Math Jokes?

Question

I teach geometry, and I started putting math jokes on the board, but I am out of jokes I think the kids will understand. To give you an idea of the kind of jokes they liked, here's a couple of their favorites.

What did the acorn say when it grew up? Geometry

What did one math book say to another? Leave me alone. I have my own problems.

Do you know any of a similar level that I can use? Most math jokes require more mathematical knowledge than these kids have.

Answer 1

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I only have a few:

Q:What do you get when you divide a jack o lantern's circumfrence by it's diameter?

A:Pumpkin pi

And here are some that i got offr a website:

1. What do you call a man who spent all summer at the beach?

Tangent



2. What do you say when you see an empty parrot cage?

Polygon



3. What do you call a crushed angle?

A Rectangle



4. What did the Italian say when when the witch doctor removed the curse?

Hexagon



5. What did the little acorn say when he grew up?

Geometry



6. What do you call an angle which is adorable?

acute angle



7. What do you use to tie up a package?

A Chord



8. What do you call a fierce beast?

A Line



9. What do you call more than one L?

A Parallel



10. What do you call people who are in favor of tractors?

Protractors



11. What should you do when it rains?

Coincide

Anotyher website:

What's the best dessert in the Math Teacher's Café?
A slice of chocolate pi.

How many calories are there in that slice of chocolate pi?
Approximately 3.14

What do you get when you cross geometry with McDonalds?
A plane cheeseburger.

What shape is usually waiting for you at Wendy's?
A line.

What do your eyes do when you see a tough geometry problem?
They dilate.

What did the complementary angle say to the isosceles triangle?
Nice legs!

Where did Christopher Complementary begin his journey?
At the Verta Seas.

How do you catch a Geomotrysaurus Rex?
With a Zoid Trap, the same way you would trap-a-zoid.

1 more website, just incase you have used these:

Q: What is the first derivative of a cow?
A: Prime Rib!

There are three types of mathematicians: those who can add and those who can't.

There are only two kinds of math books. Those you cannot read beyond the first sentence, and those you cannot read beyond the first page."

Have you heard the one about the geometer who went to the beach to catch some rays and came back a tangent?


hope there are some there that you havent told them

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Asker's Comment:

Thanks. There were several that I hadn't heard before. My kids will be happy to see some new jokes!

Answer 2

Cakes are round, but Pi are square.

Why was 6 afraid of 7?

Because 7 ate 9.

Answer 3

what did the square sty to the triangle? im twice what you are

Answer 4

Q: What does the zero say to the the eight?
A: Nice belt!

Q: What is the difference between a mathematician and a large pizza?
A: A large pizza can feed a family of four...

Answer 5

Why is SIX afraid of SEVEN?
Because SEVEN EIGHT NINE!

Answer 6

(1) When I was in school my math teacher asked me, Jay, what's the difference between 12 and 8?
I said, that's the way I feel, what's the difference!
(2) If you take two apples from three apples how many apples do you have? Answer - Two apples. (I didn't say how many do you have left)
(3) How many times can 3 be taken away from 21?
Answer - Only once. (After that you would be taking 3 away from 18, then 15, etc. You dig?)
(4) Kid playing on the beach had 6 1/6 sandpiles in one place and 3 1/3 in another. If he put them all together, how many sandpiles would he have? Answer - Only one.
(5) In the Smith family there are 7 sisters, and each sister has one brother. Including Mr. & Mrs. Smith, how many in the family? Answer - Ten.
(6) This is one of my favorites and plan to use it later. So I won't give the answer.
"If this & that plus 1/2 of this & 1/2 of that = 7... how much is this & that?"
As a teacher I'm sure you'll figure the answer.

Don't know if any of these would be helpful to you, but if you want to email me I have some that would take too long to put here. Keep up the good work. God knows the country needs good educators.

Answer 7

What grade do you teach? What have they learned recently? Narrowing it down will help a lot =]

Answer 8

How about 36x24x36?
not the "Perfect Female Figure"
In my 4th grade schoolyear I saw the sign & it appeared as "incomplete", to me! Replace the "bys" as times
36 x 24 x 36 = 31,104! & show that, to the class.
& another equation using a calculator do 6 x 0.1289 & the answer is 0.7734. Then have the calculator turned upside down & the 0.7734 will show as "hello".

Answer 9

What do you say when you see an empty parrot cage?

Polygon

Answer 10

wow...

Answer 11

I took geometry in ninth grade, and am assuming you're teaching about that level. I don't have any jokes to share, but my geometry teacher introduced me to logic puzzles, and I have enjoyed them ever since. If you're not familiar with them, this is the kind of puzzle you find in crossword/variety books (found on magazine racks) that gives a number of clues about a number of items in a scenario, and by carefully considering each clue, you can figure out each item's attributes. For example, Mary and John did not wear green on Tuesday. Doris wore red shoes the day after Ginger wore her white hat, etc.

When I was preparing to take the GRE, I was told that about 1/3 of the exam was this kind of logic puzzle...and they were right. (Although my graduate school didn't look at that part of the test, I did the whole thing, just to see what my score would be.)

Just for something a little different. :)