When not knowing Math can cost you $15,000

[spase667]

Never trust the public on a math question.

[sstryker93]

I've taken the same math class 3 times..and I still dont know how to do that crap..lol

[zhbarton]

1:13 audience fail....

[porcupine0503]

He doesn't know Pythagoras triangle?? 3²+4²=5²

[gtazogger]

Simple:

a) 4²=16 smaller square numbers would be 3²=9+2²=4 9+4=13 false

b) 5²=25 smaller square numbers would be 4²=16+3²=9 16+9=25 right

You're welcome! I sucked in maths btw xD

[fatkidincoat]

25 always wins

[jamestatm]

Fucking audience

[jacob3800]

Lol for the whole time I was operating on the basis that the 2 square numbers had to be the same, until I read the question again. Now I feel stupid (still knew it was 25 after like 4 minutes though).

[MusicMel97]

I got 25, but when I thought about it more, I just got confused. But I would have picked 25.

[jrich3126]

wow he, the audience, and the viewers are all retarded. 

[HammerdinPally]

Ya I didn't even understand that question too..

[EPVxRaize]

i didnt even understand the question

[Crispy27]

@EPVxRaize Which of those square numbers are the sum of two squares. You can add two square numbers together to equal it. 16 (square of 4) and 9 (square of 3) add up to 25.

[jakolu]

Not as bad as the lady who used thought that there were 9 hours and 3 minutes between 7:14am and 5:11 PM. And he's not that bad because the audience got it wrong+AOL. Pretty bad.

[TheProfsb]

very silly!

[jzburda]

oh. iback myself up by saying im a 13 year old that didnt learn that yet.

[jzburda]

D. 49

[Tomtomchacha]

To be fair, it can almost get a _tiny_ bit tricky if you're trying to figure it out by doing the numbers in your head to see if any squares add up to one of those larger numbers. But that is why you start off on the easy side. 3+9=12, 3+16=19, 9+16=25... oh crap, you got it with three 1st grade level calculations. Too bad America fails at critical thinking skills.

[IndieRPGAdventure]

@Tomtomchacha Not everyone in America fails at critical thinking. o.O

[CrimsonMystery]

@Tomtomchacha They don't even try to teach this "critical thinking" you speak of in school!

[PokemonRulez2468]

Audience be trollin!

[Shino4Life]

Lol, so 45% of all Americans that use AOL believe 16 was the answer!? LMAO!!!

[hahaha186]

that is just sad

[MrGetmilk]

who forgot to turn the volume !!

[DisneyYH]

This is how to work ur way around this question. Squares of 16 = 4, 25 = 5, 36 = 6, 49 = 7

"The question states sum of two smaller square numbers" so for 16, we have 3x3 plus 2x2 = 13. Wrong. For 36, we have 5x5 plus 4x4 = 41. Wrong. For 49, we have 6x6 plus 5x5 = 61. Wrong. For 25, we have 4x4 plus 3x3 = 25. B is ur answer ;)

[dbgfeller]

@DisneyYH "the sum of 2 smaller square numbers": you could try also to take the same square numbers for example 49 = 5x5 + 5x5 (they dont have to be different, only smaller). but well it was really easy if u know what square numbers are :P

[punkducky69]

The audience is dumb, it's truly simple math. The answer can't be 16, because it is the sum of a pair of different numbers. The only numbers you could use would be 9, 4 or 1. Yes, 2^2 = 4, but then you'd need a different pair in order to complete the question.

Silly Internet People, go back to school.

[wahiditsme]

@punkducky69 Your'e proving that u r intelligent???

[PokemonRulez2468]

@wahiditsme You're* you* are* and please, don't use 3 question marks. Only one.

[ImminentAndrea]

I guess the question refers to natural numbers considering that, for instance: 2*sqrt(2)+2*sqrt(2)=16.

[krityx]

@ImminentAndrea Now that's another man that knows math. You guys that say 25+9 = 34 better ask this guy because he obviously knows math !

