The audience gives him a wrong answer then they start clapping.

lol🤣🤣🤣🤣 even a sixth standard would answer this ,and even if a student's gets wrong he probably wouldn't clap for that😂😂

@mathematician 0 definitely is a number.  0/0 is undeterminable, not undefined.  A number is just the useful abstraction of groups having a certain size.   When you see 5+5, you don't think about 5 apples being added to another group of 5 apples, you abstract away from the physical and just do 5+5.  It's the same for 0.  It is just the abstraction away from reality into the theoretical of a group with size nothing

Dunning Kruger syndrome on full display.

They are clapping because, Audience will be rewarded at the end with free lunch or dinner for saving 15000 dollars of production team.. 😆

Audience did the math right .. they wanted him to go home with 1000 dollars.. 😉😆

@محمد They are the voters who tell any winner that we voted for u😆😆😆

They're giving themselves a round of applause for successfully tricking this fool.

There's an even more cringe-worthy example on the British version of WWTBAM where the audience cost some poor fellow considerably more money because 87% of them could not identify the opening paragraph of the novel Dracula--and the contestant went along with the overwhelming majority.  They applauded themselves too.

They used to be the audience for Saved by the Bell.

Theyll be licking the windows of the bus on the way home too.

@Unknown even the ones fresh out of the womb.

@Vikram Tete 0 is not a number. If 0 were a number then 0/0 would have been 1. Ramanujan had asked the same question, whether 0 can be considered as a number or not. He also concluded that 0/0 can be written as 1,0 and infinity. But if zero were a number then there would be no possibility for 0/0 to be undefined

Why did the audience go for an answer of which they are not sure. It is really frustrating if audience causes one to lose in such games.

@Vikram Tete  then all the answers should be correct, 36= 6^2 + 0^2 and so on for the others too

actually both 16 and 25 are correct
16=4^2+0^2
25=16+9=4^2+3^2
but I guess 4^2 is equal no less than 16 thgat's what skewed the answer

@Vikram Tete 16 isn't smaller than 16, it's equal to it. Read the question carefully.

Also the audience polls have revealed a fact about us humans, that is in nature 45% of humans are careless and egoistic, 22%  are meticulous, and rest 23% or 10% are dumb.

@S' • Shibam The audience were not that dumb since the question was very easy, but a bit tricky at the same time. Just we need to have a great presence of mind, and be careful with each line of any question.

It's customary to clap when a contestant finishes their run, no matter how.

@GuyInSpideySuit yeah...it should be 25...But 16 was almost close to correct answer. By the way...I'm already in Harvard.

@Vikram Tete *harvard wants to know your location

I think the audience were right...why can't it be (4^2 )+0^2= 16

They trolled him and were applauding their success. 😂

Charlie Williams Clapping 👏 because of other questions and answers so at the end so?

I just added 16+9 mentally and got 25. I been knew that. (cue tpir losing horn)

Sarcastically clapping their own lack of clarity it seems.

Its all set up😂😂the audience gets paid for sitting and clapping.... Lol...

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Sartre plagiarized my unborn self for too long

They all were like: let’s clap so he thinks that we are the ones who voted B.


This would be the only reason I'll ever need to know math.


It was so super easy, that if he might have even tried to understand the question, he might have won the round


I guess when you're under a lot of pressure, knowledge can sometimes fall back in mind. It's very stressful. Not everyone can do this on the back of their mind.<br>Plus they had to say the answer without having notes so it wasn't overly clear.

I guess when you're under a lot of pressure, knowledge can sometimes fall back in mind. It's very stressful. Not everyone can do this on the back of their mind.
Plus they had to say the answer without having notes so it wasn't overly clear.

@Jirachi- Wish Maker it's ok<br>a lot of people don't like math. Not everyone knows how to square numbers (or even know what squaring is).

@Jirachi- Wish Maker it's ok
a lot of people don't like math. Not everyone knows how to square numbers (or even know what squaring is).

Stop this smug "we Asians know everything about math, and we are above you" attitude, ffs - it is extremely irritating.

YOU have several people who find math very difficult AS WELL, just like literally all other countries.
And contrary to what people with your attitude seem to believe, math doesn't make you some kind of superior specimen who has permission to mock and ridicule people who find math difficult.
Get off your high horses.

