Max's Super StarsMax Math's Adventure

I pointed to a star and counted "1."Counting stars would be lots of fun!

I looked up again and counted 2, 3, 4.It seemed that I was ready for more!

Next came 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.There were so many, I couldn't stop then!

I counted stars all the way to 20.But guess what, my friends? There were still

plenty.I was tired of counting each little star —There are so many, so high and so far!

I said to Ruthie, with a smile on my face,"It's tough to count things in outer space!"

Marvelous MathHow fast does a New York taxi go?

What size is grandpa's attic?How old is the oldest dinosaur?The answer's in Mathematics!

How many seconds in an hour?How many in a day?

What size are the planets in the sky?How far to the Milky Way?

How fast does lightning travel?How slow do feathers fall?

How many miles to Istanbul?Mathematics knows it all!By: Rebecca Kai Dotlich

That’s Mathematics by Tom Lehrer

Counting sheepWhen you’re trying to sleep,

Being fairWhen there’s something to share,

Being neatWhen you’re folding a sheet,

That’s mathematics!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!

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?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 awayFrom mathematics!

Andrew Wiles gently smiles,Does his thing, and voila!

Q.E.D., we agree,And we all shout hurrah!

As he confirms what FermatJotted down in that margin,

Which could’ve used some enlargin’.Tap your feet,

Keepin’ 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 awayFrom mathematics!

The interpretationThe stanza which talks about Andrew Wiles is a reference to the proof of Fermat’s last theorem,which was proposed by Fermat, found in the margin of a book after his death in 1665, and was finally proven by Andrew Wiles (a mathematician at Princeton) 350 year later, in 1994. Fermat’s last theorem asserts that xn + y n = zn

has no whole number solutions for values of n > 2

A Pi Lymeric There once was a number Pi Very special like e and phi Circumference to d Is the ratio for me And it's not a multiple of I

Derivatives, DerivativesBy: Denise Fuji McClearyDerivatives, derivativesThey help us find the rate of change.Derivatives, derivativesThey’re not that hard, they’re in our range.The product rule is so much funIt’s one prime plus two prime oneDerivatives, derivativesThey help you find the rate of change.

A Maths Poemby Andrew N.Is it a decimal or is it a fraction,Should I divide or use subtraction?Can anyone tell me what is this shape,Do we use a ruler or maybe a tape?One hundred centimetres make one metre,How many millilitres to a litre?Push the buttons on a calculator,Teacher shouts 'Use your brains!' - you'll need them later.Three times six, find the factor,(But not using a protractor)

Robert Fuller Murray (1863-1894)The Delights of Mathematics It seems a hundred years or moreSince I, with note-book, ink and pen, In cap and gown, first trod the floor    Which I have often trod since then; Yet well do I remember when    With fifty other fond fanatics, I sought delights beyond my ken,

    The deep delights of Mathematics. I knew that two and two made four,    I felt that five times two were ten, But, as for all profounder lore,    The robin redbreast or the wren, The sparrow, whether cock or hen,    Knew quite as much about Quadratics,Was less confused by x and n,     The deep delights of Mathematics.The Asses' Bridge I passed not o'er,     I floundered in the noisome fenWhich lies behind it and before;     I wandered in the gloomy glenWhere Surds and Factors have their den.    But when I saw the pit of Statics,I said Good-bye, Farewell, Amen!     The deep delighst of Mathematics.O Bejants! blessed, beardless men,     Who strive with Euclid in your attics,For worlds I would not taste again     The deep delights of Mathematics.http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem2716.h

Valentine You disintegrate my differential,You dislocate my focus.My pulse goes up like an exponentialwhenever you cross my locus.Without you, sets are null and void --so won't you be my cardioid?

Circumference and AreaFiddle de dum, Fiddle de dee,A ring round the moon is pi times d;But if a hole you want repaired,You use the formula

Pi r squared.

Math PoemMy mind is turning into scrambled eggs! What is x and y to the power of three? Whole numbers, mixed numbers and absolute, exponents, integers and factoring trees.

Terms, expressions and what is the root? It all sounds like Greek to me.

I must write a poem for another class.I’m running out of time much too fast.So I’ll talk about digits and my reaction, while I attempt to work these equations. 

Mixed operations in an expressionmust be done in the following manner.Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, to help me remember the proper order.

Parentheses, exponents, multiplication, addition or subtraction, that is the order of proper actionfor solving math, numbers and fractions.

With fractions when I multiplyit is best to quickly simplify, the denominators remain the samethese do not need to change.

If fractions I add or subtractI must remember it works like this, each denominator must be the samethen add the top like a list.

Multiply two positives they remain just that.Two negatives will spoil the batch.Mixed signs will keep the minus too, keep this in mind or stay confused.

I wish that I could remember moreBut that is as far as I have gotten.Off to bed I must go, or tomorrow I will feel rotten.

Algebra One 

By Daphne N., Needham, MA

   Remember all those rationals and irrationals, the ones we got confused?

I still get them wrong and I am not very amused.

Digits and decimals, too many D's

But wait until we start on those x, y, and z's.

Powers of 10 are expressed by exponents in many ways,

But, remember, there is only one and that is to have them raised.

Counting all those zeros makes me very crazy,

So use that scientific notation and don't be so lazy.

Collections of elements in sets are a breeze.

Elements follow a pattern just like 1, 2, and 3's.

A variable is a symbol like x which has 1 value, not 2.

If you put the right variable in an open sentence, the statement will be true.

Factoring numbers can be such a bore!

But, prime numbers are the best since the factors are only 1 and itself, and nothing

more.

Basic axioms of algebra leave you in awe,

But not to understand them is one major flaw.

The most important axiom is the distributive one.

It's the one we used the most, but it wasn't that fun.

Reciprocals are the numbers that always do a flip upside down.

Inverses are very different and in their own special way they turn around.

Numbers and variables are jumbled disorderly, 

Are called equations and are only solved algebraically

Solving inequalities can make you want to die,

But, there are only 3 choices: greater than, less than, or equal to, so there is no need to cry.

Polynomials can leave you in such a disarray,

But, just remember there are coefficients and constant terms and then you will be straightened out today.

Products of binomials can take you so long to do a few.

But, just skip the steps and use FOIL without a big to do.

Figuring out ordered pairs can leave you in

such a mess.

But, if you remember the x-axis, y-axis, and origin, you'll do them with success.

Systems of linear equations can be solved in 4 different ways.

Substitution, addition method, determinants, and graphing with different rays.

The slope always equals rise over run.

If you remember this you'll always get those problems done.

Quotients of 2 polynomials are called Rational Algebraic Expression.

If you don't reduce them fully they will leave you in a great big depression.

Square roots and cubic roots leave me very puzzled, But the index and radicand leave me troubled.

Square-free integers can't be broken down anymore.

They are like 2, 3, and 5, but never integers like 16 or 4.

There are many other rules, guidelines and steps to Algebra 1

But, we still have Geometry, Algebra 2 and Analysis to continue the fun!!!