[gofish8195]

To all the people who think that 32 is another answer, since when is 32 a square number??

[KeroKero204]

wtf, like who would seriously even know the answer to that.

[Michielos23]

@KeroKero204

Its a simple question man .. :') Basic stuff a child of 7 knows

[FraggingBard]

@KeroKero204 B: 25 A square number is any number times itself. 1x1 = 1 2x2 = 4 3x3 = 9 4x4 = 16 5x5 = 25 6x6 = 36 7x7 = 49 So now we know that the number doesn't include 5, 6, or 7 which cancels out answers C and D. So let's go lowest to highest. None of the numbers we have below 4 (1, 2, 3) will add up to 16 so cancel out A. Now let's make sure. 9+16=25. Easy way to get that is to add 10 to 16 then -1. So answer is B. Not hard, should be able to figure that one out in 30s, tops

[potterbond007]

took me like 10 - 15 seconds to figure out the answer.. the audience poll clearly shows the poor state of mathematics education in america.. bloody hell..

[DementisXYZ]

Admittedly, I paused the video because I thought he might answer too quickly. I estimate that it took be about 10 seconds to figure this out. The audience poll came up and I was just depressed.

[jahart111]

89 people don't know math....

[Lakitu13372]

Took me like 10 seconds to get 25 currently at 1:24 through  ftw

[yellowhammer07]

America is going to crap...

[luckyyouwtflol]

@yellowhammer07 You didn't know the answer either you fool.

[PewPewPewDead]

after seeing the poll results i really wish i had AOL

[xMacieX]

2:17 for his face <3

[grunnyyk2]

The thing is.....loads of audience members got it wrong too.,,,,including people on the web, with a calculator tool just sitting on their desktop...

[2112kon]

it was obvious to pick 25 pythagoras theorem :P 3(squared) + 4(squared) = 5(squared) easiest example 9+16=25 

[gofish8195]

@2112kon Got nothing to do with pythagoras' theorem but there we go....

[krityx]

36= 25+9 also .... idiots.

[konanthedog]

@krityx ... 25+9=34... not 36, idiot.

[krityx]

@konanthedog you obviously don't know your math. 25+9=34 lol.

[razorTin]

@krityx thats what he said..?

[atkinsonn45]

@krityx I'm sorry, would you like a calculator?

[DfromtheSCC]

@krityx hahaha i love when someone fails so horrifically. thank you made my day

[reaktionskanone]

@krityx hahahah u f*** retard xD

[gofish8195]

@krityx what a retard you are

[Tewari25]

Only 30% of Americans have been to high school

[thegamerfrominside]

i knew it too

[easteree]

hes so dull caus hes not lernt math in china!

[danielmccarrick]

@pedropapt haha, bad math on a bad math video. 16000 - 15000 = $1000, which he won.

[danielmccarrick]

@andiroo you wouldnt count "0" as a number in a math question like this.

[vampiresvengance]

@andiroo By george you're right!

[Pedropapt]

It's 16,000 dolars not 15,000

[epsdelta]

Both the audience and AOL (heh) failed to understand, on average by large margins, that

5^2 = 25 = 16 + 9 = 4^2 + 3^2.

It's straightforward, you just select each of he choices and run through all combinations.

Yes, America, we are a nation of undereducated people.

[LSDrumline08]

It's a trap

[WingedSoulies]

Fail audience again

[Hytegia]

Did anyone else want to snap their keyboard in half watching this?!

:I

[MrMerlin87]

if you know the definition of a square number then getting it wrong is retarded : /

if you dont know then fair enough

[epsdelta]

@MrMerlin87 NO, not "fair enough." Both the audience and AOL response FAILED miserably. We are a nation of sadly undereducated people. That should be known, at least by a plurality.

[InfiniteUniverse88]

I wonder if they would have let him use scratch paper.

[XBALLERX007]

i bet the person who picked d was just trolling him

[Chaos3131]

OMG not even the majority of the audience could get the right answer? What's wrong with the world, you don't need to be a mathematical genius to know the answers B: 25 (16 + 9), both are square numbers,k which sum to 25.