@Howard McKeown not everyone likes math lol


I think the reason why most people got it wrong was because they misunderstood what “sum” meant and initially went 4*4 to get 16 which is why everyone put optionA


A lot of people, including myself, chose A because they didn't put much attention to what the question asked. They thought "a number which is a product of two square numbers".

Yeah, the words SUM and PRODUCT sound and look so much alike, it would be easy to get them mixed up.


The way they wrote the question was a little bit confusing, but after all my math classes theres no way I forget about the 3-4-5 side triangle

How is this question confusing? Like, how else would you word it to make it less confusing?

How is this question confusing? Like, how else would you word it to make it less confusing?

@Mister Incognito 9+8 is 17 and by definition an square number is an integer

@Mister Incognito 9+8 is 17 and by definition an square number is an integer

@@trunestor it's basic english, even someone that only got to b1 should be able to understand it, you just lack reading comprehension (im not native)

How could you not forget it. They said it like once in class for me

How could you not forget it. They said it like once in class for me

@Trent Square root of 8 squared isn't a square number.

@Trent Square root of 8 squared isn't a square number.

@HyperS square root of 8 squared and square root of 8 squared

@HyperS square root of 8 squared and square root of 8 squared

@Mister Incognito Yes, but you learn the same definition.

@Mister Incognito Yes, but you learn the same definition.

@Gabriel It´s very relevant to say integers and not whole numbers. Because a square number can be made out of two negatvies numbers as well. It´s the definition of it.

@bowlchamps37 you know math can be studied in different languages and terms might sound differently?

@bowlchamps37 you know math can be studied in different languages and terms might sound differently?

@Dustin G And you should not even apply for the show.

@Dustin G And you should not even apply for the show.

@Javier Vera You know the definition of a square number?

@Javier Vera You know the definition of a square number?

@zsorens Square number - seriously. It´s 3rd grade math. If you don´t know that, you should not even reproduce.

@zsorens Square number - seriously. It´s 3rd grade math. If you don´t know that, you should not even reproduce.

@Mister Incognito You don´t need to be a native speaker. A square number is a math term universally used.

@Mister Incognito You don´t need to be a native speaker. A square number is a math term universally used.

Exactly. If the question had asked which of the square numbers also happens to be the sum of two "different" smaller square numbers he and the audience probably would have nailed it.

I completely misunderstood the question and thought 16 was correct I thought it was 2^2*2^2=4*4=16, like it was the number squared, then squared again. (I'm terrible at explaining.)

It was sort of a poorly written question. I've never in my life heard the term "square number" but I've heard "perfect square number" or "perfect square"  thousands of times .<br>Perhaps its where you grow up, idk.

It was sort of a poorly written question. I've never in my life heard the term "square number" but I've heard "perfect square number" or "perfect square"  thousands of times .
Perhaps its where you grow up, idk.

The question was very clear.<br>Idk what you're saying

The question was very clear.
Idk what you're saying

How should they have asked the question for it to be less confusing? "Which of these whole numbers is the following whole number to the number 24?"

@Paige Herrin There is no such numbers because 2 is not a square number. If there existed such a number A² = B²+B² | A, B ∈ ℤ. Then A² = 2B² which means A = √(2)᛫B, if B is an integer then A can't be integer since it's the product of an integer and irrational number.

this is why i hate highschool maths, their wording is horrible

this is why i hate highschool maths, their wording is horrible

i just picked D because 2 and 3  becomes 4 and 9, then i just added them like two strings in a programing language resulting in 49 xD i might be coding too much

Literally this is pythageron triples too easy....

Literally this is pythageron triples too easy....

@Happyhedgehog64 yeah exactly, he did well to get there but this was a simple GCSE maths question to lose out on.

@Happyhedgehog64 yeah exactly, he did well to get there but this was a simple GCSE maths question to lose out on.

Nice and there’s the 6-8-10 side triangle as well (which is just double each side obviously). Pythagoras theorem. He should have known the answer.

@LavishPatchKid Should have paid more attention in school

@LavishPatchKid Should have paid more attention in school

Just list the squares and figure it out:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49

Then start top:
Is 49 sum of two squares: No
Is 36 sum of two squares: No
Is 25 sum of two squares: Yes

@MCLooyverse that is very interesting, I don't think I ever heard about that 3-4-5 triangle thing.

