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For the joke of π+e=pie(yummy), shouldn't it be π×e=pie(yummy)?. Because in algebra when two letters are joined (English, Spanish, French, Greek etc.) it means multiplied by.
My notifications are filled with @Yajat Shamji - this, mention[10421093:Yajat Shamji] - that, because his morning community thingamajig is taking place in places where I have subscribed to the comments LOL
Seeing a video about a book the 10 sins(crimes), someone stared a joke in the comment zone: the 9 sins-there aren’t 10 sins the 8 sins-there aren’t 9 sins the 7 sins-there aren’t 8 sins
... the sin-there aren’t 2 sins
THEN things got weird. the -1 sins-there aren’t positive sins the 0.5 sins-integer sins don’t exist the π sins-rational sins? you must be kidding the i sins-there are no real sins the 1+i sins-there are only complex sins
I read all that and thought:no sins-there is no sin :D
An atom says to another: I lost an electron! I’m positive!
Then it heard a faint whisper from a neutron: Geez, it doesn’t know that I’ve turned from positive to neutral...
i,π,Φ,e,0 went to a TV program. They try to roast each other to gain pride. i says: Oi! You lot! Why don’t you learn from 0 and get rational? π: Because being transcendental feels special! Φ taunts back: I’m the special one! I’m the golden ratio! e: Yeah, come on, 0 is nothing, ain’t it? 0: Well, at least I’m real! Φ,e: Well but we’re at least something! π: Shuddup! Φ=21+5,i=−1,e=limx→0(1+x)x1, but I can’t be algebraically represented! i: ...
First, check out about redshift & blueshift on wiki if you don’t know what that means.
A physicist was driving across a cross-section when the red traffic light was on. He bumped into a pedestrian and hurt him. On the court, he was accused of violating the traffic safety code.
He said: It’s not my fault! I assume you have heard of redshift and blueshift?
The judge checks it out on wiki.
The physicist continued: When I was driving, the traffic light was moving towards me relatively, so I experienced blueshift and mistook red for green!
The judge nods and thought in silence for a while.
Then he said: Well then, at what speed would you expect such a light shift?
The physicist answered: Approximately 90% light speed?
The judge says:
VERY WELL! YOU ARE NOW CHARGED WITH A FEE OF 114 MILLION DOLLARS,BECAUSE YOU WENT 90% LIGHT SPEED FASTER THAN THE LIMITED SPEED!
Physicist: Why did I say that? WHY?WHY?
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Why shouldn't a math teacher call her students average?
Because it's a 'mean' thing to say.....
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This really made me LAUGH!
Find the volume of a pizza with height A and radius Z
Formula = pi * r^2 * h
Answer = pizza (r = z, h = a)
So the volume of the pizza is pizza. LOL XD
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Hah, nice one
+1 for that, I should say...
For the joke of π+e=pie(yummy), shouldn't it be π×e=pie(yummy)?. Because in algebra when two letters are joined (English, Spanish, French, Greek etc.) it means multiplied by.
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That's true!
Sure, just ruin the joke by using too much math.........................................@Lin Le
If u do a crime 90 times u will only be caught 45 times because:
sin90=cot45
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LOL, that made me laugh XD - Your name shall be as winner until someone does better
Winners are temporary until someone posts a better joke
Why is tanos(thanos) called tanos? Sin happens cos(because) of tanos.:
cos(os)sin(os) = tan(os)
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You've regained your former glory, Mr. Winner @Siddharth Chakravarty
Did you know that 3.14% of the sailors are pi-rates?
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Almost there......
i and π went into a roast contest.
Whoever roasts the other guy in the best way wins
i said to π, "Get rational"
π said to i, "Although I am transcendental, and not "rational", at least I am real"
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That's a good one, but I've heard it before, so it doesn't make me laugh, no offense
Yeah. This is copy paste from there: link
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I promise
I have never seen that before.
I just made it up @Páll Márton.
Yup, i read it there only
What did 50 do when he was hungry???
58
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eight≈eat?
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nope....its ate, as in the past tense of eat
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LOL, almost there, but @Siddharth Chakravarty joke was better
LOL! XD
What did the mathematician's parrot say when she escaped from her cage? Polygon!
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Nice one! Also, are you doing the competition?
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I was hoping to work on them today, although with the time limits and my time zone I may not be able to keep up.
I am sorry, I did not get this one.
Parallel lines are vegetarian because they never meat!
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wow
Why did the student turn in a blank paper for the exam?
All the answers were imaginary numbers LOL XD
Why do plants hate Mathematics
because that gives them square roots
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lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
Q: Why are obtuse angles always so depressed A: Because they are never right
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then even acute angles too are depressed
Definition of Recursion in the dictionary:
See "Recursion"
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Not a math joke....but slow claps LOL XD
@Mahdi Raza
ty. thats a good one
@Vinayak Srivastava, @Mahdi Raza, @Hamza Anushath, @Siddharth Chakravarty, @Yajat Shamji, @Páll Márton, @Daniel Liu, @Jeff tian, @Jeff Giff
@David Vreken, @David Hairston
But then 33063 is also delicious, because it is equal to
PIE(36)=P∗362+I∗36+E=25∗1296+18∗36+15! :D
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LOL, I didn't laugh though.....
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LOL :P
Seven demigods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the earth shall fall,
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death
The Ultimate Team - I have united the seven -
@Leo Valdez, @Piper McLean, @Jason Grace, @Annabeth Chase, @frank zhang, @Hazel Levesque, @Percy Jackson
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@Hamza Anushath - Look at the above comment.....
@Hamza Anushath - See the prophecy comment LOL no one responded.....................yet
Try this:
There was once when the principal came to observe our Maths lesson, while we were learning π.
Our teacher asked us the value of π during the lesson.
