Sunday, January 12, 2014

math humor


1. Rene Descartes went into his favorite bar and the bar tender asked, "would you like your usual drink, Monsieur Descartes? " Descartes replied "I think not" and promptly disappeared.
from http://www.sonoma.edu/math/faculty/falbo/jokes.html
explanation: the key to understanding this joke is that one of Descartes's famous lines is "I think therefore I am." so if he "thinks not", then he "is not"- he doesn't exist. 


2. Q What does trigonometry have in common with a beach?  A: Tan Gents
from  http://www.sonoma.edu/math/faculty/falbo/jokes.html
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from mrmcdanielsteacherpage.wikispaces.com

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from mathjokes4mathyfolks.wordpress.com
 They set up the proportion "grew" is to "grown" as "flew" is to a variable. This couldn't work in an equation because grew and flew are variables so you can't cancel the letters because they are part of the variable and don't have any value on their own, but I still thought it was clever!
5. A cute angle...If I ever teach math, this is going on the wall!
from https://www.pinterest.com
6. Howard pick-up line
math pick-up line from https://www.pinterest.com
7. I think my favorite thing about this is that I still remember enough basic algebra to get this.
from https://www.pinterest.com
8. Theorem:
All positive integers are interesting.
Proof:
Assume the contrary. Then there is a lowest non-interesting positive integer. But, hey, that's pretty interesting! A contradiction.
9. The Mean One...bah ha ha! This sounds like an Edith math joke!
4+3+17+8= 32 --> 32/4=8 which is the "average" or "mean"
from https://www.pinterest.com
10. Math jokes
from https://www.pinterest.com

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