THE QUADRATIC RAP

By Sara Rodriguez

To learn the Quadra-tic,

Here’s a simple trick,

So easy, you won’t get sick…

We got this by completing the square,

No easy task, so do beware,

Once done, you’ll jump in the air… 

Start with ax² + bx + c = 0,

This standard form is my math hero,

It won’t ever sell you down the rio… 

Now get the coefficients of each variable,

Set them to a, b, and c, if you’re able,

Almost there, this ain’t no fable… 

Now set up that (b² – 4ac) square root,

Get ready to holler and hoot,

You can finish this, you are no brute…

You know your values, just plug ‘em in,

Now simply compute, that’s no sin,

Calculate … now you’re in!

Math Poem

By: Jamie Gonlag

Numbers, symbols, and equations

Sometimes difficult for this Caucasian.

Everyday in period 7

Definitely not a slice of heaven.

From 2 to 3, for one whole hour

I sit and wonder why math’s so sour.

Math can be very scary and sometimes makes me extremely wary.

Especially with these crazy terms,

All of which I have to learn.

When Mrs. Komen stats talking about “Phi”, I just want to curl up and die.

Tanx = sinx /cosx, that’s trig,

But my brain just can’t get that big.

Inverses…don’t get me started, csc and sin,

Takes up too much of my time!

Sin squared x + Cos squared x = 1

Oh how I wish I was outside in the sun.

All of this is hard to “compute”, my brain just wants to dilute.

Now it’s time for something fun

Like when is this class going to be done.

So as I sit and ponder why

All I need to do is try, try, try!

 While, I write this to raise my grade

I truly know, I’d rather be at a parade.

As my poem comes to an end

I know next class I will try to comprehend.

And as I always do and say

Trigonometry Poems 

By: Gervin De Guzman

Sohcahtoa

So much to learn

in so little time.

Please oh great Sohcahtoa,

show me a sine! 

Trigonometry Haiku 

Trigonometry

shows all of the angles in

actuality.

Math 

Learning math is

Such a breeze,

But very few can learn

With such ease.

Pythagoras

Mister Pythagoras

Was the man

Who made the triangle as

Equal as he can.

               By Taylor New           

Math, Math you’re a tedious task.

            I am glad though, you are my last class.

            For years now I have been doing so much work,

            You have been making me go berserk!
     

            Math, Math there are circles and squares,

            They don’t even give us comfortable chairs.

            Taking quizzes and cheating on tests.

            Always trying to do our best.
     

            Math, Math please just stop!

            I am tired of counting numbers to the top!

            Sharpening pencils and erasing marks,

            I’d rather be playing in the parks.

            Math, Math you make me cry,

            I think I would rather die.

            You’ve told us before, that 2+2=4,

            Please don’t tell us anymore.

            Math, Math Mrs. Komen is my teacher,

            Oh! What a beautiful creature.

            Shes taught me well this year, she deserves to hear,

            That I hope she never disappear.

            Math, Math you’ve made me drool

            Through grade school, junior high and don’t forget high school.

            Continuing through College and all the years to come,

            I hope I don’t end up so dumb.
  

            Math, Math you’ve made us multiply, and add,

            But after all these years, I’ve realized you’re not that bad.

            You mean a lot to me, oh yes you do.

            All I have to say is that I love you too!

MATH IS AS EASY AS STUNTING

One girl on top

Plus three on the bottom

If she flops that means minus one on top

Add a new flyer

Subtract one leg

And hopefully there she will stay

The tricks she can do

Are just like math two

Multiply, divide

Stunting is just like a ride

There are many steps to the tricks she can do

And when put together its just like,

One plus two

Now she twists down

After a cradle,

One, two

And now our lesson is done

Math and stunting

"One o one"

A Letter To Mr. Math

By Holly Downs 

Arithmetic , mathematics, the devil;

Whatever you want to call yourself,

I am no fan of yours.

Yes, I put up with you for most of my life,

But that doesn’t mean I’ve grown to fancy you.

All of your formulas, identities and laws have been engraved into my mind;

 , a² + b² = c² , (a + b) × c  =  a × c  +  b × c;

I cannot escape your manipulative and daunting ways.

O math, you will be my lifetime foe,

And yet, as I continue on my dreaded journey with you,

I can’t help but realize you are necessary for my incalculable success.

Math

By: Caprice Primo

Math may be fun but it also is tough

Like logs and trig, oh that is sure rough

Every year we are taught something new

They are sure a step up from 2+2

But it is definitely not as hard as it seems

So here is what I think math should mean

M is for multiplying, it will never go away

A is for adding, we use it everyday

T is for theta and I learned it this year

H is for the happiness that comes from

solving a problem and you must cheer

No, that is not all there is to learn

Cause if it was, you should be concerned

Natural logs, probability, tangent, and sin

N^th term, amplitudes, factorials, and cosine

Cubed numbers, fractions, lines, and decimals

Pi, parenthesis, vertexes, and radicals

You can factor out (2a+b)²

Or try to find a graphing pair

Let’s plot a frequency and see how it dips

And then try to find the equation of an ellipse

This is just some stuff you’ll find in Algebra 2

So thank you Ms. Komen, we owe it all to you!