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Maths Jokes!

By Hannah, 12 July 2013.  Posted in Everyone

It's almost the end of term, so to celebrate with a bit of fun, the MyMaths team would like to share their favourite maths jokes.

 

What did 0 say to 8?  Nice belt.

 

A shepherd's feeling a bit lazy, so he sends his talking dog out to collect the sheep from the fields and get them into the pen.    After the dog's back, the shepherd asks him, "How many, boy?"

"40" replies the dog.

"40?  I've only got 36 sheep!"

"I know," says the dog, "I rounded them up."

 

There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary, and those who don't.

 

It was never going to work out between half and 0.5. She thought he was vulgar, and you can see her point.

 

So half got together with √-2; and things got complex.

 

Why did the students wear glasses during the maths lesson?  Because it improved di-vision!

 

Why was 6 afraid of 7?  Because 7 ate 9.

 

Do feel free to send us your jokes!