Eight wrong (x) eight is sixty four
That cross (x) causing such a furore
Teachers say it means multiply
Perhaps a rhyme would help satisfy
So, I ate and I ate till I was sick on the floor
Eight times eight is sixty four!

' Gisinters' is another puzzlement
Division, symbol : , is what is meant
Eight goes into sixty four
Eight the answer, division law
But oh what confusion when times and division
Come together in the same transmission
There is no symbol to handle this
Better to give the whole thing a miss.