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Since math is considered a difficult subject, most people have a lot of misunderstanding of its concepts & procedures. Math jokes essentially highlight these misunderstandings.
What is Math?
"A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems" - Paul Erdös
Expand (a + b)2
(a + b)2
Prove that 3 = 4
a + b = c .
Therefore 4a − 3a + 4b − 3b = 4c − 3c
Therefore 4a + 4b − 4c = 3a + 3b − 3c .
Therefore 4(a + b − c) = 3(a + b − c)
Therefore 4 = 3
Math/ Language Interface
There is a fine line dividing the numerator and the denominator. Only a fraction of people will find this funny.
In my Grade 2 class, some students think that only 0, 4, 6, 8 & 9 are whole numbers. Do you know why?
6 was afraid of 7 because 7 8 9.
Why did 7 eat 9? Doctor asked him to eat 3 square meals.
How do you keep warm in a cold room? You go to the corner. It is 90 degrees there!
Why is the math book so sad? Because it has got a lot of problems.
Why can't whole numbers stand π? Because it goes on and on
What did the calculator tell the student? You can always count on me!
Why did the fraction not want to marry the decimal? Because it would have to convert!
Trigonometry
Calculations
Strange Square Roots
√25 = 2 + 5 -2 = 5
√64 = 6 + 4 -2 = 8
√196 = 1 + 9 + 6 – 2 =14
√289 = 2 + 8 + 9 – 2 = 17
Chachi
If MAMA’s wife is MAMI, who is CHACHA’s wife?
Let CHACHA’s wife be x. Then
Cancelling MAM from numerator & denominator & A from both sides we get
Cross-multiplying we get x = CHACHI
Math Logic
Nothing is better than Heaven
Ham Sandwich is better than nothing.
Hence Ham Sandwich is better than Heaven
Miscellaneous
The old joke goes that the world can be divided into three kinds of people – those who can count and those who can’t.
The volume of a pizza with radius “z” and Height “a”, will be PI * z * z * a.
22nd February 2022 is written as 22-2-22 & hence can be called a “two’s day” and it happens to fall on a Tuesday!
Geometry
Q: What is the difference between a Diameter and a Radius? A: A Radius. (Ans: Diameter - Radius = Radius)
Number Bases
Thanks to Base Number Jokes Explained - Numberphile https://youtu.be/Fmb3TCvlETk
There are ten types of people in this world. Those who understand Binary and those who don’t! (Think Binary)
There are ten types of people in this world. Those who understand Binary and those who don’t! (Think Base 3!)
There are ten types of people in this world. One who understand Hexadecimal and F the rest! (In hexadecimal 10 is sixteen and 15 is F!)
Why do mathematicians confuse Christmas & Halloween? Because OCT 31 is the same as DEC 25 (Octal 31 and Decimal 25 represent the same number.
Area Within a Circle
Some day, an engineer, a physicist and a mathematician enter a competition: who can delimit the largest area with a given length of fence? Well, the engineer ambitiously takes their best measuring equipment, and graduate students to set up the fence as closely as possible to a perfect circle which would maximize the desired area. Happy about the completed work, the engineer is glancing at the physicist who is proudly showing their fence on a nearby hill, explaining proudly that the same circle on a positively curved surface has a larger area. Curiously and with pity they look to the mathematician who is lying somewhat idly inside a small flat piece of land surrounded by their fence. But the mathematician replies triumphantly: “Well, I define myself as outside of the fenced area and everything else inside. Hence: I win!”
What is a topologist? Answer: Someone who cannot distinguish between a donut and a coffee cup.
What is a probabilist? Answer: Someone who is always sure about being only “almost sure”.
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