Five times nine, Drive mine, sporty-drive, forty-five.

lol!

(teacher) Nine times fourty three thousand point two.
(student) I have absolutely no freakin clue!

Last edited by mikau (2006-02-23 13:40:25)

as annoying as this is, it might be a great way to teach really little kids their multiplication tables. You might be able to get a 3 year old to learn them with this! And then we can teach them calculus when they're four.

Three times four, bee door, small for elves, twelve.
Three times three, me, me, fine, nine.
Two times three, Who's tree? Sticks. Six.
Two times two, Who's who? I don't know anymore. Four.
  (The last one is good for my two twin nieces that I still can confuse sometimes.)

I do that all the time.

I was thinking more of making a song out of them.  I could play the song
softly on my clarinet in the background, and then rerecord my voice singing
the math poems on top.  I use WavePad, a free recorder to make .wav files
at various sampling rates of your choice.  Then I'd give the cd to my nieces
to listen to.  It's all hypothetical.  First I've got to improve on my list of
times poems.  I actually finished a personal list, but most of them aren't
any good or don't make much sense, so I won't post them.

Seven times seven, went to heaven for tea-time: forty nine!

... how many are missing?

Coming up with alternates is a good idea since someone reading these might prefer one over another, so keep'm comin'...  The more the better.  A really catchy one could really be useful for someone.  My Dad is really good verbally, but not so with math, and he thinks this is a great idea.  Of course the ones I'm coming out with might not be that good, so feel free to do any over.

eight times nine, straight line and lengthy too, seventy two

Nice one!! Like 8x9 straight line and lengthy too, 72.  It's a hit.

six times six I like weetbix I like crispix thirty-six

Awesome! There are 24 keys on the clarinet and the register key makes the tone go up 19 semitones (halfsteps) or an octave plus a fifth!  Vandoren Selects, my favorite reed.  Can't get them in the stores, I get the Selects online.