A math teacher, a vending machine and a video game controller walked into a room... that joke setup pretty much sums up this episode. What more can you say? Take a listen.

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Losing money stinks. You could say it's a negative, and that's exactly what I'm saying here to help you learn how to multiply a negative number by a positive number.

Having a real-life scenario that helps make sense of a math problem like this is really important to your sanity. Otherwise, math is just a series of rules and you have no idea why they are the way they are.

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Do you remember the multiplication table you had to fill out in 3rd grade? It probably went from 1 to 12 or 0 to 12. What if we extended that to include NEGATIVE numbers? Turns out doing just that creates a very nice visualization of multiplying positive and negative numbers together.

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Have you ever heard the saying “Two wrongs don’t make a right”? You mom or grandma or whoever you heard that from – they were right.

But in math class two wrongs - like subtracting a negative number - surprisingly does make a POSITIVE answer.

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Imagine you go out to a Taylor Swift concert and you go buy a drink. It’s $18 for a soda. I know right. Unfortunately, you have just a $10 bill and a um Blank Space in the rest of your pockets. What do you do? Well, because Karma is a good friend who is generous, and right there with you, says, What do you need?

You need to listen to this episode is what you need. Let's go!

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If you are a sports fan and enjoy watching basketball, or football or hockey for that matter, then this episode is for you. Soccer, or the real football, doesn't count because they never score enough.

This episode will teach you a new way to think about adding and subtracting integers, which is a big thing in middle school math and high school math. So if you love sports, or you're forced to watch it and need something to do, listen to this episode and learn!

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For all you Gen Z-ers out there a thermometer is a device that shows you the temperature. We all rely on our phones now for the weather so you never know, maybe you've never seen one. Anyway, they are a really good way to help visualize adding and subtracting integers, which is a really very important topic in math. And we all need to know math better.

So, pull on your parka - ok Google that, too - and take a listen to this episode ... and try to stay warm.

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If there were a Top Ten List of least favorite topics in math, it would undoubtedly include negative numbers. Like, When am I ever going to sue this? I know, right?

But lo and behold, negative numbers really do pop up in life. And they certainly do in middle and high school math classes, so take a listen and learn.

Strap on your helmet and let's get started. Hike!

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You probably learned how to add by carrying a one to the ten's column. I'm going to show you a MUCH easier way to do addition. I'm so confident, that if you adopt this way on paper for a little while, you'll even start to THINK this new way. And you'll love it.

Brash, I know. Let's just say this episode will undoubtedly add to your growing strength in numbers.

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In this last goal setting episode I’ll wrap up the lessons with a bow. And the thread in that bow is – you guessed it – numbers.

That's right, numbers make goals better. So why not listen to learn how developing this strength in numbers can help you.

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