Songs:
Solving problems with the percent proportion (tune: William Tell Overture)
___ is ___ % of ___
___ is ___ % of ___
___ is ___ % of ___ ... 100!
(Then put the information from the problem into your "box" and solve the resulting proportion the way we learned in class.)
“? That’s Mathematics??”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FLGZtwfV3Y&NR=1
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Counting sheep – when you’re trying to sleep
Being fair – when there’s something to share
Being neat – when you’re folding a sheet
That’s mathematics
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When a ball – bounces off of a wall
When you cook – from a recipe book
When you know – how much money you owe
That’s mathematics
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How much gold – can you hold – in an elephant’s ear?
When it’s noon – on the moon – then what time is it here?
If you could count for a year
Would you get to infinity – or somewhere in that vicinity?
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When you choose – how much postage to use
When you know – what’s the chance it will snow
When you bet – and you end up in debt
Oh, try as you may -- you just can’t get away
From mathematics
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Andrew Wiles – gently smiles – does his thing – and “Voila!”
Q-E-D – we agree – and we all shout “Hurrah!”
As he confirms what Fermat – jotted down in that margin
Which could’ve used some enlargin’
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Tap your feet – keep in time to a beat
Of a song while you’re singing along
Harmonize – with the rest of the guys
Yes, try as you may – you just can’t get away
From mathematics!
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“Divisibility Rules” (Tune: The Ants Go Marching)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ffvCtNZN9Q
We only use the digital sum for 3 -- and 9
We only use the digital sum for 3 -- and 9
Not for 2 -- Not for 5 -- Not for 10
But 3 and 9!
And we all agree that “Divisibility Rules!”
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Hopping on the Number Line (Integers)
http://www.harcourtschool.com/jingles/jingles_all/5hopping_number.html
Integers, integers,
They're the set of whole numbers and their opposite numbers.
You can show them on a number line.
You can add and subtract them on a number line,
Hopping on the number line (Hop! Hop!)
Hopping on the number line.
A two with a positive sign before it is a positive integer.
How do we say it? "Positive two."
Its absolute value is two because it's two units from zero,
Hopping on the number line.
A two with a negative sign before it is a negative integer.
How do we say it? "Negative two."
Its absolute value is two because it's two units from zero,
Hopping on the number line.
Repeat chorus.
Positive two and negative two are opposite integers.
They each have the same absolute value,
Their absolute value is two, (two)
They're the same distance from zero,
Hopping on the number line.
(But in opposite directions!)
Note: There are 2 more verses to this song regarding adding/subtracting integers that had awkward wording with the potential for confusing students, and I chose to leave them out.
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MATH JINGLE Christmas medley sing-along with lyrics - “Solving Problems” (Jingle Bells) and “Equations” (Deck the Halls): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oPdt8h2Nk&feature=related
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Oh Number Pi (3.14…)
("Oh Christmas Tree")
Oh, number Pi, you circle guy,
Your digits are unending,
Oh, number Pi, you circle guy,
No pattern are you sending.
You're three point one four one five nine,
And even more if we had time,
Oh, number Pi,
You circle guy,
Irrational, well-rounded.
Oh, number Pi, you doughnut guy,
You are a number very sweet,
Oh, number Pi, you doughnut guy,
Your uses are so very neat.
There's 2 Pi R, circumference
And Pi R squared for area
Oh, number Pi,
You doughnut guy
We know that Pi's a tasty treat.
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Circle in the Sand
("Jingle Bells")
Circle in the sand (or snow),
Round it I ran one time.
That’s called circumference
Diameter times pi!
I want some pizza pie
And Pi r squared, I’ll use,
To find its area
And chase away the blues. (refrain)
Refrain:
Oh, Pi day songs, all day long.
Well-rounded? Yes, sir-ree.
Oh, what fun to raise our scores
And ace the M-C-T. (Repeat )
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The Triangle Song If you have three sides the same in length, it’s equilateral
If you don’t have any sides the same then you call it scalene
But the one that ends up hard to spell…
(slowly) Two sides the same, you know it well…… It’s……
I – S – O – S – C – E – L –E –S
And it’s isosceles.
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Mean, Mode, Median, Range ("Frere Jacques") Mean means average. Mean means average. Mode is most. Mode is most. Median is in the middle. Median is in the middle. Range is spread. Range is spread. |
The Triangle Song (Words from the Oscar Mayer bologna commercial are in parentheses)
If you have 3 sides the same in length, it's equilateral. (My bologna has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R.)
If you don't have any sides the same, then you call it scalene. (My bologna has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R.)
But the one that ends up hard to spell... (I like to eat it every day...)
(slowly) ... 2 sides the same, you know it well ... (and if you ask me why I'll say ...)
It's .......... I-S-O-S-C-E-L-E-S and it's isosceles. ( 'cause ... Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A.)
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