Math Songs

Credit to: Velma McKay as posted on the PreCalc listserv

Real Properties (*)(tune: Macarana)

Commutative says you can move the numbers

Associative says you can change the grouping

Distributive says take the sum and mul-ti-ply

each and every term by the factor

yes, each and every term by the factor.

That's the big three properties and don't you forget 'em

Don't you forget 'em

"x" equa-als negative "b"

plus or minus

the square root of

"b" squared minus 4 "a" "c"

all of which is over 2 "a"

"m" equals "y" sub 2

minus "y" sub 1,

all over "x" sub 2

minus "x" sub 1.

"x" 1 plus "x" 2, all over 2 comma

"y" 1 plus "y" 2, all over 2

Put'em in brackets and what have you got?

the mid-point of the line segment is what

"x" 1 plus "x" 2 all over 2 comma

"y" 1 plus "y" 2 all over 2

Put'em in brackets and what have you got?

the midpoint of the line segment is what

the midpoint, the midpoint..........

(tune:rudolf the red nosed reindeer)

Zero's a lovely number.

It will multiply and add just fine,

but you can't divide by zero

'cause the answer's undefined.

All of the other numbers

used to laugh and shout with glee

if you divide by zero

all your calculator says is E

(tune: three blind mice)

kings, humans, dragons,

dogs, cats, mice

kings, humans, dragons,

dogs, cats, mice

this a metric song for you

with it the prefix'll come to you

kings, humans, dragons,

dogs, cats, mice

kings, humans, dragons,

dogs, cats, mice

this a metric song for you

with it there's nothing you can't do

oh kings, humans, dragons....

(tune: doh a dear)

kings, humans, dra-ag-gons

dogs, cats, mice, mites and nits

kings, humans, dra-ag-gons

dogs, cats, mice, mites and nits

that's a metric song for you.

with it there's nothing you can't do

Sing it loud and long and true

And the prefix'll come to you!

Soh Cah Toa

Soh Cah Toa

Learn it, and use it

Soh Cah Toa

Sine is opposite over hypotenuse

Soh Cah Toa

Soh Cah Toa

Learn it, and use it

Soh Cah Toa

Cosine is opposite over hypotenuse

Soh Cah Toa

Soh Cah Toa

Learn it, and use it,

Soh Cah Toa

Tangent is opposite over adjacent

Soh Cah Toa

Soh Cah Toa

SOH CAH TOA!

Hey Dude

don't be afraid

math can't hurt you

it's really not that bad

the minute you let it

under your skin

then you begin

to learn it better

x, y and ze-eh-eh-ed

variables

hey dude

x, y and ze-eh-eh-ed

variables

hey dude.

hey dude

don't let me down

now you've found them

go out and add them

remember to only

add the like ones

then your sums

will be much better

(better, better)

x, y and ze-eh-eh-ed

variables

hey dude

x, y and ze-eh-eh-ed

variables hey dude.

The distance betwe-en two points

Is the square root of all of this stuff,

the square of the difference in x's

plus the square of the difference in y's

That is the distance between two points

It's not very hard and it's not very long

just try it and soon you will know it,

the distance formula, in song,

This is my quest to teach you math songs

no matter how hopeless,

no matter how long

To teach you them right, without question or pause

to be willing to write them all down for a very good cause

And I know if you'll just learn them too, then the formulas

will be easy for you

And the world will be better for this

if math songs

silly though they may be,

help one student to be successful

then it's all worth it to me

I'm dreaming of a quadratic, just like the one in our textbook

Where solutions caper across the paper

And make me think that I'm smart.

I'm dreaming of a quadratic-And to myself each night I write

'May quadratics give you no fright-And may all your answers be right.

Zero, that funny cipher has a shape that looks like 'O'

And if you want to use it, there are things you need to know.

Never divide by zero; if you do, you will be sad,

Getting a crazy answer, making your report look bad.

But treat zero as your friend-use him carefully-

'Safe to multiply or add'-That's the rule for zero, lad!

Zero, that screwball number wants to be a comrade true,

But never divide by zero, or you'll be getting zero, too!

O G'ometry, geometry, I am fearful about thee1

Geometry, my bugaboo, a subject I will ne'er let through.

You keep my brain in dizzy whirls

You're tough for boys and tough for girls;

Oh G'ometry, geometry, what Satan's imp invented thee?

Oh, you'd better take care completing the square;

you better not try dividing by y

Math exams are coming to town.

We're making a list, don't shake in your boots

Just watch out for extraneous roots

Math exams are coming to town.

You know you'll have quadratics

and exponentials too

You rationalize the denominators like the root of two.

So you'd better be bright and calculate right

You'd better check roots for the one that suits;

Math exams are coming to town.