@MCLooyverse that is very interesting, I don't think I ever heard about that 3-4-5 triangle thing.

@@trunestor yes absolutely, "square number" is not a common expression in my language, I wonder if they mean numbers with an integer square root.

I don't think I've heard about that triangle.

I don't think I've heard about that triangle.

@Asdfssdfghgdfy yes because it cost you a lot of money, not only in this example game but also getting ripped off by banks and stuff because +-X/ are really too simple for most stuff that involves a lot of money. If you dont have a lot of money you could state it is kinda pointless to know and understand but if you do you wont be in the situation where you end up with no money.

Its not about all the math stuff and stories in the books it is the way of thinking about solving problems what it gives you when you study it, when you have a basic deeper understanding of how stuff around you work and why you can use that understanding to acquire large amounts of money which removes the stress of not having enough money every month and more free time in your life to perse happiness

I misunderstood the question. I never considered the sum of 2 DIFFERENT square numbers lol. I was trying to make the two smaller squares be the same number. Ima baaaad math student.

I understood the question rightaway but Im a math student

I understood the question rightaway but Im a math student

Crazy all this talk of 345 triangles, obviously was never taught in Australia. We only learned a^2+b^2=c^2

Crazy all this talk of 345 triangles, obviously was never taught in Australia. We only learned a^2+b^2=c^2

@Ricardo Blikman is it a problem not knowing this though? For the average person they'll never need to do anything like this.

@Ricardo Blikman is it a problem not knowing this though? For the average person they'll never need to do anything like this.

@danny supersell OH MY--

I literally just realized after reading your comment

@danny supersell OH MY--

I literally just realized after reading your comment

@Mister Incognito 3^2 isen't a Square number my guy

@Mister Incognito 3^2 isen't a Square number my guy

@Gabriel if you are stating the definition of a term then it needs to be accurate. You need to include integers in your definition

@Gabriel if you are stating the definition of a term then it needs to be accurate. You need to include integers in your definition

Then what would be a simpler way to ask the same question?

Then what would be a simpler way to ask the same question?

Not at all.. This question is so simple that I can't believe it's worth 16.000$

Not at all.. This question is so simple that I can't believe it's worth 16.000$

@PA DABOUM no need to mention non zero because if you take zero as one of the squares then the other square will be 16 which is not less than 16. The question clearly says the sum of two smaller squares

@Mister Incognito a square number in mathematics is  literally always a whole number. That's the terminology we use.

@Mister Incognito a square number in mathematics is  literally always a whole number. That's the terminology we use.

When you understand the meaning of the term square number and you see the keyword "SUM" there, it shouldn't be a problem. The problem is, just like me at first people thought it was 16-->4=2x2

@HyperS you can, they are just not integers or one of them is zero but anyone able to figure that out will answer 25.

@HyperS you can, they are just not integers or one of them is zero but anyone able to figure that out will answer 25.

The question is very clear, purist could argue it should specify non zero integer numbers but if you can think of that then the question is obvious enough for you that you can still answer correctly. The most shocking is that he never tries to figure out which numbers it could be before answering.

@Snappy421  24 7 and 25

24 7 and 26

These numbers are called pythagorean triplets

Another could be
9,12,15

@Snappy421  24 7 and 25

24 7 and 26

These numbers are called pythagorean triplets

Another could be
9,12,15

@War Tome Mate its simple

It is applicable for triangles with one angle measuring 90 degrees

It says that the side opposite to the right angle(called hypotenuse) bears the following relation with the other two sides (called perpendicular and base)

(Hypotenuse)² = Perpendicular² + Base²

I currently study in 10th grade(In India) so I know the theorem

Here,we are even asked to prove the theorem which is pretty simple.

For some reason I initially thought that only one was NOT the sum of the squares.  I figured it out in time, but there's a lot of pressure on the person sitting there.

The question might require a bit of thought, but it's not because of the wording. People love to blame the wording. If the wording is the issue, then what would be a less "confusing" wording?

Yeah I was confused with it at first
Thought it was asking:
2x^2 = y^2

Yeah I was confused with it at first
Thought it was asking:
2x^2 = y^2

The question was very clear and straight forward. If you don’t understand it then you just don’t have a good understanding of math.