[ramasart10]

audience: trollface.jpg

[rub1k]

@ramasart10 more like americans.jpg

[NutritiouslyHigh]

@rub1k

Average IQ of America - 98

Average IQ of Portugal - 95

[rub1k]

@NutritiouslyHigh Imagine if there were no Asians in US...

[NutritiouslyHigh]

@rub1k Yes, American-born Asians are suddenly born with advanced Asian minds. They're not smart because of the strict education system in Asia or anything.

[memattmayor]

32 could be the answer it didnt state the 2 smaller squared numbers cant be the same so four squared + 4 squared (16+16) = 32

[gofish8195]

@memattmayor 32 isnt a square number...

[mengguful]

answer is all...

[Groopzy]

Wow.. That actually took me way to long. I felt stupid when I got it.

[eugenioLU91]

they had to specify that the numbers belong to natural (N) set of numer: for ex. 49= (5^2)+(4,8989....^2).

[xxahmadkaddouxx]

to be honest that question may be misunderstood at first. just need to give it some thought

[CeeWorld69]

Ok so WHERE exactly did 3 squared come from? The "sum" of the 2 SMALLER squared numbers would be 4 (16 squared) + 5 (25 squared), which would = 9... Where the HELL does 3 SQUARED COME FROM IN HERE!!? lol

[GamerGod9590]

@CeeWorld69 Look up the Pythagorean theorem.

[xxahmadkaddouxx]

@CeeWorld69 the question is asking for ANY two squared numbers and only 25 works with squared which is 9 and 4 squared which is 16. 16+9=25

[gofish8195]

@CeeWorld69 wtf are you retarded?? two square numbers added together to equal a larger square number. 3 squared + 4 squared = 5 squared. 4 and 5 arent square numbers you retard...

[INFORMUNIVERSEGIC]

AOL?what it means?is anyone know?

[FuckItSnoopy]

Wow.

I can actually understand the guy being nervous and not being able to do math in front of people, but the fact that the correct answer was third most chosen makes me feel bad for the audience... because dumb people make me sad.

[Magzillas]

Why would you ask a studio audience a math question that deals with something beyond addition and/or subtraction?

[salcal522]

Wake Forest University and you couldn't do that simple math problem? What a shame. That is one of the most prestigious schools in NC.

[Laidx]

LOL he's so pissed

[crazyaces222]

Lol I'm good at math, but not reading, because I missed the "Sum" part so I was thinking it was 2x2=4 which you take the four and go 4x4=16

[MrPentatonicScale]

thats tricky because 4^2 is = to (not less than) one of the other choices, i mean how else can the sum of two undoubtedly positive numbers be less than the one its factors?

[jaz983]

what a fucking dumb question, made no sense.

[Zwodo]

@jaz983

Of course it made sense, you dumbfuck..

[danielvutran]

@Zwodo LMFAO. Yeah, so agreed.

[gofish8195]

@jaz983 what a mong you are

[SuperStudying]

(3,4,5) is actually a very famous Pythagorean triple. The answer is 25, I cannot believe more percent of the audience voted for 16.

[BlackOfTheNight]

trolled by the audience

[Yetaxa]

I understand that he's wrong, and maybe it was due to being under pressure or what but DON'T justify it. There is no way to do so. There's nothing ambiguous about the question, there is only one answer. the audience got it wrong. Simple.

[MBTV23]

You'd just turn round an be like "YOU ALL SUCK DICK!"

[BennyJayRuss]

I just did 4 x 4 plus 3 x 3 and it got 25 :D

[memattmayor]

@BennyJayRuss (4x4)+(4x4) = 32 so that is also an answer

[Chaos3131]

@memattmayor Dumbass, it says the sum of TWO smaller square numbers, you have used FOUR square numbers.

