level.

@adde9506

3 жыл бұрын

You are correct, but "common core math" as a term refers to the current standard of teaching math by picture. It claims to make kids understand math instead of just memorizing it. The fail on the last question proves that they absolutely do not understand math AND they haven't memorized it. Twenty years ago, all three kids would have had the answers before Alex finished reading.

@TimCarter

3 жыл бұрын

Call it what you want, but these are the brightest kids out there, and they couldn't answer 3 of these simple math questions. Common Core is a failure, in that it fails to teach kids real math.

@CaptHayfever

3 жыл бұрын

@@TimCarter: Once again, it's a list of content standards. It can't succeed or fail at anything.

@MuffinsAPlenty

3 жыл бұрын

@@adde9506 "The fail on the last question proves that they absolutely do not understand math" How? I could understand why you would come to that conclusion if they had done the $800 clue right after the $400 clue. But this video was edited just to show this single category. Looking at the board, they did 23 clues (and contestant interviews) between them!

@AkutomiNamikaze

3 жыл бұрын

@@TimCarter Nowhere in the real world is quick calculation of problems like the latter clues needed or asked for; you’re given more than 5 seconds to come up with the answer. There’s also a reason math problems are uncommon in the ADULT version of Jeopardy, as well: it’s a memorized trivia competition, not a math bee.

I solved all this only using my brain, before alex spoke. Anyone else?

@kxent6558

3 жыл бұрын

Nope

@sarahwaters8262

3 жыл бұрын

We got a badass over here folks.

How you are these kids for reference?

I worked from the end to the front, 5x4=20x3=60x2=120x1=120. The other two contestants didn’t even try, even though they had extra time?

I could have gotten all these right, but not in 4 seconds. Damn.

I wonder if they would have accepted what is five factorial as an answer.

Brutal

These were pretty easy!

Tyler the math whiz! ..... (20 seconds later) .... Eh, he's essentially me.

Math count winners: laughing

The last question was a trick knowing the answer to the previous question.

@Enaronia

2 жыл бұрын

They weren't actually asked right in a row, though. Thinking back to another question you were asked several minutes ago in five seconds is a lot. Faster to solve it again.

Hey I can do math slightly faster under way less pressure situations than these kids who are 1/3rd my age. Take that!

@AT-il2ej

3 жыл бұрын

If they weren't prepared for Jeopardy that's on them.

@AkutomiNamikaze

3 жыл бұрын

@@AT-il2ej Regular Jeopardy typically doesn’t have mathematics categories like this because they realize doing quick mental calculation of anything more than two numerals is so outside the genre of the show that the category becomes a lead weight that gets avoided until the rest of the board is cleared, like with this category’s last two clues.

@innertuber4049

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think many people are bragging about their own ability or ragging on the kids. I think most of the comments are just lamenting the fact that they haven't received the same training people used to, where problems like these used to be common speed exercises in elementary school.

@redpepper74

3 жыл бұрын

@@innertuber4049 pretty sure at least most of them are joking about how petty it is to feel good about beating kids at solving math problems

Why the fuck did I get a jeopardy play ad before this?

What is Moo?

i did not get that 2nd question in time but the 3rd and 4th were really easy then again i am a junior in high school and these kids look like middle schoolers so idk

Okay everyone’s talking about how easy these are, but with the time constraint and stress it really isn’t. I’m a high school student with an A in calculus and I could only get 2 of them within the time constraint. Like am I stupid here or ???

Bruh I got a jeopardy ad

Is it bad that this was hard for me? I'm 18 in in Calculus BC

I screwed up the first multiplication one and divided by 4 twice instead of dividing by 5 at the end, so I got 96. 😩

I wonder if “What is 5!” Would have been accepted...

For 1000 it was an integral

1x2x3x4x5=5! (pronounced five factorial)

@Wasteman365

3 жыл бұрын

You’re so cool

@ricarleite

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but those kids were idiots

I'm a math nerd but I got only two of those right

I wonder if he would have accepted 5!

@comrendu

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t know why but I think it’s funny to imagine the comment “would have accepted 5” but excited instead of factorial

@patmeaden

3 жыл бұрын

@@comrendu why not be exited that it’s factorial?

I just stared at it and guessed three.....somehow I was correct 😅

Did they even practice?

Those were easy but numbers like that were drilled into our heads when I was a kid. 1x1 to 20x20 are memorized. You just figure the rest out from there

@JohnMcLoughlin06

3 жыл бұрын

I got 1x1 up to 12x12. Luckily I don’t see a ton that’s purely multiples of 13-20

@bowlchamps37

3 жыл бұрын

What, you only learned from 1x1 to 20x20. We had to memorize up to 99x99 (obv 100x100 is easy) in 4th grade.

@innertuber4049

3 жыл бұрын

I think that's why the category is called "Non Common Core Math". They just don't teach that stuff anymore.

@FlambergeRagnarok

3 жыл бұрын

@@bowlchamps37 that's about 4950 +-10 numbers to remember, why would you say that lol Edit: more like +- 200 at least and 1000 at best but the point stands

@Enaronia

2 жыл бұрын

And as a kid I never actually memorized them. I just learned to solve them mentally quickly enough my teacher didn't notice.

These kids made it on jeopardy?

This is too hard. I'm not really a math genius I'd thought I was.

