--- title: Students, Teacher Make Up Math Song to Learn Long Division description: A math class in Jacksonville, Florida took learning to the next level when students created a song about long division. canonical: https://time.com/4604778/math-class-long-division-song/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-16T17:39:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:33.210Z og:title: Watch These Kids Sing About Long Division in Their Math Class og:description: Math has never been so cool og:url: https://time.com/4604778/math-class-long-division-song/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch These Kids Sing About Long Division in Their Math Class twitter:description: Math has never been so cool twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Kids Turned Math Class Into Dance Class With a Catchy Song About Long Division  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 16, 2016 5:39 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 16, 2016 5:39 PM UTC A math class in Jacksonville, Florida is taking [learning to the next level](http://time.com/4595309/los-angeles-school-counselors-donald-trump/) with a song about long division that’s so catchy that [students are dancing to it](http://time.com/4034862/whip-nae-nae-gym-class/) while they solving equations. Nadine S. Ebri, a fourth grade teacher at La Core Christian Academy, posted a Facebook video on Monday of two of her students dancing while the class sang a tune they had made up to remember the steps in long division. “Divide. Multiply. Subtract. Break it on down and bring it on back” are the lyrics to this simple but compelling song, which has resonated with more than just Ebri’s fourth graders; since being posted, it’s gone viral with over 13 million views. See the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4604778/math-class-long-division-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4604778/math-class-long-division-song/"},"headline":"These Kids Turned Math Class Into Dance Class With a Catchy Song About Long Division","datePublished":"2016-12-16T17:39:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:33.210Z","description":"Math has never been so cool","url":"https://time.com/4604778/math-class-long-division-song/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Education","kids","Humor","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4604778/math-class-long-division-song/","name":"These Kids Turned Math Class Into Dance Class With a Catchy Song About Long Division"}}]}] ```