The question was very clear and straight forward. If you don’t understand it then you just don’t have a good understanding of math.

It's not confusing if you think logically. Just a rearrangement of the Pythagoras theorem.

It's not confusing if you think logically. Just a rearrangement of the Pythagoras theorem.

@Javier Vera not really, because when not specified, what we call a square number (at least in English) is the square of an integer.

@Javier Vera not really, because when not specified, what we call a square number (at least in English) is the square of an integer.

@Mister Incognito come on, given the context it’s obvious we’re talking about perfect squares here. Otherwise every answer would be correct.

There is nothing confusing in the question, it is perfectly well formulated. For 16 grand you can take your freakin time and compute this. And the stupid audience should not give a freakin answer if they’re not sure about it. That’s such a tragedy.

@Javier Vera the phrase "SQUARE numbers" entails whole numbers.

@Javier Vera the phrase "SQUARE numbers" entails whole numbers.

The question is plainly wrong, should say WHOLE numbers otherwise all of them have sum of squares that yield them

The question is plainly wrong, should say WHOLE numbers otherwise all of them have sum of squares that yield them

It really isn't people just aren't that familiar with math terminology.

It really isn't people just aren't that familiar with math terminology.

@Mister Incognito A "square number" must be an integer. That's part of the meaning of the term. The term would otherwise be meaningless, as all numbers have square roots.

The question is pretty clear but the stupid audience just jumped over the word sum( sum only means thru addition)

The question is pretty clear but the stupid audience just jumped over the word sum( sum only means thru addition)

Exactly what I thought. The classic example of Pythagoras theorem which they start teaching before high school.

Exactly what I thought. The classic example of Pythagoras theorem which they start teaching before high school.

It's the opposite for me. I instantly catch it's about Pythagorean theorem, but need a good minute or two to remember the number that's always get used for the basic example

@emerald Well, yes, however quite famously you can form a right triangle with legs of length 3 and 4, and hypotenuse of length 5, meaning that 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2, which is exactly what the question is asking for.

wait what, they were speaking about squares not triangles

wait what, they were speaking about squares not triangles

Very easy had I understood the question in the first place.

Very easy had I understood the question in the first place.

@War Tome There are a ton of sick proofs of Pythagoras (like, a ton.  IIRC president Garfield came up with one.).  My favorite is this:

Take a right triangle with legs of lengths `a` and `b`, and a hypotenuse  of length `c`.  Duplicate it, and place the two together with a common hypotenuse, such that they form an `a × b` rectangle.  Now duplicate this rectangle, and put the second perpendicular to the first, and position them so that they share only a common vertex.  Now around this figure, circumscribe a square by continuing the outside edges of our figure.  You'll find that the sidelength of this new square is `a + b`, and we have two new squares formed by "negative space", one of sidelength `a`, and another of sidelength `b`.  Now keeping our large square intact, we reposition our 4 right triangles (remember them?) such that their right angles are in common with those of the large square, and they do not overlap.  Now, their hypotenuses should together form another square, this time with sidelength `c` (the length of the hypotenuse).

Now, we note that in the first position, the areas of the four triangles, plus the areas of the two squares (`a²` and `b²`) must add up to the area of the large square, while in the second position, the areas of the four triangles, plus the area of the new, single square (`c²`) must add up to the area of the same large square.  Canceling out what is common between these, we see that `a² + b² = c²`.

This, of course, is not a proof, it's more of a loose guide on how to construct the proof yourself.  It's much more satisfying to see the actual figures than to just hear them described.

@ARSACE shlnt it be approx 36 and 54 and 90?

@ARSACE shlnt it be approx 36 and 54 and 90?

@@trunestor I'm not a native speaker, it's completely unambiguously, there is no other way to understand it; What makes this question kinda tricky is that you think you have it wrong, because it was way to easy

sane, i thought that it had to be the same number not two separate squares

sane, i thought that it had to be the same number not two separate squares

@HyperS he and the audience did provide proof that western societies have math problems.

@HyperS he and the audience did provide proof that western societies have math problems.

@Genesis yeah my bad about 9+8 lol, I was on something. I guess there is a term for square of a natural in English, huh. Not a native speaker, sorry

@Mister Incognito They said that the numbers must be natural because the questions asks about square numbers and not squares of any number. Also 9 + 8 is 17. Well done.

