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There is a popular [citation needed] children's song called Inchworm[0] that has a chorus that lists powers of two. Two and two are four Four and four
by ghubbard 11y ago
There is a popular [citation needed] children's song called Inchworm[0] that has a chorus that lists powers of two.
Two and two are four
Four and four are eight
Eight and eight are sixteen
Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two
Everyone familiar with this song would know that 16 and 16 are 32.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchworm_%28song%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchworm_%28song%29
- qb45 11y agoComplete lyrics (is DMCA coming at me?): Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds You and your arithmetic, you'll probably go far. Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds Seems to me you'd stop and see how beautiful they are. (Kids Singing: 2 & 2 are 4, 4 & 4 are 8, 8 & 8 are 16, 16 & 16 are 32) Nothing to do with imperial units at all. Even if she didn't know the song, she might have learned 16+16 from those.
- TuringTest 11y agoThere's a similar song in Spanish, although it takes some detours. The maths in the song (which rhyme in Spanish) are the following: 2+2=4 4+2=6 6+2=8 ...+8=16 ...+8=24 ...+8=32 Whole lyrics: http://www.teocio.es/portal/entretenimiento/canciones-danzas/cancion-de-comba-el-farolero http://www.teocio.es/portal/entretenimiento/canciones-danzas...