Subtraction, subtraction, minus, minus hey!
Whatcha’ gonna’ make, smaller today?
You start with 2, and now there's 1
Subtraction never misses,
That take-away fun!
Mom got me a new dog, Who loved to do math
She’d count up in the shower, And down in the bath!
Really a great dog, she really loved action
Our only mistake?
We named her Subtraction!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
My tenth birthday was here, My cake was real sweet,
Sitting out on the table, This couldn’t be beat!
We added 10 candles. That’s 1 for each year,
Mom said
One for good luck, makes 11, my dear!
I went to play outside
But make no mistake,
I returned and saw something was wrong with my cake!
I counted the candles
And counted again
One candle was gone. What remained was just ten!
11 – 1 = 10
Subtraction, subtraction, Minus, minus hey!
Whatcha’ gonna’ make,Smaller today?
Start with two
and now there's one
Subtraction never misses,
That take-away fun!
Just, where had it gone? Where could that candle be?
When I finish this story Then maybe we’ll see..
My candle was gone, But my birthday still rocked,
And my party was soon, With my friends from the block!
I went to play outside, But make no mistake,
I returned and saw something was wrong with my cake!
I counted the candles, On the cake, on the plate,
2 candles were gone, What remained was just eight!
10 – 2 = 8
Subtraction, subtraction, minus, minus hey!
Whatcha’ gonna’ make, smaller today?
Start with 2 and now there’s 1
Subtraction never misses that take-away fun!
Who was taking my candles, My big brother ben?
I needed ten candles to celebrate 10!
I really liked math, I was really just wishin,’
My candles had fun, By doing addition,
I went to play outside, but make no mistake,
I returned and saw something was wrong with my cake!
I counted the candles, 3 more disappeared,
Only 5 candles left, This was kind of real weird!
8 – 3 = 5
Subtraction, subtraction minus, minus hey!
What are you going to make smaller today?
You start with 2
and now there's 1
Subtraction never misses that take-away fun!
5 candles left, That’s ten cut in half,
Then I saw something silly, that made me just laugh,
Do you know what it was? I think that I saw,
some red and blue candles, in subtraction’s front paw…
I went to play outside, but make no mistake,
I returned and saw something was wrong with my cake!
I counted the candles, 4 bye, bye, bye, bye,
Only 1 candle left, like one dot on an i
5 – 4 = 1
Subtraction, subtraction, minus, minus hey!
Whatcha’ gonna’ make,Smaller today?
Start with 2, and now there's 1
Subtraction never misses
That take-away fun!
A single blue candle,this wasn’t too fun
I had more birthday candles to celebrate one!
One birthday candle was really quite sad
I didn’t know what to do, But I knew this was bad!
I went to play outside, but make no mistake,
I returned and saw something was wrong with my cake!
No candles left, nope, nunca, not one
Now what kind of birthday had this day become?
1 minus 1, that's zero
1 - 1 = 0
Subtraction, subtracion, minus, minus hey!
What are you going to make smaller toady?
You start with 2 and now there's 1
Subtraction never misses that take-away fun!
I saw dog Subtraction outside by my ball
in her mouth was a plate, and that wasn't all
on the plate was a cake, she'd baked it herself
and she'd found some pink icing up high on a shelf
she'd baked me her own cake, and I laughed without stop
when I saw all my candles right on her cake's top!
She'd used all 11, all 11 were there
Now my birthday was great, sweet joy filled the air!
Subtraction, subtraction, minus, minus hey!
What are you gonna' make smaller today?
You start with 2, and now there's 1
Subtraction never misses, that take-away fun!