@Mister Incognito You got the definitions mixed up. 8 can of course be the square of a decimal number but it's not a square number which is defined as the product of an integer with itself (at least according to wikipedia)

But I think it was pretty clear the guy didn't get the question wrong because he was confused about the definition of square number (or else he could have just asked for clarification). He was just too nervous or bad at math.

@Mister Incognito You got the definitions mixed up. 8 can of course be the square of a decimal number but it's not a _square number_ which is defined as the product of an integer with itself (at least according to wikipedia)

But I think it was pretty clear the guy didn't get the question wrong because he was confused about the definition of square number (or else he could have just asked for clarification). He was just too nervous or bad at math.

@Mister Incognito do you know what’s a square number? Ure

@Mister Incognito do you know what’s a square number? Ure

Ah so this is the correct way to solve it. I did it by gradually checking each square combination, so 4+9, 4+16, 9+16. It worked out because the numbers are small.

Non-native speaker here and understood it immediately. It's just that when you teach math daily, you automatically learn how to comprehend questions like these.

@HyperS everybody can with the conditions described so poorly. 16 is 9 + 8 which is 3^2 + (2*sqrt(2))^2. Never said the numbers must be natural

@Humza not all are native English speakers here

@Humza not all are native English speakers here

@ARSACE Not exactly ; 37° and 53° are approximate values of sin-¹(3/5) and sin-¹(4/5)

@ARSACE Not exactly ; 37° and 53° are approximate values of sin-¹(3/5) and sin-¹(4/5)

I don't know man, if you can get 16 by adding two square numbers you deserve a nobel prize.

I don't know man, if you can get 16 by adding two square numbers you deserve a nobel prize.

Pythagoras theorem 😂 The 3-4-5 side triangle is permanently fixed in my mind just like my name😂

Pythagoras theorem 😂 The 3-4-5 side triangle is permanently fixed in my mind just like my name😂

I thought the question was very clear personally. Very easy in my opinion. I would lose on the sport questions haha.

I thought the question was very clear personally. Very easy in my opinion. I would lose on the sport questions haha.

This triangle's angles are 37°, 53°, 90°

This triangle's angles are 37°, 53°, 90°

I didnt quite understand the question either so I picked A. But when she told them 9 and and 16 that's where the question made sense to me

I didnt quite understand the question either so I picked A. But when she told them 9 and and 16 that's where the question made sense to me

I taught my son this, this week. We use it on the job site to see if we got the wall square. Idk how it works 😂

I taught my son this, this week. We use it on the job site to see if we got the wall square. Idk how it works 😂

its literally describes Pythagorean theorem, took me a while to realize too. I'm ashamed 🤣

its literally describes Pythagorean theorem, took me a while to realize too. I'm ashamed 🤣


As soon as I read the question I immediately thought "Ah yes, pythagoras theorum on how to calculate the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle." when I read the answers I knew it had to be 25 because it's the easiest sum that I learned in grade 2 (3²+4²=5²). Why didn't the audience memorise that one specific equasion? It's clearly the easiest way of remembering how to add square numbers, I litterally learned what a square number was when I was 4 how could 70% of the audience not get this right?


I think he knows math but he got stumped under the pressure and stress of the whole situation. I could figure out it was B, but I had enough time to pause the video and try to think on my own in the peace and silence of this living room, and I also got stumped at first. It made me even more frustrated because I felt dumb by being stumped at an apparently simple problem. I hope the participant recovered from that unfortunate day, learned whatever lesson he had to learn and makes enough money to live a happy lifestyle.

I think the audience know math but got under stress and pressure


This question (in my opinion) is a bit easier, who have learnt trigonometry or know about Pythagoras theorem. Because there, we're often doing squares of smaller integers, adding them & then taking square roots of the sum. <br>((base's length)^2 + (perpendicular's length^2))= (hypotenuse's square)^2

This question (in my opinion) is a bit easier, who have learnt trigonometry or know about Pythagoras theorem. Because there, we're often doing squares of smaller integers, adding them & then taking square roots of the sum.
((base's length)^2 + (perpendicular's length^2))= (hypotenuse's square)^2


Less to do with understanding math and more to do with reading comprehension lol