Calc Class by Mathlemore (Thrift Shop)

Cover of Thrift Shop by Macklemore about a calculus concept, derivatives. Featuring Kathryn (Kat) McClellan, Cooper Watson, and Carson Jones, this music video covers key parts of derivatives from the definition to quotient rule.

Created as our final project in BC Calculus at Austin High School with Ms. Mardi as our teacher, we hope that this can help you learn derivatives a little bit faster, easier, and with more fun!

Lyrics:

Hey Carson, can we go to calculus?

I'm gonna do some math
Got my calculator in my pocket
I-I-I'm hunting, looking for Ms. Mardi
This is freaking awesome

Walk into class like "what up I got a TI"
I'm so pumped about deriving, I can't lie
Derivatives are so damn easy
People like "damn that girl is so nerdy"
Strolling in, with no sleep, now I'm headed to my seat
Dressed in all layers, cause this classroom has no heat
Sitting in my seat, Charlie standing next to me,
Probably gotta shut up, cause Ms. Mardi's counting
Shhhhhhhhh
But man, that doesn't make sense screw it
Studyin' it, workin' it, 'bout to do some derivatives
Passin' up on the definition, I'm taking too much time on it
I need it on the AP test
It's the limit of h as it
Approaches zero of x plus h minus x over h
I can make it easy now, I can make it easy now
No for real—the power rule—just bring the power down thank you
Power then becomes n minus 1
Multiply the coefficient by what you brought down
I was stuck in a rut, without using a shortcut
But now I'm passing, cause now I know the shortcut
Hello, hello, I aced it, fo' sho
But now we got trig derivatives aww hell no
I forgot to study all of these oh no
Then Ms. Mardi would be like "aw, you got a zero"

I'm gonna do some math
Got my calculator in my pocket
I-I-I'm hunting, looking for Ms. Mardi
This is freaking awesome

I'm gonna do some math
Got my calculator in my pocket
I-I-I'm hunting, looking for Ms. Mardi
This is freaking awesome

What you know about logarithmic functions
What you know about exponential functions
I'm diggin', I'm diggin', I'm searching for my notebook
One kid's trash, that's another kid's notes
Thank you Nessa for making us that derivatives notes sheet
Cause right now I'm in a math club meet
I'm in the class, you can find me in the front
I'm not, I'm not sick of learnin' all that BC stuff
You're adding, subtracting, you're multiplying, dividing
I'll take that ballpoint pen in my hand and rock that mother-effer
The built in grip with the clip on that mother-effer
I hit the test and they stop in that mother-effer
They be like "oh, not a pen—that's permanent"
I'm like "yo—no mistakes, I know all of my shit" wait...shit....
At least I'm surviving, let's do some more deriving
Now lets try to solve product rule it's just 2 functions times their primes
Deriving f times g is f(x) times
G prime of x added to the opposite
Lets try quotient rule
By deriving and dividing 2 different functions is more simple with this trick though
Just start with low d high minus high d low
Then put it all over the low function squared
Low function squared

Hey Will, AP test, yeah!

I'm gonna do some math
Got my calculator in my pocket
I-I-I'm hunting, looking for Ms. Mardi
This is freaking awesome

I am in calculus
I love derivatives
I'm in this nerdy class
That Ms. Mardi likes to sass

I am in calculus damn right
I love derivatives dx
I'm in this nerdy class nerdy class
That Ms. Mardi likes to sass

I'm gonna do some math
Got my calculator in my pocket
I-I-I'm hunting, looking for Ms. Mardi
This is freaking awesome

Hey, did we have homework?

Class of 2013