We love math jokes and hope you do too. Being British I’m probably not alone in wondering how Americans manage to shorten “mathematics” which is plural to “math” which is singular. Surely it should be “maths” right? Feel free to correct me by leaving a comment, I would love to hear your side of the argument.
An American football coach walked into the changing room before a football game. He looked over to his new signing and said, “I’m really not supposed to let you play since you failed basic arithmetic, but we need you to be in the team right now. So, what I have […]
The Best Funny Math Jokes
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We love math jokes and hope you do too. Being British I’m probably not alone in wondering how Americans manage to shorten “mathematics” which is plural to “math” which is singular. Surely it should be “maths” right? Feel free to correct me by leaving a comment, I would love to hear your side of the argument.
Meanwhile, onto our collection of math(s) jokes which we hope you will enjoy.
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An Irishman and a Greek were sitting outside a coffee shop one day and they were discussing who had the superior culture, the Irish or the Greeks. After a few lattes, the Greek stated with superiority, “Well, my ancestors built the Parthenon, it’s a marvel of engineering”, arching his eyebrows […]
Teaching an idiot basic maths is not as easy as it might sound. If you have ever tried to teach someone maths and struggled to get the concept across, you will definitely relate to this I am sure. This is a clip from an episode of the classic BBC series […]
Little Johnny was really struggling to learn arithmetic, which had his parents concerned about his education and they had tried everything to help him. They got him a maths tutor. They bought flash cards. They even enrolled him in a special learning center. They had pretty much tried everything that […]
“It’s no good sir”, Murphy said to his English teacher. “I am trying to learn what you are teaching us sir, but everything you say goes in both ears and out the other”. “Goes in both ears and out the other?” the puzzled teacher asked. “But you only have two […]
A friend of mine who is a Southener told me that he was sick and tired of hearing about how dumb people are in the South and showed me this Redneck Math exam paper. He reckoned that no “so called smart” Yankees would be able to pass the test. I […]
A mathematics professor thought he would be clever and sent a text message to his wife: Dear Wife: You must realize that as you are 54 years old, I have certain needs which you are no longer able to satisfy. I am otherwise happy with you as a wife. I […]
Have you noticed how teaching mathematics over the years has really changed? Maths is a lot different now to how it was taught in school when we were young. If you have children bring home maths homework I’m sure you will have noticed the differences. Teaching Maths In 1970 A […]
Three engineers and three mathematicians were traveling to a conference by train. When they arrived at the train station, the three mathematicians each bought a ticket and then they watched as the three engineers bought only a single ticket between them. Looking very puzzled, one of the mathematicians asked the […]
This is an extract from a Los Angeles High School Math Proficiency exam. Name: ________________ Gang: ________________ Johnny has an AK-47 with a 40 round clip. If he missed 6 out of 10 shots, and shoots 11 times at each drive-by, how many drive-by shootings can he attend before he […]