Top 100 Funny Math Jokes that Prove that Math is Fun

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Mathematics might not always seem like such a silly subject. However, that doesn’t mean that mathematicians don’t like to joke around. Check out below for the top 100 funny math jokes that prove that math is fun.

#100 – 90. Funny Math Jokes

#100. Why do they never serve beer at a math party? Because you can’t drink and derive…

#99. Why did the circle do a flip? To get in shape…

#98. How do you teach a blonde math? Subtract her clothes, divide her legs, and square root her…

#97. Why didn’t the Romans find algebra very challenging? Because they always knew X was 10…

#96. I saw my math teacher with a piece of graph paper yesterday. I think he must be plotting something.

#95. Why can’t the number 4 get into the nightclub? Because he is 2 square…

#94. What do you call an angle that is adorable? Acute angle…

#93. What do mathematicians eat on Halloween? Pumpkin Pi…

#92. What do you call friends who love math? Algebros…

#91. Why is a math book depressed? Because it has so many problems…

#90. Why did the two 4’s skip lunch? They already 8…

#89 – 80. Funny Math Jokes

#89. What did one decimal say to the other? Did you get my point?

#88. Why should you never talk to Pi? Because she’ll go on and on and on forever…

#87. What did the student say when the witch doctor removed his curse? Hexagon…

#86. “A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems” (P. Erdos)

#85. Why did the student get upset when his teacher called him average? It was a ‘mean’ thing to say…

#84. What kind of snake does your math teacher probably own? A pi-thon…

#83. How does a math professor propose to his fiancee? With a polynomial ring…

#82. Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely different. — Goethe

#81. Why does nobody talk to circles? Because there is no point…

#80. Why wasn’t the geometry teacher at school? Because she sprained her angle…

#79 – 70. Funny Math Jokes

#79. A statistician is someone who is good with numbers but lacks the personality to be an accountant.

#78. Why do teenagers travel in groups of 3 or 5? Because they can’t even…

#77. Algebraic symbols are used when you do not know what you are talking about.

#76. Why do math teachers love parks so much? Because of all the natural logs…

#75. Why should you never argue with decimals? Decimals always have a point…

#74. Math is like love; a simple idea, but it can get complicated.

#73. My girlfriend is the square root of -100. She’s a perfect 10, but purely imaginary…

#72. How do you tell that you are in the hands of the Mathematical Mafia? They make you an offer that you can’t understand.

#71. What did the math teach rate the movie American Pie? 3.14

#70. What’s the contour integral around Western Europe? Zero, because all the Poles are in Eastern Europe!

#69 – 60. Funny Math Jokes

#69. What does the little mermaid wear? An Algebra

#68. What happens when you hire an odd-job guy to do 8 jobs? They only do 1, 3, 5 and 7…

#67. In Alaska, where it gets very cold, pi is only 3.00. As you know, everything shrinks in the cold. They call it Eskimo pi.

#66. A geometer went to the beach to catch the rays and became a TanGent.

#65. What did the zero say to the eight? Nice belt!

#64. What will a logician choose: a half of an egg or eternal bliss in the afterlife? A half of an egg! Because nothing is better than eternal bliss in the afterlife, and a half of an egg is better than nothing.

#63. Why did the 30-60-90 degree triangle marry the 45-45-90 degree triangle? Because they were right for each other…

#62. A farmer counted 297 cows in the field. But when he rounded them up, he had 300.

#61. Where’s the only place you can buy 64 watermelons and nobody wonders why? In an elementary school math class…

#60. Where do math teachers go on vacation? To Times Square…

#59 – 50. Funny Math Jokes

#59. How can you tell if a mathematician is extroverted? When he talks to you, he looks at YOUR shoes instead of his own…

#58. Why do plants hate math? Because it gives them square roots…

#57. What did one math book say to the other? Don’t bother me I’ve got my own problems!

#56. Why didn’t sin and tan go to the party? Just cos…

#55. Why didn’t the quarter roll down the hill with the nickel? Because it had more cents…

#54. Why shouldn’t you let advanced math intimidate you? It’s really as easy as pi…

#53. What did Al Gore play on his guitar? An algorithm…

#52. What do you call a number that just can’t keep still? A roamin’ numeral…

#51. Old mathematicians never die. They just lose some of their functions…

#50. Who invented the Round Table? Sir Cumference…

#49 – 40. Funny Math Jokes

#49. How many mathematicians does it take to change a light bulb? One—she just gives it to three physicists, thus reducing it to a problem that’s already been solved…

#48. How do you know when you’ve reached your Math Professor’s voice-mail? The message is: “The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please, rotate your phone by 90 degrees and try again.”

