Servais (il/le) to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months agoWhat is the most useless thing you still have memorized?message-squaremessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down11
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most useless thing you still have memorized?Servais (il/le) to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square130fedilink
minus-squareamoistgrandpa@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-25 months agoX equals negative B Plus or minus the square root Of B squared minus 4AC All over 2A Sang to the tune of pop goes the weasel. I haven’t done pre-calc in like 10 years, but this song still lives rent free in my head.
minus-squareWR5@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI learned similarly but to the tune of the Flintstones theme. “Neg B / Plus or minus / Square root of b squared minus 4AC / It’s all / Over 2A / That’s the quadratic formul-ee” (to rhyme with 4AC).
minus-squareradicalautonomy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYou can also do it to the chorus of Rollin’ in the Deep. I teach both to my Algebra students.
X equals negative B
Plus or minus the square root
Of B squared minus 4AC
All over 2A
Sang to the tune of pop goes the weasel.
I haven’t done pre-calc in like 10 years, but this song still lives rent free in my head.
I learned similarly but to the tune of the Flintstones theme.
“Neg B / Plus or minus / Square root of b squared minus 4AC / It’s all / Over 2A / That’s the quadratic formul-ee” (to rhyme with 4AC).
You can also do it to the chorus of Rollin’ in the Deep. I teach both to my Algebra students.