My mom says that math is fun,
I’m just not sure I buy it…
But she says I shouldn’t shun
At least not ‘til I try it.
We’ll start with operations
And the easy one is 'add'
Cuz adding’s the foundation
Of the Math Olympiad!
Addition simply tells us
To put numbers together,
Like selfish little Queens do
When counting out their treasure.
Twelve diamonds plus eight rubies
Equals twenty precious jew’ls.
With ten fans and six groupies,
There’s a band of sixteen fools.
The second operation
Makes that selfish Queen quite mad,
Cuz subtracting will take from
All the treasures that she had.
Subtracting seven diamonds
Leaves thirteen jew’ls in her hand.
When four fans get distracted,
There’s twelve fools left for her band.
‘Multiply’ is up next –
Let’s see what this ‘times’ can do…
You’ll gape at the effect of
multiplication’s debut!
Starting with the dozen fools,
We will multiply times five:
The Queen now has sixty tools
To help collude and connive…
With her diamonds and rubies,
Imagine jew’ls times twenty:
Two hundred would be groovy,
But two-sixty makes it plenty!
I think my mom might be right,
This math gives me new vision.
Next, the King, a Duke or Knight,
And there's still division!!
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