The carat is normally used to indicate an exponent. For instance, x^2 is x to the power of 2, or x squared. x^3 is x to the power of 3 or x cubed.

Because my region, I usually use the sign "," (coma) to denote decimal numbers. I can't figure out if the dot confuses me because I'm unfamiliarizated with it, or it really can be pretty problematic. For instance, does anyone else confuses the expression that shown in the video "1.5²" with "1 times 5²"? By the way, I'm sorry for my terrible english grammar.

Andres, Your English grammar is almost perfect. It is quite understandable that the "." (period) causes confusion in regions that use the "," (comma) as a decimal point. If I tried to do math using the "," (comma) as the decimal point instead of the "." (period), I would be very confused. I try to use the "*" (asterisk) as a multiplication symbol because it is less likely to cause confusion. You can also use the "•" (dot) for multiplication, but it is harder to type on most keyboards.

How does 1.5 x 2 = 2.5. I'm confuse can you please explain more.

1.5*2 is not 1.5 squared. 1.5*1.5 is 1.5 sqaured

so how come he didnt make it 2 to the third power

Sal didn't make it 2^3 because the formula states that to find the surface area of a cube, you do 6(x^2). Now think about it, let's say that you have a regular, 2D square. The side lengths are all 6cm. The formula to find the area is x^2. You would get 6^2=36cm^2. You would not, however, do x^3. The formula to finding the surface area of a cube is only slightly different than that of finding the area of a square.

Which word phrase could correspond to the variable expressions n/8?

The quotient of n divided by 8 = n/8 One-eighth of n = n/8 n things shared among 8 people = n/8 how many 8's in n = n/8 ratio of n and 8 = n/8 All of the above phrases correspond to n/8 8 times a number is n. what is the number? All the above correspond to n/8

Why is the formula 6x^2, rather than 11x^2 or 7x^2?

x^2 gives the area of one side of a cube. The 6 is in there because a cube has 6 sides.

Before allowing the video to play I made cubes a, and b selecting the length of one side of each, squaring it, adding them together, then multiplying by six. Thus my equation was a^2 + b^2 (6) My question is, will doing it this way cause me problems later on down the road?

This will not work... You are missing a set of parentheses. Your version only multiplies b^2 with the 6. You need to write it as: 6(a^2 + b^2) or (a^2 + b^2) 6 or 6a^2 + 6b^2.

why did he draw cubes that was confusing me the most

bro your a god how do you not know

How to solve simultaneous equations with two positive signs e.g. 9a+b=13 3a+b=20 Or. 5a+b=27 a+b=7

You can use elimination method because its easier , so you use (9a+b=13) - (3a+b=20) so your answer will going to be 6a = 7 then switch the 6 to the other side of the equal sign and you got a= -7/6, then you got the answer for a, substitute a=-7/6 into (3a+b=20) so you multiply the 3a by -7/6 so the answer is -3.5 , switch the -3.5 to the other side and you get b=20+3.5 and b=23.5, so the answer for a is -7/6 and for b is 23.5 . For the 5a+b=27 and a+b=7 i'll give you the answer (a equals to 5 and b equals to 2) so try solve it :)

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Or often in Geometry, you will just see the measurement as "units" where you normally see cm, ft, etc.

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Course: 6th grade > Unit 6

Lesson 7: Evaluating expressions word problems

Evaluating expressions with variables: cubes

Name: Evaluating expressions with variables: cubes
Uploaded: 2013-07-16T17:55:53Z
Description: In this example of evaluating expressions, we're dusting off some geometry. On top of that, it's a word problem. We're seeing how different concepts in math are layered on top of each to create more interesting and complex problems to solve.

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In this example of evaluating expressions, we're dusting off some geometry. On top of that, it's a word problem. We're seeing how different concepts in math are layered on top of each to create more interesting and complex problems to solve. Created by Sal Khan.

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  It is quite understandable that the "." (period) causes confusion in regions that use the "," (comma) as a decimal point. If I tried to do math using the "," (comma) as the decimal point instead of the "." (period), I would be very confused.
  
  I try to use the "*" (asterisk) as a multiplication symbol because it is less likely to cause confusion. You can also use the "•" (dot) for multiplication, but it is harder to type on most keyboards.
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Before allowing the video to play I made cubes a, and b selecting the length of one side of each, squaring it, adding them together, then multiplying by six. Thus my equation was
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  You can use elimination method because its easier , so you use (9a+b=13) - (3a+b=20) so your answer will going to be 6a = 7 then switch the 6 to the other side of the equal sign and you got a= -7/6, then you got the answer for a, substitute a=-7/6 into (3a+b=20) so you multiply the 3a by -7/6 so the answer is -3.5 , switch the -3.5 to the other side and you get b=20+3.5 and b=23.5, so the answer for a is -7/6 and for b is 23.5 . For the 5a+b=27 and a+b=7 i'll give you the answer (a equals to 5 and b equals to 2) so try solve it :)
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Video transcript

The surface area of a cube is equal to the sum of the areas of its six sides. Let's just visualize that. I like to visualize things. So if that's the cube, we can see three sides. Three sides are facing us. But then if it was transparent, we see that there are actually six sides of a cube. So there's this one-- one, two, three in front-- and then one-- this is the bottom. This is in the back, and this is also in the back. So you have three sides of the cube. So I believe what they're saying. The surface area of a cube with side length x-- so if this is x, if this is x, if this is x-- is given by the expression 6x squared. That also makes sense. The area of each side is going to be x times x is x squared, and there's six of them. So it's going to be 6x squared. Jolene has two cube-shaped containers that she wants to paint. One cube has side length 2. So this is one cube right over here. I'll do my best to draw it. So this right over here has side length 2, so that's its dimensions. The other cube has side length 1.5. So the other cube is going to be a little bit smaller. It has side length 1.5. So it's 1.5 by 1.5 by 1.5. What is the total surface area that she has to paint? Well, we know that the surface area of each cube is going to be 6x squared, where x is the dimensions of that cube. So the surface area of this cube right over here is going to be 6. And now-- let me do it in that color of that cube-- it's going to be 6 times x, where x is the dimension of the cube. And then the cube all has the same dimensions, so its length, width, and depth is all the same. So for this cube, the surface area is going to be 6 times 2 squared. And then the surface area of this cube is going to be 6 times 1.5 squared. And if we want the total surface area she has to paint, it's going to be the sum of the two cubes. So we're just going to add these two things. And so if we were to compute this first one right over here, this is going to be 6 times 4. This is 24. And this one right over here, this is going to be a little bit hairier. Let's see. 15 times 15 is 225. So 1.5 times 1.5 is 2.25. So 1.5 squared is 2.25. And 2.25 times 6-- so let me just multiply that out. 2.25 times 6. Let's see. We're going to have 6 times 5 is 30. 6 times 2 is 12, plus 3 is 15. 6 times 2 is 12, plus 1 is 13. I have two numbers behind the decimal-- 13.5. So it's going to be 13.5. And if I add these two together, this is going to be equal to the total surface area that she has got to paint, is going to be 37.5 square-- well, I guess they're not giving us the units. Well, 37.5 is going to be the total area of square units of whatever the units happen to be.