Multiplication

When you see five happy apes, and each one has four yummy grapes

How can you tell how many grapes there are in all?

You can add up four plus, four plus, four plus, four plus, four like so

The sum is 20 grapes, but there's another way to go

You can use multiplication, it's a different way to add

What a handy calculation, when you learn it, you'll be glad

And so it's five times four, you still got 20 my oh my

Instead of adding repeatedly, you multiply

There are six eggs in each carton, and suppose you're buying three

Well, three times six is 18 eggs, just count them and you'll see

And four times three makes 12 big pigs inside a farmer's pen

You got five fingers on each hand and two times five makes ten

Yes it's, multiplication, that little X means times

Three times five makes 15 ice cream cones or basketballs or limes

You could add up five plus, five plus five, but here's a thing to try

Instead of adding repeatedly, you multiply

It's an awesome thing to learn how you can multiply