There were several answers: ‘approximately 3.14’ ‘722 or 113355’...
Then one classmate started reciting the value of π.
‘The value of pi is 3.141592653589793232020...’
That was when a round of applause started off in our classroom.
Trust me, if I didn’t hear my phone number between the numbers, I would’ve fallen for it!
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LOL, it made me smile, you're almost there buddy
What geometric shape do you see when entering a Starbucks?
Ans : a line LOL XD
There was a fight between 19 and 20 then 21.
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I get it, but it isn't that funny, no offense.....
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Ok LOL I will try something else.
@Percy Jackson
i8∑π
AND IT WAS DELICIOUS!
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I ate some pie?
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Yes
Not that funny.....
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD :D
The basic joke: nsinx=nsinx=six=6
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I don't get it @Páll Márton
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Simplification
You should simplify nsinx. And you just divide by n
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What is in the imagination of a mathematician?
Want to know the answer?
@Percy Jackson
Maybe I should keep a joke limit, or Hamza Anushath will post every math joke in the world - That's a non-math joke.
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Hahaha
Point taken
I won't post any more...
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Its a joke, you can post all you want, I don't mind
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I didn't know
Ok then
@Hamza Anushath - When is @Yajat Shamji posting BRILLIAthon problem 1?
Where do Mathematicians go when they are sick??
L' Hospital
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??? @Aaghaz Mahajan
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Read up L' Hospital's rule
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Which is the darkest line in geometry - The 'tan'gent
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LOL XD
My notifications are filled with @Yajat Shamji - this, mention[10421093:Yajat Shamji] - that, because his morning community thingamajig is taking place in places where I have subscribed to the comments LOL
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Well...
Seeing a video about a book the 10 sins(crimes), someone stared a joke in the comment zone:
the 9 sins-there aren’t 10 sins
the 8 sins-there aren’t 9 sins
the 7 sins-there aren’t 8 sins
...
the sin-there aren’t 2 sins
THEN things got weird.
the -1 sins-there aren’t positive sins
the 0.5 sins-integer sins don’t exist
the π sins-rational sins? you must be kidding
the i sins-there are no real sins
the 1+i sins-there are only complex sins
I read all that and thought:no sins-there is no sin :D
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@Jeff Giff, you sinner, you have committed the biggest sin, and that is dethroning @Siddharth Chakravarty and making me laugh :)
You're winner for now.......
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LOL :D
Why is Iron Man called Iron Man despite needing oxygen? Because:
TitaniumGold ≈ OxygenIron
For clarification, Gold =79, Titanium =22, Iron =26, Oxygen =8
All numbers are atomic numbers.
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I get it @Yajat Shamji, but not all numbers are atomic numbers
That is like saying infinite elements exist (do infinite elements exist?)
@Percy Jackson?
Why is the alphabet called the alphabet? Because αβ = alphabeta = alphabet! :D
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Good one! But not good enough................
@Percy Jackson, @Jeff Giff
Although it is a good joke, it is actually true. That's why the ABC's are called the "alphabet"
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Oh! Never knew that. Just thought it was the only reasonable explanation to the word ‘alphabet’. :)
I don't get it @Yajat Shamji
When you feel cold, go stand in the corner of the walls because it is 90 degrees there.
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F, C, or K?
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It depends on the temperature you want @Vinayak Srivastava
It is our choice
LOL :D
C, because it is the only temperature unit in which it will be very hot. But it could be F also if not much hot.
nice one
Those 2 are very common jokes @Siddharth Chakravarty - It'll take more than that to beat David Vreken's Polygon joke(LOL)
I died at this joke on the internet -
By what angle should you approach the girl you like?
A-cute angle
LOL XD, I'm Dead, and typing from Elysium in the Underwolrd LOL XD
An atom says to another:
I lost an electron! I’m positive!
Then it heard a faint whisper from a neutron:
Geez, it doesn’t know that I’ve turned from positive to neutral...
i,π,Φ,e,0 went to a TV program. They try to roast each other to gain pride.
i says: Oi! You lot! Why don’t you learn from 0 and get rational?
π: Because being transcendental feels special!
Φ taunts back: I’m the special one! I’m the golden ratio!
e: Yeah, come on, 0 is nothing, ain’t it?
0: Well, at least I’m real!
Φ,e: Well but we’re at least something!
π: Shuddup! Φ=21+5,i=−1,e=limx→0(1+x)x1, but I can’t be algebraically represented!
i: ...
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lol
@Percy Jackson
Plot twist, Percy is trying to make us write math jokes so that he can make a best-seller of the best jokes about maths in one book
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Who would buy a book on math jokes? I'd buy a book on demigod jokes, but math jokes, not really.............
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he said its a PLOT TWIST so no problemo
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And for me, a girl, to be named Hamza as well
LOL
why is 6 afraid of 7?
because seven ate nine. (7 8 9)
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nice, but over used, so it gets boring
First, check out about redshift & blueshift on wiki if you don’t know what that means.
A physicist was driving across a cross-section when the red traffic light was on. He bumped into a pedestrian and hurt him. On the court, he was accused of violating the traffic safety code.
He said: It’s not my fault! I assume you have heard of redshift and blueshift?
The judge checks it out on wiki.
The physicist continued: When I was driving, the traffic light was moving towards me relatively, so I experienced blueshift and mistook red for green!
The judge nods and thought in silence for a while.
Then he said: Well then, at what speed would you expect such a light shift?
The physicist answered: Approximately 90% light speed?
The judge says: VERY WELL! YOU ARE NOW CHARGED WITH A FEE OF 114 MILLION DOLLARS, BECAUSE YOU WENT 90% LIGHT SPEED FASTER THAN THE LIMITED SPEED! Physicist: Why did I say that? WHY? WHY?
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LOL XD nice!