Integers Rap | Integers, yessur

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life aint as simple as one and one is two

gotta talk about negatives wichu

integers include the entire bunch

in Latin that means “whole” or “untouched”

whole numbers and their negatives

are all called integers kid

zero are part of integers, I aint lyin’

first ones to know this were the Mayans

was a place holder in their calendars

of a base 20 system, not 10 like ours

probably ‘cuz they didn’t just count on their hands

also on their toes in that Chiapas land

southernmost part of Mexico

round 36 B.C. wrote the first zero

by 628 had it in India

written in a book by Brahmagupta

world won’t end in 2012 so don’t be scared

starts a new baktun of bout 400 years

this ain’t no show like gigante

breakin’ it down like Jaime Escalante

start with number line in both directions, yo

positives on the right, increase as they go

negatives on the left, don’t get messed up

value becomes less as numbers go up

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to add, go right from the starting point

to subtract go left from the starting point

answer is on the number that you land

can do it another way, yes you can

adding a negative is an easy situation

change to positive while changing to subtraction

subtract a negative, gotta do the same

switch to addition and to positive you change

for example take 18+(-7)

answer you get gonna be 11

or if you take 30-(-10)

40 is your answer my friend

or try 4+(-8) know what you get

-4 will be your answer, that’s a sure bet

if you got 4 and lose 8 you down a few bro

you owe four and that’s less than zero

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multiply and divide gotta know something

couple rules now while that beat is pumpin’

signs are same answer is positive

signs are different answer is negative

a negative times a positive is a negative

a positive times a negative is a negative

a positive times a positive is a positive

a negative times a negative is a positive

divide is the same rule as multiplyin’

that’s all there is to integers, stop ya cryin’

add, subtract, multiply or divide

it’s all good man, give it a try

-9 times 4, don’t need no tricks

signs are different so you get -36

-3 times -5 gives ya +15

‘cuz signs are the same, u know what I mean

-40 divided by 8

answer is -5, aint that great

54 divided by -6 equals -9

gon’ be negative each an every time