[gofish8195]

@Chaos3131 4 isnt a square number you retard, hes saying 4 squared is the number, but its wrong anyway

[Chaos3131]

@gofish8195 4 isn't a square number? What do you suppose 2x2 is then? Call me a retard... Fuck You!

[gofish8195]

@Chaos3131 omg, yes 4 is a square number but not THE square number he was on about you retard

[rcui2u3]

@gofish8195 you just made me lol.

[gofish8195]

@rcui2u3 i make me lol

[gofish8195]

@memattmayor no, 32 isnt a square number

[kisaza334]

how the hell did i get here from Im juggernaut bitch!

[zhangman92792]

this is easy

[grichl88]

This isn't poorly worded as long as you know what a square number is.

[xixsilerxix]

poorly worded=/ i thought choice A or choice D=/

[TheDrunkenmeerkat]

@xixsilerxix Why is it poorly worded?

[azfryguy]

I dont even know what the sum is. Doesshe mean Sum of all fears the movie? Cause that was a movie . . . not a number

[TheTorrap]

3²+4²=5² Pythagoräisches Zahlentrippel, dummes Publikum

[BoxedUpBeats]

'When not knowing Math can cost you $15,000'. I'm pretty sure he was playing for 16,000. Maybe he cant do maths but you can't hear!

[OniLink24]

@BoxedUpBeats no he is right, because he gets 1.000

[madhjsp]

@BoxedUpBeats Right, he was playing for a potential $16,000 but came away with $1000. So his answer cost him $15,000. Come on bro

[patrickphor]

@BoxedUpBeats retard

[xarepe1]

@ibeatuplittlekids I am, aren't I? However, if the question was about how you spell "you are" abbreviated, I'm afraid you wouldn't get the money that easily. But hey, I don't even live in an anglo-saxonic country, so, what do I know? Right?

[Voidkvlt]

Retarded question.

[TheDrunkenmeerkat]

@Voidkvlt What is retarded about it?

[19navyseal91]

wow

[TheSmittel]

SOB I just made the same mistake 70% of people just made

[TheSmittel]

wow.. Do people just crack under pressure or is that just a convenient excuse. 30% of audience said B. So 30% think 5 is a square number. lol

[ChingXyooj]

2x2 2x2 = 4x4 4x4

[troyhoward15]

holy shit that misread that one XD

[MrKingsSmart]

"I'm going to go with the audience and say A" I got shocked.

[JonnLennz]

Oh wow.

[lookaguru]

Answer is 25 (9 + 16), both square numbers.

[memattmayor]

@lookaguru so why isnt the answer 32 when 16 and 16 are both square numbers?

[lookaguru]

@memattmayor 32 is not one of the options. 32 is not even a square number!

[DwightkSchrute101]

@MusicalAndTall I LOVE YOUR COMMENT AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHASLKDJFKASDNFKJ­ASNDFKBJEASWLFS

[MusicalAndTall]

@DwightkSchrute101 Haha nice name bro. Dwight ftw

[DwightkSchrute101]

@MusicalAndTall I LOVE YOU

[yz85mp]

tht is the most confusing questions and trust me im not stupid in math its so easy to overthink this...4^2=16 and 2^2=4 and 2^2+2^2=16.......if i got tht fucking question wrong i woulda been furious at those motherfuckers cuz of how they worded it

[R0botP1rate]

@yz85mp 2^2+2^2 isnt 16, its 8...

[nessdude14]

@yz85mp "not stupid in math" then "2^2+2^2=16" literally in the same sentence... wow.

[gofish8195]

@yz85mp '2^2+2^2=16' LOL

[Ash243x]

why did so many people think it was 16? what square numbers where they thinking of?? ... do they just not know what square numbers are ? >.<

[WannabeTesla]

@Ash243x I'm betting a lot of people miscalculated 4^2=8 to get 8+8=16.

[Ash243x]

@WannabeTesla maybe... I think my brain is so fundamentally different from most people after 4 years of engineering college that I couldn't comprehend not knowing math xD

[kdsmacks]

stupid americans... cant even do this simple math, but launch a satelite to saturn... how is this possible...???

