The “Math Class” Song

Math Class

by Barbara Gary and Julie Seeger

Created and performed in 9th Grade, 1970/71

[sung to the tune of “Blue Moon”]

Math class, I used to feel so alone

Without a formula to start,

I could not solve one unknown

Mr. Boyle, you knew just what I was there for

You heard me saying a prayer for

A formula I really could care for

Suddenly there appeared before me: Y=mx+b

I heard somebody whisper, “Use it when in doubt”

And when i tried, the answer equaled 3!

[segue: to the tune of "My Favorite Things”]

Radical Equations and Quadratic Formulas

Algebraic Solutions to Quadratic Equations,

Graphing and solving for x or for y,

these are a few of my favorite things….

[segue: to the tune of "I Got Rythm"]

Logarithim, logarithim, logarithim,

Who could ask for anything more?!

[segue: to the tune of "When the Saints Come Marching In"]

But when the log, (when the log!)

Comes marching in, (marching in!)

Oh when the log comes marching in,

I want to be the one to anti-log it (anti-log it!)

When the log comes marching in!

[segue back to “Blue Moon”]

So Math Class, now I’m no longer alone,

There isn't one known unknown

That I can't solve on my own.

The “Math Class” Song

Wednesday, December 10, 2008