Math Jokes Category

Q: What`s a polar bear?

A: A rectangular bear after a coordinate transform. Read more

Some say the pope is the greatest cardinal. But others insist this cannot be so, as every pope has a successor. Read more

Q: How many light bulbs does it take to change a light bulb?

A: One, if it knows its own Goedel number. Read more

Q: What does the little mermaid wear?

A: An Algebra Read more

Was General Calculus a Roman war hero? Read more

"What`s your favorite thing about mathematics?" "Knot theory." "Yeah, me neither." Read more

Noah`s Ark lands after The Flood and Noah releases all the animals, saying, "Go forth and multiply." Several months pass and Noah decides to check up on the animals. All are doing fine except a pair of snakes. "What`s the problem?" asks Noah. "Cut down some trees and let us live there," say the snakes. Noah follows their advice. Several more weeks pass and Noah checks up on the snakes again. He sees lots of little snakes; everybody is happy. Noah says, "So tell me how the trees helped." "Certainly," reply the snakes. "We`re adders, and we need logs to multiply." Read more

Q: Why didn`t Newton discover group theory?

A: Because he wasn`t Abel. Read more

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. Read more

How do you prove in three steps that a sheet of paper is a lazy dog? 1. A sheet of paper is an ink-lined plane. 2. An inclined plane is a slope up. 3. A slow pup is a lazy dog. Read more