Math jokes are the bedrock of any good humored math class. Just like mathematics itself, math jokes and puns are a universal language that transcends cultural and linguistic barriers.
While math helps us understand and describe the world around us through numbers, shapes, and patterns, math jokes help to provide stress relief and get the attention of everyone.
So whether you are math teacher, math student or a professional mathematician, we are sure that you will enjoy these hilariously funny math jokes!
Math Jokes That Will Get Plenty of Laughter
1. I saw my math teacher with a piece of graph paper yesterday.
He must be plotting something.
2.What did the mathematician say when something went wrong?
Figures!
3. Why do a lot of math students wear glasses?
It helps with division.
4. What’s the difference between a math book and a chemistry book?
One has problems, and the other has solutions.
5. What shape is usually waiting for you inside a Starbucks?
A line.
6. How do you tell the difference between an English major, a Math major, and a programmer?
Ask them what “!” is
7. Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers?
He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them.
8. What do mathematicians like most about Halloween?
Pumpkin Pi.
9. How do you turn root beer into beer?
Pour it into a square cup.
10. Why is Pi not allowed to make speeches?
Because it goes on forever.
11. Do you know what’s odd?
An uneven number!
12. If I got 50¢ for every math test I’ve failed
I would have $7.20 by now
13. Why do you never serve beer at a math party?
Because you can’t drink and derive.
14. Last night I dreamed that I was weightless.
I was like, 0mg.
15. Why did the chicken cross the mobius strip?
To get to the same side.
16. What’s a math teacher’s favorite kind of tree?
A geometry.
17. What is a mathematician’s favorite season?
Sum-mer.
18. Why don’t mathematicians like to drink alcohol?
Because they don’t like to drink and derive.
19. Why weren’t the two math variables speaking to each other?
Because they were x’s
20. What did the mathematician get arrested for?
An infraction.
21. What do you learn in both Math and Social Studies class?
Inequalities
22. Did you hear the joke about the statistician?
Probably.
23. What do you get if you cross a math teacher and a clock?
Arithma-ticks!
24. I saw Pi fighting with the square root of two the other day.
I told them to stop being so irrational.
25. Why did the math teacher have so many children?
Because they were so good at multiplying!
26. Did you hear about the statistician who almost drowned?
He thought he could walk across the river because it was 3 feet deep on average.
27. I hired an odd-job man to do 10 jobs for me.
When I got back, he’d only done jobs 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.
28. What is a butterfly’s favorite subject in school?
Mothematics.
29. An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one tells the bartender he wants a beer. The second one orders half a beer. The third one orders a fourth of a beer.
The bartender puts two beers on the bar and says “You guys need to learn your limits.”
30. What did one decimal say to the other?
Did you get my point?
31. Why do plants hate math?
Because it gives them square roots!
32. How many monsters are good at math?
None, unless you Count Dracula.
33. How do you keep warm in a square room?
You go into the corner — it’s always 90 degrees.
34. There are 3 types of people in the world; those who are good at math…
And those who aren’t.
35. Scientists have been studying aliens.
They’ve discovered that their weights are paranormally distributed.
36. Why isn’t the number 4 popular?
Because it is 2 square.
37.Why was the math book depressed?
Because it had so many problems.
38. How do you make seven even?
Take away the s.
39. What is a bird’s favorite type of maths?
Owl-gebra.
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40. Old mathematicians never die.
They just lose some of their functions.
41. My daughter has a math test on Roman numerals.
I told her I hope she gets a “C”.
42.What did the calculator say to the math student?
You can count on me.
43.Why was 6 afraid of 7?
Because 7 8 9.
44. I failed my math exam because I couldn’t remember how to write 1, 1000, 51, 6, and 500 as Roman numerals.
IM LIVID
45. I asked my math teacher why 6 was afraid of 7.
She replied, “Approximately 0.3583679495453”.
I stared at her, confused. Seeing my confusion, she added, “You know, cos (789)”
46. A student tells his math teacher, “To show you how well I understand fractions, I’ve only done half of my homework.”
47. What’s a mathematician’s favorite DIY tool?
Multi-plyers.
48. What is the best way to find a math tutor?
An add!
