This catchy bossa nova song will seriously brighten up your Maths lessons!
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Maths? Oh yeah!©
Maurice Walsh
Song tags
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: major key
- Style: Bossa nova
- Subject: Mathematics
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional call and response)
- Vocal Range: a 7th
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Lyrics
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Lyric/Song sheets (4)
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Teaching song guides (1)
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Audio Tracks (6)
5 and 4 together make 9 – Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
5 and 4 and the total is 9 – Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
When you do addition you always get more – Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
The sum of 5 and 4 is 9 - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
When you take away you end up with less - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Take 4 from 5 and you’re left with 1 - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
The difference is always a smaller amount - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Subtracting 4 from 5 leaves one - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Multiplying something gives several lots - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
4 groups of 5 make 20 altogether - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
5 times 4 makes 20 altogether - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
20 is the product of 4 and 5 - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Sharing things equally gives everyone the same - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
20 divided by 5, and you get 4 each - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
How many fives in 20? That’ll be 4 - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
20 shared between 4 gives 5 each - Yeah! Oh yeah!
With a bit of concentration, do the inverse operation - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
5 add 4 is 9, 9 take 4 is 5 - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Can you see the link? It’s easier than you think - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
4 add 5 is 9, 9 take 5 is 4 - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
With a bit of concentration, do the inverse operation - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
20 shared by 4 is 5, 5 times 4 is twenty - Yeah! Oh yeah!
Can you see the link? It's easier than you think - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
20 shared by 5 is 4, 4 times 5 is 20 - Yeah! Oh yeah!
Maths? Oh yeah! (full arrangement)
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Maths? Oh yeah! (full arrangement)
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Maths? Oh yeah! (melody line)
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Maths? Oh yeah! (optional recorder and percussion part)
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Song writer biography
Maurice Walsh
Maurice Walsh first sang along to steam radio programmes like Workers’ Playtime, ITMA and The Happidrome. Then in the scouts, the school G&S and, for a while, on a daily diet of plainsong and polyphony. He studied singing with Freddie Cox on the opera course at the RNCM (Max Mayer Prize) and ran a Manchester folk club.
After working in Paris for an International Student Movement and in Deptford as a class teacher, he went into the theatre (for West End musicals, Shakespeare, music hall, end of pier, panto and revue) and back into schools as class teacher, Director of Music, Artistic Director. He is now Senior Vocal Tutor with Manchester Music Service, author and director of The Singing School and season card holder for Manchester City FC.
Music taken from
The Singing School (Year 5)
by Maurice Walsh
Manchester Music Service
In The Singing School series Maurice Walsh has assembled a lively mixture of original and well-known songs for the primary school classroom. There are fun songs and chants and material for singing at particular moments in the day, along with songs suitable for literacy and numeracy lessons.
Audio and copyright information
Audio Information
The audio tracks were recorded specially for the Sing Up programme by Finchley Children's Music Group, mixed and mastered by Nic Rowley at Vandborg studios. The backing track was created specially for the Sing Up programme by Ned Bennett.
Copyright Information
All copyright music in the Sing Up programme is used by permission. The songwriters and/or copyright holders have been remunerated under due licensing arrangements. Find out more about copyright by visiting the UK Music and Sound Rights websites.
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