[Ash243x]

@kdsmacks by throwing LOTS of money at the problem.

[MrTab001]

16+9=25

[mirabilis]

@MrTab001 4² + 3² = 5²

[Gangster5759]

even i know the answer and i had problems to understand the sentence at the beginning i am 15 and english is not my primary language

[ChamboDubstep]

@Gangster5759 same here^^ i had to think about it like 2minutes but then i got it and i also had problems with the sentence^^

[ninendowii2000]

even i knew that yet i never took no damn algebra 25

[kawnstar]

Oh dear god.

[spyridon77]

70% of people are n00bs

[SlightlyAdvanced]

@spyridon77 i guess u meant canndy-assed-faggots right?

[RmonSP]

@spyridon77 You don't need this clip to make a statement like that hahahaha!

[FluffyFooFookins]

Actually I retract my last comment, I understand the confusion now.

Sorry I questioned your intelligence Americans, it's not the first time I've seen a really stupidly worded or even wrong question on the American WWTBAM.

"Which also happens to be the sum of two smaller square numbers".

4 is smaller, it's a square number. Take two of them, multiply them together and it's 16.

The question is ambiguous and should've considered saying "two different smaller square numbers.".

[Spagettanator]

@FluffyFooFookins The question says the SUM of TWO smaller square numbers. When you MULTIPLY 4 by 4, by definition it is the SUM of 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 which a SUM of FOUR smaller square numbers. When you MULTIPLY, the answer is called the PRODUCT. The question is perfectly ambiguous if you actually know what mathematical terms mean. The guy and the american audience fell into a classic primary school math test trap.

[FluffyFooFookins]

@Spagettanator

I understand that, I'm just saying I understand how the confusion happened.

The problem with the audience is that they don't get the terminology, not that they can't add up.

Just suggesting a way that it could help.

I came up with my second post after asking someone else and getting a realization from the way their mind was working. They've got multiply on the brain, it's a good trap to be fair as it can play on how the mind works.

[Spagettanator]

@FluffyFooFookins Well, such is the nature of asking people question for money. You want to make it challenging or what is the fun in watching. Still, it's a very basic mistake, and using the "question was not ambiguous enough" statement is just a poor excuse. My point was, it was ambiguous enough, the guy just doesn't know what he needed to know to answer the question. Neither did the audience; that disappoints me more.

[FluffyFooFookins]

LOL Seriously America? Large majority of the Audience thought it was A? Wow that's embarrassing. I'm not understanding how everything thinks it's A. The question says "WHICH IS THE SUM OF TWO SMALLER SQUARE NUMBERS" not "WHICH IS THE SMALLER SQUARE NUMBER" 4x4 = 16 3x3 = 9 16 + 9 = 25 5x5 = 25 This is like what you do in school when you're 10-11 years old.

[paulz710]

@FluffyFooFookins it's a pretty easy mistake to make, i had to think about it for a while. it may be that people think that the question means which of the square numbers is created by a smaller sqaure number... as in 2X2=4 and 4X4=16. retarded, sure, but understandable

[FreeeeS]

If you undesrtand sums and squares you don't even to know Pythagoras dammit, they just automatically turn their brains off when math appears, trying to calculate won't cost ya penny.

[Baeal]

It's AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[pcuimac]

They should only use sports questions. Those are the ones I can not answer.

[Duke1839]

The studio audience is usually smarter than the AOL audience. The only answers rated higher by the studio were A and B and B had a bigger drop to the AOL audience. Therefore B is the right answer. Or you could just do the math yourself.

[BoxxyFan]

I thought it was 16 too.

[torres1850]

16

[nathan4444444444]

WOW, surprised the audience didn't have a clue either.

[TheManInTheShower]

Horribly worded problem. I go to MIT and it took me 10 seconds.

[AbdullahBklyn]

its sad this is college weak he is pathetic. im in 11th grade already taking pre-calc and this was easier than watching tv

this is why Canadians laugh at you fucking stupid americans!