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Flying Mullet
08-02-2006, 02:59 PM
I'm sure some of you have seen some of these before, but I thought they were pretty good.

starseeker
08-02-2006, 03:01 PM
They're funny. I need to do them in maths lessons next time I'm stuck.

bipper
08-02-2006, 03:30 PM
What? Those are perfectly sustainable math therom! Maybe you should go back to school and pay attention in english class, eh? :p


the second one had me on the ground laughing, I used to do that all the time to piss off my teachers

oddler
08-02-2006, 06:48 PM
Hate the third one. Adore the last one, though. :p

Old Manus
08-02-2006, 06:49 PM
ytmnd ftw!

lovehurts
08-02-2006, 06:54 PM
Enjoyable thanks.

Tempest
08-02-2006, 06:59 PM
Funny stuff, especially the last one. :)

rubah
08-02-2006, 07:06 PM
Hate the third one. Adore the last one, though. :p
I've always wondered how to work those limit problems in quiz bowl :]]]

Christmas
08-02-2006, 07:08 PM
lol.

Rengori
08-02-2006, 07:12 PM
Loved all of them but the third.

rubah
08-02-2006, 07:17 PM
http://www.math.northwestern.edu/~matt/kleinfour/media/finite.wmv

Denmark
08-02-2006, 07:26 PM
haha. cute.

Flying Mullet
08-02-2006, 07:30 PM
http://www.math.northwestern.edu/~matt/kleinfour/media/finite.wmv
Catchy.

Shoden
08-02-2006, 07:31 PM
I only get the 3rd one.

Tavrobel
08-02-2006, 07:35 PM
Math humor for the win.

Yamaneko
08-02-2006, 07:35 PM
I bet Peter is washing cars for a living.

Shoden
08-02-2006, 07:57 PM
4 and 3 are the only ones I understand, wtf are the others?

feona17
08-02-2006, 08:00 PM
The expanding one is cute. "Very funny, Peter." XDD

Flying Mullet
08-02-2006, 08:01 PM
4 and 3 are the only ones I understand, wtf are the others?
If you don't get the last one, tilt your head to the left and look at the answer closely.

I Took the Red Pill
08-02-2006, 08:03 PM
4 and 3 are the only ones I understand, wtf are the others?

The first one you cancel out the n's in both "n" and "sin" and get six=6. Just a weird coincidence

In the second one you cancel out the 2's and get a blank radical sign. The first and second are just weird things that happen when you do math (wrong)

In the last one, the student thought the infinity symbol was meant to be a sideways 8, so when he saw a similar problem with 5 in it, he turned the 5 sideways as well.

└┤ ∵├〆
08-02-2006, 08:03 PM
3rd and 5th are the best :monster2:

crono_logical
08-02-2006, 08:06 PM
3rd and 5th are the best :monster2:I agree :monster2:

Rocket Edge
08-02-2006, 08:18 PM
There all great!

-N-
08-02-2006, 09:21 PM
Yeah, I've seen the third one before. Good stuff. :)

Avarice-ness
08-02-2006, 09:26 PM
Hahaha. You made me Lol to death. <3.

Sylvie
08-02-2006, 10:06 PM
XD!!!!!!!!!!!

Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World
08-02-2006, 10:16 PM
Hah. I have actually done the first, second, and fourth. If only I was still taking math. Hah. I love these.

fallen_angel9000
08-02-2006, 10:25 PM
i love the fourth one. i'm gonna do that on one of my assignments this year:p

Madame Adequate
08-02-2006, 10:29 PM
Those are pretty great, but the funniest math joke ever is this;

Q: Why do Computer Scientists get Halloween and Christmas mixed up?
A: Because Oct. 31 = Dec. 25.

Bayesians do it with improper priors.
Statisticians probably do it.

And it's kinda math, kinda science, but the best joke ever is this;

Q: Why did the chicken cross the Möbius Strip?
A: To get to the same side.

*Paroxysms of laughter* Ow my kidneys.

AdVenT
08-02-2006, 10:29 PM
4 is the only one I don't understand, what's it mean?

The Devil Man
08-02-2006, 10:30 PM
I love the fourth one as well :D What better way to find x?