49. What happens when math teachers retire?
They have to deal with the after math.
50. What did the math teacher say when he changed his career?
It was a miscalculated move.
51.Geometry class feels senseless.
All we do is go in circles.
52. I don’t love math, but I’m partial to fractions.
53. Why did the math book get bad reviews?
It was derivative.
54. Why did the fraction get left out of the math book?
It wasn’t part of the equation.
55. Why is everyone asking the triangle for advice?
It’s a right triangle.
56. Why is the calculus teacher so fair?
They grade on a curve.
57.What is a swimmer’s favorite type of math?
Dive-vision.
58. Why are fractions such good negotiators?
Cos they can reach across the divide.
59. What did the triangle say to the circle?
You are pointless.
60. Why was 11 arrested for a crime?
They were the prime suspect.
61. Why are there so many math teachers?
Because they always multiply.
62. Why are bad mathematicians so lonely?
Because they can’t count on their friends.
63. What is the anarchist’s favorite part of math class?
Division.
64.. How is the moon and a dollar the same?
They both have four quarters.
65. Why should you always wear glasses during math class?
It’s good for division.
66. Which king invented fractions?
Henry the eighth.
67. How many sides does a circle have?
Two – the inside and the outside.
68. Why did I divide sin by tan?
Just cos.
69. Why is the obtuse triangle always failing tests?
Because it is never right.
70. Today I saw the number 6 playing with the square root of -1.
I thought to myself, “How cute — he has an imaginary friend.”
71. What do baby parabolas drink?
Quadratic formula.
72. Why did the student do her math homework on the floor?
The teacher told her not to use tables.
73. There are 10 types of mathematicians.
Those who know binary and those who don’t.
74. How does a math professor propose to his fiancée?
With a polynomial ring.
75. What did the zero say to the eight?
Nice belt.
76. Where math teachers go on vacation?
Times Square.
77. Which snakes are good at math?
Adders.
78. What do math teachers eat?
Square meals.
79. What tables can you not eat on?
Times tables.
80. Why was the equal sign so humble?
Because he knew he wasn’t less than or greater than anyone else.
81. What did one algebra book say to the other?
Don’t talk to me, I’ve got my own problems.
82. How does a ghost solve quadratic equations?
By completing the scare.
83. How does a mathematician plow fields?
With a pro-tractor.
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Ready for even more math jokes? Just as mathematics fosters critical thinking and problem-solving skills, the process of learning math jokes can also stimulate a healthy sense of humor!
84. Why should the number 288 never be mentioned?
Because it’s too gross.
85. Why did the circle do a flip?
To get in shape.
86. Why couldn’t the angle get a loan?
Its parents wouldn’t cosine.
87. Why did the mathematician get upset when his colleague called him average?
It was a mean thing to say!
88. Why did the obtuse angle go to the beach?
Because it was over 90 degrees.
89. Why does no one want to go on a double date with 3 and 7?
Because they’re such an odd couple!
90. Why don’t people talk to circles?
Because there’s no point!
91. Why do math teachers take salsa classes?
Because they have algorithm.
92. Why should you be worried if you start spewing out math puns?
Because math puns are the first sine of madness.
93. How do deaf mathematicians communicate?
With sine language.
94 What does the mermaid wear to math class?
An algae-bra.
95. What do you call a man who spent the whole summer at the beach?
A tangent.
96. Old mathematicians never die.
They disintegrate.
97. Which English king was good at fractions?
Henry the 1/8.
98. Why is geometry class so uncool?
Because it’s full of squares.
99. What is a bird’s favorite type of math?
Owl-gebra.
100. Geometry is so exhausting.
After studying it all day, I’m all out of shape.
101. Why was the math textbook feeling down?
Because it had so many problems.
102. What do mathematicians do after they admit they were wrong?
Eat a slice of humble Pi.
103. Did you hear about the mathematician who lost it after he couldn’t stop adding for days?
He had an incremental breakdown.
104. Did you hear about the broke and hungry mathematician?
He could binomial.
105. How can you tell when a maths teacher never goes outside?
When there’s no sin of his tan.
106. Why should you never get into an argument with a 90 degree angle?
Because it’s always right.
