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How To: Add unlike fractions using basic math

In order to add unlike fraction, using basic math, you will need to find the lowest common multiples of the denominators. In order to add 5/12 and 1/6, you will need to make the denominators the same. The lowest common multiple, for these fractions is 12.

How To: Make a basic balloon laser sword

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a basic balloon laser sword. Users will need a tube balloon with approximately a 3 finger tail. Begin by twisting a 2 finger bubble and then turn it into a pinch twist. Now make a second finger bubble and turn it into a pinch twist as well. Measure the size of the handle and then twist it at that point. Now create another 3 finger bubble with a pinch twist for the top of the handle. Pull the blade part in between the 3 pinch twist and straight...

How To: Do a footwork exercise routine with a Pilates chair

This clip presents a detailed, step-by-step overview of how to perform a basic exercise routine using a Pilates chair (also known as a Pilates stool). With Pilates, as with any physical fitness system, a basic mastery of proper technique is essential for both maximizing the effectiveness of your workouts and avoiding accidental injury. Whether you're looking to slim down or merely tighten up your core, you're sure to be well served by this home fitness how-to from the folks at Balanced Body P...

How To: Do a basic salsa dance hammerlock hand flick

In this tutorial, we learn how to do a basic salsa hammerlock hand flick. Start off with two hands into a right turn. You will want to unwind your hammerlock into the next position. You will switch hands as the woman is turning from you. Make sure you have the timing down right and stay close to the woman's body. From this position, come forward on 1,2,3, then the lady will turn on 5,6,7. Create an effect where you switch hands and end up in a different position. Her hand should be on your bo...

How To: Render in Adobe After Effects CS4 or CS5

Learn how to render projects in Adobe After Effects CS4 or CS5. This guide also covers the use of background renderer, creation of output modules and render settings templates, memory, multi-processing and disk-cache preferences, as well as showing a basic preset for rendering FLVs and Quicktime H.264 out of After Effects. The tutorial is aimed at users at a basic to intermediate level. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular vector editor or a seasoned graphic arts professional just looking to...

How To: Maintain your lawn tractor's engine

You can do the basic engine care - such as changingJust like a car, a lawn tractor is an expensive piece of hardware that should be properly maintained on a regular basis. Not only does it need a regular oil change and tune up, but it needs to be cleaned as well in order to maximize its efficiency.

How To: Draw a bridal dress

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to draw a bridal dress. Begin by drawing the basic shape of the female figure. Then draw the arms wearing a long gloves. Now add the hair on the figure's head. Make the hair curly and glamorous looking. Then draw the basic form of the dress. Give the dress a lot of layers and frills by adding curved horizontal lines along the dress. Finish by drawing the bride's veil behind her head and back and any extra details. This video will benefit those viewers...

How To: Divide mixed numbers in basic arithmetic

Would you like to know how to divide mixed numbers (numbers containing fractions) into one another in basic arithmetic? It's easy. Learn how with this free video math lesson. From Ramanujan to calculus co-creator Gottfried Leibniz, many of the world's best and brightest mathematical minds have belonged to autodidacts. And, thanks to the Internet, it's easier than ever to follow in their footsteps (or just finish your homework or study for that next big test). See how to express mixed numbers ...

How To: Keyframe when editing video in Apple's Final Cut Pro

This video tutorial teaches you the basics of Keyframing using Final Cut Pro. A picture is used in this tutorial. You can also use video or picture for this example. The video shows the keyframe button and the different keyframing tools. The video then teaches a basic keyframing concept of how to add a motion to the clip using keyframing. You can also add rotation effect in the keyframe. When you add a keyframe and move the clip from one place to another, it adds a path along which the clip o...

How To: Make a balloon airplane

FlowerClown demonstrates the art of balloon folding and shows you how to make a basic aeroplane out of a couple of balloons. The balloon aeroplane is a hit among children and and can be used for entertainment purposes at parties, weddings and family events. Just a pop there, a twist here, a turn there, and you have the basic aeroplane all ready to pop into action, it also comes with a long balloon to help pilot this lean mean flying machine. Although don't expect it to bomb the neighbours ann...

How To: Get ripped abs at home

In this Fitness video tutorial you will learn how to get ripped triceps and ripped abs at home by doing some really simple exercises. Start with push-ups. There will be two different hand positions for push-ups. First, keep the hands shoulder length apart, elbows in and basic push-up movements. Do as many as you can. Then rest for a minute and switch hands to triangle position. Elbows close the body, hands close to each other forming a triangle and basic push up movements. When you are doing ...

How To: Build piano chords

In this brief video tutorial sponsored by Pianolessons.com, the host Nate boss talks about building basic Triads. A Basic Triad is a three note cord that you can build around the notes of a scale, as demonstrated. He shows you G major, C major, a major, and many other chords that you can make on a scale. In this video, you also get to see precisely where the teacher is placing his fingers, which should be helpful for those of your just starting out. Be sure to have your pen and paper ready to...

