[Intro: spoken, cinematic strings, single piano note, drums kick in] Listen... One test One score Out of a hundred And every point you leave behind is gone Will you score it? Or let it fall? [Verse 1: Male Vocal] Test comes back — forty-five out of fifty circled up in red, Percent means out of a hundred — so how many per hundred instead? Double the top and the bottom — ninety over a hundred — ninety percent, Or divide the part by the whole — point nine — times a hundred — same percent. Percent to a decimal — drop the sign, slide the point two places left, Six percent is point oh-six — a zero holds the place, don't forget. Thirty-five percent of sixty? "Of" means times — so here's the play: Point three-five times sixty — twenty-one — the decimal way. No calculator? Ten percent — move the point — sixty turns to six, Thirty percent is eighteen, five percent is three — twenty-one — same answer, quick. [Pre-Chorus: Female Vocal] The part is over the whole — the percent is over one hundred, Set 'em equal, cross-multiply — any blank can be uncovered. Find the part, the percent, or the whole — just three ways to ask, Same proportion every time — fill in what's missing, that's the task. Over a hundred percent? You've got more than the whole thing there, Under one percent? Less than one out of every hundred — handle it with care. [Chorus: Male and Female Vocals together, gang vocals] You only get one shot — score it right, Percent means out of a hundred — keep it in your sight, Part over whole — times a hundred — there's your rate, Percent of a number? Decimal times it — set it straight. This is your moment — every point counts, Discount, tax, and tip — you know the amounts, You only get one shot — give it all you've got, Every percent's a fraction out of a hundred — take your shot. [Verse 2: Female Vocal] Fifteen is twenty-five percent of what? That's the whole we're looking for, Fifteen divided by point two-five is sixty — a quarter of sixty's fifteen — that's for sure. Percent change? Subtract to find how much it moved, Then divide by the original — the starting number — that's how it's proved. Fifty down to forty — ten less — ten over fifty — that's one-fifth, Twenty percent decrease — the starting number's on the bottom — don't let it drift. Jacket's eighty dollars, twenty percent off — sixteen dollars off the price, Sixty-four — or pay eighty percent — point eight times eighty — same answer twice. Then five percent tax — ten percent of sixty-four is six-forty, half of that's three-twenty, Sixty-four plus three-twenty — sixty-seven twenty — discount first, then the tax, that's the order. Twenty percent tip on thirty-five — ten percent is three-fifty — double — seven bucks to leave, Move the point, then build it up — that's the mental math up your sleeve. [Pre-Chorus: Male Vocal] Before you write it down — does the number fit? Pay less after a discount, pay more once the tax is in it. If the part is smaller than the whole — it's under a hundred, every time, If the part is bigger than the whole — you're over — and that's fine. Move the point two places — never one and never three, Slow down, show your work — that's the score you want to see. [Chorus: Male and Female Vocals together, gang vocals] You only get one shot — score it right, Percent means out of a hundred — keep it in your sight, Part over whole — times a hundred — there's your rate, Percent of a number? Decimal times it — set it straight. This is your moment — every point counts, Discount, tax, and tip — you know the amounts, You only get one shot — give it all you've got, Every percent's a fraction out of a hundred — take your shot. [Bridge: spoken over swelling strings, female and male voices trading lines] Breathe. It's out of a hundred. Part over whole. Times a hundred. "Of" means times. Find the whole? Divide by the rate. Percent change? Divide by the original. Discount first — then the tax. Every point counts. Now write it down — and score it right. [Chorus: Male and Female Vocals together, gang vocals] You only get one shot — score it right, Percent means out of a hundred — keep it in your sight, Part over whole — times a hundred — there's your rate, Percent of a number? Decimal times it — set it straight. This is your moment — every point counts, Discount, tax, and tip — you know the amounts, You only get one shot — give it all you've got, Every percent's a fraction out of a hundred — take your shot. [Outro: single words, trading voices, fading] Per hundred... Part... Whole... Times it... Divide it... Check it... One shot... Scored.