107. Why did the two fours skip lunch?
Because they already 8.
108. What makes the math pirate sad?
A polygon
109. Why does math make plants uncomfortable?
It gives them square roots.
110. What did the acorn say when it grew up?
Gee-I-am-a-tree! (Geometry)
111. Why are bacteria so bad at maths?
Because they multiply by dividing.
112. Why do math teachers have fireplaces?
Because they love natural logs.
113. What do you get when you divide the sun’s circumference by its diameter?
A Pi in the sky.
114. Why do mathematicians talk so much?
They keep going off on tangents.
115. What’s a mathematician’s favorite snake?
A pi-thon.
116. Why does the obtuse angle wear shorts and flip flops?
Because it’s over 90 degrees.
117. Which angle is everyone’s favorite?
Acute angle.
118. What’s the dumbest angle?
An obtuse one.
119. Why shouldn’t you argue with decimals?
Because they always have a point.
120. Algebra — don’t ask us to find your X!
He’s not coming back and don’t ask Y!
121. What did the mathematician say when the witch removed his spell?
Hexagon!
122. Who invented the Round Table?
Sir Cumference.
123. Why did the two 4’s not go to the office dinner party?
Because they already ate!
124. What do you call a number that can’t keep still?
A roamin’ numeral.
125. You should never get into a political argument with a circle — there’s just no point!
Why did 7 eat 9?
126. Because he had to eat 3 square meals a day!
What surface do mathematicians work on?
127. On a multiplication table.
What is a math teacher’s favorite type of snake?
128. Pi-thon.
Why is the equal sign so confident?
129. He knows he isn’t worth more or worth less than anyone else.
Why do mathematicians love it when it snows?
130. They get to make snow angles.
131.What are 10 things you can always count on?
Your fingers!
132.Why is no one excited for statistics class?
It’s just so average.
133.Why did the fraction call off their wedding with the decimal?
They didn’t want to convert.
134.What’s the name of the math-loving boyband?
The Algebros.
135. A talking sheepdog gets all the sheep into the pen for his farmer. He tells the farmer: “All 70 sheep accounted!” The farmer says, “But I’ve counted them and I’ve only got 68!”
The sheepdog replies, “Yes, but I rounded them up.”
136. Interviewer: “I heard you were extremely quick at math”.
Me: “yes, as a matter of fact I am”
Interviewer: “Whats 14×27”
Me: “49”
Interviewer: “that’s not even close”
Me: “yeah, but it was fast”
137. A math teacher welcomed a new French exchange student into her class and then started teaching a lesson on fractions. The French exchange student raised his hand and said, “Excuse me Madam, but I don’t know how to say fractions. How do you say those?” “Easy,” said the teacher, “you just say the top number and then the bottom number is read as an ordinal number. For example, 2/3 is ‘two-thirds’, 3/4 is ‘three-fourths’, and 2/5 is ‘two-fifths’.” “Thanks, I understand, “said the exchange student. “Good,” said the teacher, and then asked the student, “so how do you say 4/8?” “Should I reduce?” asked the boy. “That would be best,” said the teacher. “One-second,” said the boy.
“Take as long as you need,” said the teacher.
138. Four professionals are interviewing for a math-intensive position in a company
The shortlist of applicants includes a mathematician, a physicist, an engineer, and an accountant. To begin each interview, the representative from HR poses a simple math problem to warm up the candidates. What is 45+18? The mathematician immediately responds “63”. The physicist responds “63, plus or minus 5%”. The engineer thinks for a moment and responds “63, but for safety, let’s call it 70”.
The accountant shuts the door, checks over his shoulder, leans in close to the desk, and whispers “how much do you want it to be?”
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139. Teacher: “Ok, Jimmy. If I gave you two cats and another two cats, how many cats would you have?” Jimmy: “Five!” Teacher: “No, Jimmy. Let me ask you another way. If I give you two apples and I give you another two apples, how many apples would you have?” Jimmy: “Four!” Teacher: “Good, Jimmy! Now if I gave you two cats and another two cats, how many cats would you have?” Jimmy: “Five!” Teacher: “Jimmy! That is incorrect! Why are you answering with five?”
Jimmy: “Because I already have a cat!”
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