AdVenT
08-02-2006, 10:35 PM
oop's, didn't see the "Find x" at the top:p

Shoden
08-02-2006, 10:37 PM
4 and 3 are the only ones I understand, wtf are the others?
If you don't get the last one, tilt your head to the left and look at the answer closely.
Oh, right.

Xaven
08-03-2006, 03:57 AM
I plan to steal all of these in the coming years for homework assignments. :D

farplaner
08-03-2006, 04:14 AM
4 is the only one I don't understand, what's it mean?

No offense, but how can you not get four? "find x," which is usually interpreted as "solve for x" is taken literally in four. The student "found" x.

Very funny, btw. Especially 3 & 5.

Moon Rabbits
08-03-2006, 04:22 AM
A+.

The third one is the best, especially the "Very funny peter." part.

DarkLadyNyara
08-03-2006, 08:27 AM
I loved the "find X" one. :D I'll have to use that.


My favorite math joke-
There are 10 kinds of people- those who understand binary, and those who don't. ;)

Jebus
08-03-2006, 08:29 AM
Those are pretty great, but the funniest math joke ever is this;

Q: Why do Computer Scientists get Halloween and Christmas mixed up?
A: Because Oct. 31 = Dec. 25.

Bayesians do it with improper priors.
Statisticians probably do it.

And it's kinda math, kinda science, but the best joke ever is this;

Q: Why did the chicken cross the Möbius Strip?
A: To get to the same side.

*Paroxysms of laughter* Ow my kidneys.

<333

Nominus Experse
08-03-2006, 11:06 AM
Heh, I enjoyed the Find x one the most, since the student took the question literally, and found the location of x, not it's value. He's correct, but not in a fashion that is right.

Peegee
08-03-2006, 01:14 PM
Hell, my mother sent me this. Must be a new fad.

mooglebunni608
08-03-2006, 02:01 PM
Shoot. I only get the second one T_T

DarknessFromAbove
08-03-2006, 02:44 PM
lol, they were all funny xD

Denmark
08-03-2006, 04:57 PM
the halloween & christmas one made me actually laugh out loud.

rubah
08-03-2006, 07:55 PM
Shoot. I only get the second one T_T
#1) The student cancelled the n in the abbreviation of "Sine" like it was a variable in the equation. Instead of one over n times sine of x, they treated it like it was one over n times s times i times n times x. So then, they scooted the new one times s times i next to the x, to make one times six, which obviously equals six :]

#3) Peter just wrote the expression larger, expanding the size that it took up ;] Rather than carrying out the operation

People have explained #4 :]

#5, the girl confused infinity with a sideways 8, so instead of writing the real answer to the "limit of x as it approaches five in the expression 1 one x minus 5' or whatever, she wrote a sideways five.

Moon Rabbits
08-03-2006, 08:15 PM
Those are pretty great, but the funniest math joke ever is this;

Q: Why do Computer Scientists get Halloween and Christmas mixed up?
A: Because Oct. 31 = Dec. 25.

Bayesians do it with improper priors.
Statisticians probably do it.

And it's kinda math, kinda science, but the best joke ever is this;

Q: Why did the chicken cross the Möbius Strip?
A: To get to the same side.

*Paroxysms of laughter* Ow my kidneys.

<333

renoa
08-03-2006, 08:19 PM
Hah. I have actually done the first, second, and fourth. If only I was still taking math. Hah. I love these.

I still am (muhahaha) and used all but the infinity joke on my mid-term. how to tell if a teacher thinks outside the box? seeing that she marked them all right then wrote the REAL answers beside them XD

-N-
08-03-2006, 09:48 PM
And it's kinda math, kinda science, but the best joke ever is this;

Q: Why did the chicken cross the Möbius Strip?
A: To get to the same side.

*Paroxysms of laughter* Ow my kidneys.I like that one. :D

IceT
08-05-2006, 01:21 PM
Those are pretty great, but the funniest math joke ever is this;

Q: Why do Computer Scientists get Halloween and Christmas mixed up?
A: Because Oct. 31 = Dec. 25.

Bayesians do it with improper priors.
Statisticians probably do it.

And it's kinda math, kinda science, but the best joke ever is this;

Q: Why did the chicken cross the Möbius Strip?
A: To get to the same side.

*Paroxysms of laughter* Ow my kidneys.

Please do explain for I am retarded. :confused:

Dignified Pauper
08-05-2006, 01:37 PM
0/0 = 1