How To: Perform a front flip tuck in free run

In this how-to video, you will learn how to perform a front flip. This is an important basic in free running. To do a front flip, have a light step into the flip. Do this as if you were about to step on a glass. Bend your knees and push up. Once you are in the air, stay nice and tight and tuck in. Your chin should be to your chest. The tighter your tuck is, the faster you will spin. Keep practicing in order to get this right. This video shows you the basic steps in to performing a front flip ...

How To: Play "Aint Got You" by Alicia Keys on ukulele

In this how-to video, you will learn how to play the song "Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys on the ukulele. You will need basic knowledge of chords and a tuned ukulele. First, play the chords C7, Bm, Am, and G7. Play this twice before playing G7, Bm, Em, Am, D. Repeat this for the verses of the song. Next, play G7, Am, Bm, and Am. Repeat this for the chorus. The next part involves you playing the chords G7, Am, Bm, C7, Bm, Am, G7, Am, and G7. Repeat this before moving back to the verse chord pro...

How To: Cancel out in basic algebra

This video gives you brief tutorial on simplifying expressions, or canceling out common factors. He starts out by answering the question "What is canceling?" and demonstrates a basic example. You find the greatest common factor between the numerator and denominator, which you then divide both by. This can also be done if you have variables in your fraction. He then shows it can be done the same way if you have binomials in your fractions. However, you must be careful that the denominator does...

How To: Solve basic percentages

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to work out basic percentages. The key is to always find 10% of the number first. To find 10%, divide the number by 10. It's very simple because you simply move one decimal to the left. Once you have found the 10%, you can simply find the next 10% by doubling the number. The other thing you can do is find 5% of the number by dividing the 10% number in half. This video will benefit those viewers who have trouble with find percentage or forgot how to an...

How To: Make web browser bookmarks with Visual Basic 2008

This video is about making a bookmark for your web browser in Visual Basic 2008.The videos begins with a simple web browser which consists of simple web components, a textbox and a go button. Pull the sides of the browser to stretch it and put in a listbox. Enlarge the listbox and use two buttons below the listbox. Enter the text for the buttons as "Enter current page" and "clear". Now go to selection explorer, double click "my project" and go to settings. Add a new setting called "Bookmarks"...

How To: Play drums on a keyboard MIDI controller

Jason Johnson with Revolution Audio shows us some easy steps to creating a basic midi drumbeat using your keyboard. To start, the kick drum is located at C1, this is in a different location depending on the number of keys your keyboard has. The other drums which are included are left and right snares, the tones, high hat closed, open high hat, and the pedal high hat. There are also the cymbals which include the crash, often used at the end of measures and the ride which is employed often in j...

How To: Draw Ned Flanders from The Simpsons

In this how-to video, you will learn how to draw Ned Flanders from The Simpsons. First, start off with the basic outline of the body. Use simple shapes for this. Next, fill in the eyes, hair, nose, mustache, ears, and mouth of the figure. From there, you can move on to the details of the clothing such as the collar and cuffs of the sweater. Finish with the shoes and the fingers on the hand. The basic outline is finished. Now, go in and erase the simple shapes from the drawing and fill in more...

How To: Play "Happy Birthday to You" on an acoustic guitar

This video shows you how to play Happy Birthday on acoustic guitar.For starters, you need to get familiar with 3/4 rhythm, or 3 strums per chord. You should practice it with basic chords.To play Happy Birthday, you need to use an easy succession of 3 basic chords: G, C and D. The song goes like this (remember to strum each chord 3 times, if it appears to times you have to strum it twice):G D D G G C D GWhen you play this song some people might have a difficulty getting in tune with it, so you...

How To: Make a camping sitting stool

There's nothing greater than being in the outdoors and away from all the hustle and bustle of the city. Of course that doesn't mean you should be without basic necesseities. In this two part tutorial find out how to make a sitting stool used for camping. Enjoy!

How To: Incorporate jazz harmony in your guitar playing

Jazz harmony is the theory and practice of chord usage in jazz music. This instructional video demonstrates the basics of jazz harmony and incorporates licks and runs on the electric guitar. Once you've mastered the basic chord progression you'll be able to improvise and further develop your sound. The chord movement known as the "two," "five," "one," is by far the most popular jazz chord movement. Most of the jazz standards contain this cycle of chords. It's popularity is on the same level a...

How To: Use Copic pens for beginners

This video shows you the basics in understanding how to use Copics pens. In this video you'll focus on the basics of coloring. You'll learn the do's and dont's in order to achieve a perfectly colored piece for everyone to enjoy. This is a great video if your familiar with Copic pens or just curious how to properly use them.