:23 you can clearly hear him say 3

So sad.

120 is all the X

why do they say 'what is' before saying the answer?

@Enaronia

2 жыл бұрын

That's how the Jeopardy game works. The clues are supposedly answers, and you have to come up with the questions. Although they're really obtuse answers if you take that literally. "What is three?" "1-2+3-4+5." What kind of answer is that?

@fable9159

10 ай бұрын

@@Enaroniayeah exactly. I don’t understand people who ask that question because everybody who is a jeopardy fan knows how it works. You always say what is before your answer and in double jeopardy you would be penalized if you don’t say it.

Haha! 20 year old me is smarter than these 10 year olds who would absolutely wipe me in any other category.

i got 3 out 5

But, the second question, is 1-2+3-4+5. Using PEMDAD, you add 2+3 and 4+5 then 1-5-9=-13. Jeopardy got it wrong, I win.

@Harry-qq2kt

3 жыл бұрын

Pemdad?

@kuniaveas

3 жыл бұрын

I think he means PEMDAS. But this is correct.

@Enaronia

2 жыл бұрын

No, using PEMDAS you don't arbitrarily swap the subtraction and addition signs. Also, these are all addition/subtraction, so the order of operations doesn't come into it. You didn't understand PEMDAS.

@Sir_Charles1558

2 жыл бұрын

@@Enaronia Doesn't PEMDAS apply to all equations? Even if it is only addition and subtraction?

@Enaronia

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sir_Charles1558 If there's only one type of operation, then... sure I guess, but it doesn't do anything. PEMDAS absolutely doesn't stand for "randomly reassign all the signs." You could get any number of different answers doing that. You can add the numbers up in any order--that's the commutative property of addition--but you have to add up *those* numbers and not different ones.

Tyler, slow down

Okay, I know they're kids, but still, they should have done better on that.

@liverpooler1997

4 жыл бұрын

they are being trained for common core math tho

@icedteasludge8462

3 жыл бұрын

Just imagine the pressure though...

@FlackNCoke

3 жыл бұрын

I’m almost 30 and I couldn’t do a couple of those in the time required.

@anonymousperson3023

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlackNCoke 1×2×3×4×5 was 120. -1×2×-3×4×-5 should therefore be obvious. Just count the negatives and depending on whether there were an even or odd amount, just answer it as 120/-12]

@etekweb

3 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousperson3023 They didn't take that question until a lot later in the game, however (notice the board between the third and fourth question). So while it is obvious to us edited back-to-back, they may've forgotten the prior answer by that point.

Bruh I was sitting here doing 1x2x3x4x4 instead of 1x2x3x4x5 wondering how the fuck it’s 120 and not 96

Boy I answered them all correctly.

What about 1000

Lmaoooo

who else saw it as factorial?

I took common core and I got all of these in time

This is so sad about the USA youth not being able to do non-common core math.

@Baconator1368

5 жыл бұрын

Being able to do arithmetic in your head is not important whatsoever past elementary school.

@Baconator1368

5 жыл бұрын

@When you BOTTOM TEXT explain.

@Milesco

3 жыл бұрын

@@Baconator1368 : Actually, it is. I do it every day. But I would agree that it's not necessarily important to be able to do it in five seconds!

@Baconator1368

3 жыл бұрын

@@Milesco My point is that if you have a calculator on hand you would have no reason to do it in your head. This is especially true considering basically everyone always has a calculator on hand (their phone).

@Milesco

3 жыл бұрын

@@Baconator1368 : Yeah, that's true, but I find that it's sometimes easier and quicker to do a relatively simple math problem in my head than to fish my phone out of my pocket, swipe the screen, enter the password, swipe again to start the calculator app, and *_then_* begin to actually enter the numbers and do the computation.

Tyler was hella rude for pressing the button when he didn’t have an answer

@adamnordmark7709

3 жыл бұрын

He probably thought he'd just figure it out while he was in the clock. Makes sense.

@bluezebra6701

3 жыл бұрын

I could see myself doing that than having my mind go blank tbh

@innertuber4049

3 жыл бұрын

That's how you play Jeopardy. You always press the buzzer, and hope you can rack your brain and find the right answer in time. Checking with yourself to ensure you have the answer hurts your reaction time

Tyler gotta chill

@fable9159

10 ай бұрын

He shouldn’t have rung in if he clearly didn’t know it. He didn’t deserve this win. I was rooting for Emma to win in final but final was too easy so that’s why he won.

damn I aced that. I guess i am smarter than a 5th grader

As a 12 year old I’m very disappointed

This kid seriously annoyed me. Why the hell did he keep buzzing in when he wasn't sure about the answer?

@kirstinmccarty8920

6 жыл бұрын

Scout He thought if I buzzed in and made sure he got the right to answer he could figure it out in that time, rather than let someone else buzz in before he finished calculating.

@hhscadets0925

4 жыл бұрын

Because he's an idiot.

@TimCarter

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say it's because he gets A's in math and was confident that he could compute the answer, but the kids are not learning real math in school today.

@MuffinsAPlenty

3 жыл бұрын

@@TimCarter I'm sure you also didn't learn real math in school when you were in school either.

@williammerkel1410

3 жыл бұрын

@@TimCarter when was the last time you sat in on a math class to see what they were learning?

Not to be rude, but how