[Intro: spoken, cinematic strings, single piano note, drums kick in] Listen... One whole Equal parts One test And a bottom number you can't ignore Will you split it right? Or let it fall apart? [Verse 1: Male Vocal] Flip the test — a page of fractions staring back at me, Bottom's how many equal parts, top's how many I see. Adding or subtracting? Gotta check the bottoms first, Same bottom — add the tops; never add the bottoms, that's the worst. Different bottoms? Find the smallest number they both share, One-third plus one-fourth — twelve is where they meet — rename 'em there. One-third is four-twelfths, one-fourth is three-twelfths — now they match, Four plus three is seven — seven-twelfths — the bottom stays, that's the catch. Five-sixths minus one-third — make it sixths — one-third is two-sixths in disguise, Five-sixths minus two-sixths — three-sixths — simplify — one-half, the final size. Mixed numbers? Add the wholes, add the parts — regroup if the parts go past one, One and two-thirds plus two and two-thirds — three and four-thirds — four and one-third, done. [Pre-Chorus: Female Vocal] Match the bottoms — make the pieces all the same, Add or take away the tops — the bottom keeps its name. Rename a fraction? Top and bottom, times the same, Equivalent — bigger numbers, but the value never changed. Simplify the answer — lowest terms, that's the aim, Divide them by the greatest common factor — stake your claim. [Chorus: Male and Female Vocals together, gang vocals] You only get one shot — split it right, Every piece the same size — match the bottoms, keep it tight, Multiply straight across — the top, then the bottom too, Dividing? Keep it, change it, flip it — then follow through. This is your moment — don't let it slip, Simplify it at the end — lowest terms, don't skip, You only get one shot — every part in place, Top counts the pieces, bottom splits the space. [Verse 2: Female Vocal] Multiplying? No common bottom needed — that's a myth, Two-thirds times three-fourths — top times top, six; bottom times bottom, twelve — six-twelfths. Simplify — one-half; or cancel first, it's a faster way, The threes cancel, two goes into four — one-half, same answer either way. A fraction of a number? "Of" means times — divide by the bottom, times the top, Two-fifths of thirty — thirty divided by five is six, times two is twelve — and stop. Dividing? Keep the first, change divide to times, flip the last one upside down, Two-thirds divided by four-ninths — two-thirds times nine-fourths — eighteen-twelfths — simplify it down. Eighteen-twelfths is three-halves — improper — turn it mixed, Two goes into three one time, one left — one and one-half, fixed. Mixed numbers times or divided? Make 'em improper first, One and a half times two and two-thirds — three-halves times eight-thirds — that's how it works. Twenty-four-sixths — that's four — and cancel first, it's quicker still, A whole number? Put it over one — four is four-over-one — then use the skill. [Pre-Chorus: Male Vocal] You better check it — does the answer make sense? Estimate it first — round to the nearest half — that's your defense. Multiply by a fraction less than one — the answer shrinks, Divide by a fraction less than one — it grows, more than you think. One wrong bottom can break the whole design, Slow down, show your work — every piece will line up fine. [Chorus: Male and Female Vocals together, gang vocals] You only get one shot — split it right, Every piece the same size — match the bottoms, keep it tight, Multiply straight across — the top, then the bottom too, Dividing? Keep it, change it, flip it — then follow through. This is your moment — don't let it slip, Simplify it at the end — lowest terms, don't skip, You only get one shot — every part in place, Top counts the pieces, bottom splits the space. [Bridge: spoken over swelling strings, female and male voices trading lines] Ten minutes left. Breathe. Look at the pieces. The bottom cuts the whole. The top counts the parts. Adding? Match the bottoms. Multiplying? Straight across. Dividing? Keep, change, flip. Mixed number? Make it improper. Simplify at the end. Now write it down — and split it right. [Chorus: Male and Female Vocals together, gang vocals] You only get one shot — split it right, Every piece the same size — match the bottoms, keep it tight, Multiply straight across — the top, then the bottom too, Dividing? Keep it, change it, flip it — then follow through. This is your moment — don't let it slip, Simplify it at the end — lowest terms, don't skip, You only get one shot — every part in place, Top counts the pieces, bottom splits the space. [Outro: single words, trading voices, fading] Bottoms... Match it... Tops... Straight across... Flip it... Simplify... One shot... Split.
