Math Jokes

Prime Numbers

Several scientists were asked to prove that all odd integers higher than 2 are prime. *Mathematician: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, and by induction – every odd integer higher than 2 is a prime. *Physicist: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 …

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Quick math joke

Saw this joke on the xkcd forums today posed by Pippin: Two of my friends in math class today: “Dude, our slope is so undefined!” “Straight up, bro.” Spoiler hint: What is the slope of a horizontal straight line? Another one from that forum: Why don’t jokes work in base 8? Because 7 10 11.