We all know why 6 was afraid of 7...so here are some other funny math jokes that you probably haven't heard before — courtesy of Reddit, Twitter and Tumblr — for the next time you're trying to be the math class clown!
1. "What do you call a snake that's 3.14 meters long? A πthon!"
2. "I know a mathematician who couldn't afford to buy lunch. He could binomial."
3. "So a Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers and says, 'I'll have five beers, please.'"
4. "There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator..."
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6. "A guy walks in to a bar and shouts "Give me ten times the number of drinks everyone in here is drinking!" The bartender replies 'That my friend, is an order of magnitude.'"
7. "There are two kinds of people in this world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data..."
8. "I find negative numbers so confusing, I will stop at nothing to avoid them!"
9. Jeff Bezos' secret:
10. "What does the B in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for? Benoit B. Mandelbrot."
11. "Why do mathematicians like parks? Because of all the natural logs."
12. Simple geometry:
13. "Did you hear about what happened to the statistician? Probably."
14. "What do you call a baby eigensheep? It's a lamb—duh!"
15. "Why math puns? Just cos."
16. Everyone's favorite show:
17. "Alcohol and mathematics don't mix... Never drink and derive."
18. "What do you get when you cross an elephant and a grape? Elephant grape sine theta."
19. "Three statisticians are at archery. The first one misses the target ten feet to the left. The second one misses the target ten feet to the right. The third one shouts, 'Bulls-eye!'"
20. Going back to your roots:
21. "Triangles and squares agree: circles have no point."
22. "Why couldn't the fraction 1/5 finish his math exam? Because he was 2/10ths."
23. "There are three types of people in the world: those who can count and those who cannot."
24. No one:
25. "Why did the mathematician wear a costume on Christmas?Because OCT 31 = DEC 25."
26. "Why didn't the topologist's marriage work out? He though arbitrary unions were open."
27. "Here's looking at Euclid."
28. Perspective shift:
29. "Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine. Why was six afraid of eight? Induction!"
30. "We know that 6 was afraid of 7 because 7 8 9. But why did 7 eat 9? He wanted to have 3 squared meals a day."
31. Fully functional:
32. "Why do they mow the grass in the middle of a divided highway? So the median's mean can be mode."
33. "My girlfriend is like the square root of -100, a perfect 10 but totally imaginary."
34. "I don't know about math, but I definitely love jokes about Sweden. I mean, for starters, their flag is a big plus."
35. No longer at odds:
36. A generational difference:
37. The amazing diversity of nature:
38. Double-checking:
39. The best cheese:
40. Everyone's favorite state:
41. How coffee is made:
42. "The volume of a cylinder with radius z and height a can be expressed as pi * z * z * a."
43. The REAL answer:
44. "My wife told me she thought that conic sections were the greatest thing ever, but I told her to stop being so hyperbolic."
45. The important difference:
46. Lots and lots of berries:
47. Frowns upside down:
48. The most perfect words in the world:
49. Proper labeling:
50. Epic arguments:
51. "There are 10 types of people in this world: those who know binary, those who don't, and those who didn't expect this joke to be in base 3."
52. "Why does 0 have such a hard time finding a job? It doesn't have a degree."
53. Disgusting tans:
54. He has the right angle:
55. Don't be obtuse:
56. "What do mathematicians do when they're constipated? Work it out with a pencil."
57. A math-scot:
58. A classic math thriller:
59. This one's a thinker:
60. Scary moments at home:
61. True terror:
62. Test scores:
63. Everyone's favorite day:
64. You + me = we:
65. Coping mechanisms:
66. Aspirin:
67. A visual reminder:
68. The easiest problem to solve:
69. A helpful Venn diagram:
70. Tomato, tomahto:
71. Show your work:
72. Marvel's hot new movie:
73. Pokemon math:
74. The beauty of nature:
75. The important difference:
76. An apPEELing equation:
77. "An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first orders a beer. The second orders half of a beer. The third orders a quarter of a beer. The fourth begins to order, but the bartender cuts him off, saying, 'You guys need to know your limits,' and putting two beers on the bar."
78. A *complimentary* angle:
79. "Of all the primes, 2 is the oddest."
80. No half measures:
81. "A physicist, a biologist, and a mathematician are sitting in a street cafe watching people entering and leaving the house on the other side of the street. First, they see two people entering the house. Time passes. After a while, they notice three people leaving the house. The physicist says, 'The measurement wasn't accurate.' The biologist says, 'They must have reproduced.' The mathematician says, 'If one more person enters the house, then it will be empty.'"
82. "Why can't you grow wheat in Z mod 6? Because Z mod 6 isn't a field."
83. Integratin' issues:
84. "Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine. Why was six afraid of eight? Induction!"
85. Rivals:
86. Binge watching:
87. "What do you get when you cross a mosquito and a mountain climber? Silly mathematicians, you can't cross a vector and a scalar!"
88. Shouting problems:
89. "Pi and I got into an argument. Pi told me, 'I'm just keeping it real.' I said to pi, 'No, you're being irrational.'"
90. “Eight says to his friends seven and nine, ‘Hey guys, meet my new friend square root -1. ‘Seven says to nine, ‘Why can't I see anyone?’”
This article contains content from Dave Stopera and Sam Weiner. It was compiled by Kelly Rissman.