#47. Why is it sad that parallel lines have so much in common? Because they’ll never meet…

#46. What is the difference between a mathematician and a philosopher? The mathematician only needs paper, pencil, and a trash bin for his work. The philosopher can do without the trash bin.

#45. Why does algebra make you a better dancer? Because you can use algo-rhythm…

#44. Why did the obtuse angle go to the beach? Because it was over 90 degrees…

#43. How come old math teachers never die? They tend to just lose some of their functions…

#42. Why couldn’t the moebius strip enroll at the school? They required an orientation…

#41. What’s the best place to do math homework? On a multiplication table…

#40. Did you hear about the constipated mathematician? He worked it out with a pencil…

#39 – 30. Funny Math Jokes

#39. Why should the number 288 never be mentioned? It’s two gross…

#38. How do you make seven an even number? Just remove the “s.”

#37. How does a mathematician plow fields? With a pro-tractor…

#36. What did 2 say to 4 after 2 beat him in a race? 2 Fast 4 U.

#35. Did you hear the one about the statistician. Probably…

#34. Where do mathematicians like to party? In bar graphs…

#33. How does a ghost solve quadratic equations? By completing the scare…

#32. What is the best way to find a math tutor? Place an add…

#31. Are monsters good at math? Not unless you Count Dracula…

#30. Why did the mutually exclusive events break up? They had nothing in common…

#29 – 20. Funny Math Jokes

#29. Why are obtuse angles so depressed? Because they’re never right…

#28. Why did the student do her math homework on the floor? The teacher told her not to use tables…

#27. What is a mathematician’s favorite season? Sum-mer…

#26. How do you do math in your head? Just use imaginary numbers…

#25. What is a proof? One-half percent of alcohol…

#24. Did you hear about the statistician who drowned crossing the river? It was three feet deep on average.

#23. What is the definition of a polar bear? A rectangular bear after a coordinate transformation…

#22. How does mathematician induce good behavior in his children? He says: `I’ve told you n times, I’ve told you n+1 times…’

#21. What’s the best way to serve pi? A la mode. Anything else is mean.

#20. I went into math class today and said to my teacher: “To show you how well I understand fractions, I’ve only done half of my homework.

#19 – 10. Funny Math Jokes

#19. What is a bird’s favorite type of maths? Owl-gebra…

#18. What kind of tree could a math teacher climb? Geometry…

#17. Which snakes are good at math? Adders…

#16. How do you stay warm in any room? Just huddle in the corner, where it’s always 90 degrees…

#15. Why don’t you do arithmetic in the jungle? Because if you add 4+4 you get ate!

#14. I saw Pi fighting with the square root of two the other day. I told them to stop being so irrational.

#13. Why was the math lecture so long? The professor kept going off on a tangent…

#12. What did the mathematician say when he finished his Christmas dinner? Root -1 / root 64 (I over 8).

#11. How do you know your math tutor is hungry? He’ll work for pi…

#10. What’s the best way to woo a math teacher? Use acute angle…

#9 – 1. Funny Math Jokes

#9. Dear Algebra, Please stop asking us to find your X. She’s never coming back—don’t ask Y.

#8. How do you get from point A to point B? Just take an x-y plane or a rhom’bus.

#7. Today I saw the number 6 playing with the square root of -1. I thought to myself: “How cute – he has an imaginary friend.”

#6. Did you hear about the mathematician whose afraid of negative numbers? He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them…

#5. What do you get if you add two apples and three apples? A middle school math problem…

#4. Why couldn’t the angle get a loan? His parents wouldn’t Cosine…

#3. Why don’t calculus major throw house parties? Because they know firsthand that it’s a bad idea to drive and derive…

#2. What is the difference between a Ph.D. in mathematics and a large pizza? A large pizza can feed a family of four…

#1. Why is 9 scared of 7? Because 7 8 9…

The math jokes were taken from the following resources.^[1]Thought Catalog – 56 Funny Math Joke And Puns That Will Make You Smile, Easy As Pi^[2]Humorpedia – 67 Funny Math Joke^[3]Jokes 4 Us – Math Jokes^[4]Owlcation – The Dumbest, Cleverest, Funniest Math Jokes & Puns^[5]Utah.edu – Mathematical humor