How To: Build immunity naturally & not get sick

Natasha tells us not wait until we get sick to take care of our health. Building the immune system will often prevent illness in the first place. The basics of a strong immune system are; plenty of sleep, clean water, good healthy food, and minimizing stress. She advises that as we age we need to take more care with our health, but developing healthy habits earlier on has long reaching benefits. Whatever a persons age, now is the time to adopt healthier habits and make sure the basics are bei...

How To: Make a purple chongo drink

A purple chongo drink, better known as a "Jay Tee Splash" consists of 4 main ingredients. If you can afford it, Bombay gin is the best. Otherwise, just a basic Seagram's gin or grocery store gin is ok. Next, Ocean Spray Cran-grape, which is cranberry and grape juice. Last two ingredients are Minute Maid orange juice and of course, ice. Get a basic 8 oz. glass and fill half way with ice. Cover the ice with the gin, let it melt down a few minutes. Then you can fill the rest of the glass with th...

How To: Make a screen capture program in Visual basic

This video shows how to make a screen capture program in Visual basic. The first step to create a screen capture is to open a new project and open a new form window. The second step is to create to temples for either saving or capturing the picture you choose to select. The third step involves following the code structure given by the instructor to enable the correct function for the save or capture button options. The final step is to open the project as a finished work with the correct codi...

How To: Play a basic game with Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards

This is a video done by a young boy who seems to be a Yu-Gi-Oh fan. He teaches the basics of how to play the trading card game. You begin by cutting the deck. After that you choose the 5 cards off the top to be your "hand". Each time you take a turn, you get to draw an additional card. You can play monster cards, spell cards, and trap cards and he explains how to know which cards to play and where to place them on your dueling mat. He also explains the "ATK" and "DEF" abbreviations on the mon...

How To: Throw a basic curveball

GiantsMan5 demonstrates how to throw a basic curve-ball. First, don't listen to people who say there's only one way to throw a pitch. Position your fingers on the four seams of the baseball. Unlike a fastball, which you throw straight, to throw a curve-ball, move your wrist in and let the baseball drop during the pitch. By throwing an effective curve-ball, you give it top spin so it drops after you release the ball. Use different grips to control the speed of the curve-ball. You can also thro...

How To: Understand the basics of trigonometry

Learn and understand the basics of Trigonometry in this entertaining video. Taught by an experienced YayMath instructor, viewers gain knowledge in the study of trigonometry: the relationship of angles and the triangles they are in. Trigonometry is relevant in many forms of everyday living and careers including architecture. Watch as the experienced instructor gives easy-to-follow instructions and examples including solving "x for y" equations using the 'SOHCAHTOA' method, an abbreviation for ...

How To: Play a basic harmonica blues scale

Guitar Man demonstrates how to play a basic harmonica blues scale and how to bend a note on a harmonica. Playing a harmonica blues scale is really simple. You can play the blues scale with any G instrument. The blues scale is three blow, three blow, three inhale or suck, four blow, four suck, five suck and six blow. Then repeat the pattern in descending order. Follow the pattern to pick up blues harmonica really quickly. Practice the blues scale pattern and you'll eventually be able to improv...

How To: Draw an owl on the computer

Anyone can learn how to draw an owl on their computer with this easy to follow guide from [www.DrawingNow.com Drawing Now] with just a basic paint program. This video tutorial shows you how to start with just the basic skeleton of the bird, and slowly add layers to it to get the finished product. Watch as the artist adds various colors for the wings, face, body and even a colorful branch for it to perch on. Get creative with this starting point and add your own flair and unique spin on this f...

How To: Divide integers

This short video shows basic math integer division. It shows examples of how dividing a positive integer with another positive integer will yield a positive result, whereas diving a negative integer with a positive integer will yield a negative result. This exemplifies the fact that when the signs are different in division, the result will always be negative. This video can definitely help young math students get a better grip of basic integer division and thus have a stronger footing from wh...

How To: Make a basic single holiday bow

There's no better time than the holidays to whip up a batch of beautiful decorative bows. This instructional video teaches you how to tie your own bows for embellishing any holiday themed item. Once you've mastered this technique feel free to experiment with other sizes and styles. These are the bows that we use to attach to wreaths, garlands, centerpieces, swags, potted plants, and a variety of other floral arrangements. Learning how to make your own professional crafter's quality bow like t...

How To: Prove some random trigonometric identities

This video shows the method to prove some trigonometric identities. This involves the use of algebra and knowledge of basic trigonometric identities. The video demonstrates three examples to illustrate this problem and its solution. The first problem shows a relatively simple problem involving sines and cosines. The video shows some basic algebra steps to simplify the problem and prove the identities. The second example involves a slightly complicated problem involving square of combination o...