Math Jingles Lyrics

Hi! I'm your new mathematical pal.
My name is Al Gebra, but you can call me Al.
One math idea I can offer to you
Is how to make sure an equation stays true.
(Hey, Al, what's an equation?)
It's another name for a number sentence.
It states that two amounts are equal.

Draw a little line and another little line;
That's an equal sign.
(Yeah, I knew that.)
The amounts on both sides of the sign that you drew
Have to have exactly the same value,
Or else your equation can never, can never be true.

Three equals three. Three plus six equals nine.
These equations are true-they balance just fine.
Four equals five. Four times three equals eight.
These equations are false-the two sides do not equate.

(What do you have to do to keep the equation true?)

If one side gets changed,
Then the other side does too.
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide;
If you do it over here,
You've got to do the same thing on the other side.

Keeping it even, keeping it true.
If the left gets five added, the right gets five, too.
(Give me five!)
That will keep the equation true.

Chorus
Keeping it equal, keeping it true-
All we want to do is keep the equation true.
Keeping it even, keeping it fair-
If you do it over here,
You've got to do it over there.

Subtract three, subtract three-
If we take some from you, we have to take it from me.
If it's out of balance, that's unfair,
If you take from here, you've got to take from there.

Out of balance, that's not right.
If you do it on the left,
Then you've got to do it on the right.
(Mom! Now he has more than me!)

Add four, add four-
You don't add less, and you don't add more.
If you multiply one side times ten,
Do it over there, and you're equal again.

Repeat chorus. (2 times)

Keeping it true, uh huh, keeping it true.
You know I'm keeping it true.