Want to start your math lesson with a little humor? These puns, riddles, and math jokes will help lighten the mood and ease tensions for students who are struggling with the subject. Even better, it helps teach math concepts without students even realizing they’re learning. Check out our list of our favorite math jokes to use in the classroom.
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Common math jokes for kids
1. What is your favorite subject at Butterfly School?
Mathematics.
2. Which tables do we not need to study?
dinner table.
3. What did one math book say to the other?
Don’t worry about it. I have a problem myself!
4. What did the calculator say to the students?
You can always count on me.
5. Are monsters good at math?
Not unless you’re Count Dracula.
6. Why were the math books sad?
Because there were too many problems.
7. What do you get when you cross a calculator with a friend?
Someone you can trust.
8. Once upon a time there was a hen who counted her eggs.
She was a masa chicken!
Number-based math jokes for kids
9. Why are the six afraid of the seven?
Because seven-eight-nine!
10. How can I make the 7 equal?
Delete the “s”.
11. What did Zero say to Eight?
nice belt!
12. Why is the equal sign humble?
He knew that he was neither inferior nor superior to anyone else.
13. You know what looks weird to me?
A number not divisible by 2.
14. What do you call a number that you can’t sit still?
“Roaming” numbers.
15. Why do teens travel in groups of three or five?
Because you can’t even do that.
16. There are three types of people in this world.
There are those who can be counted and those who cannot be counted.
17. Have you ever heard of mathematicians who are afraid of negative numbers?
He will stop at nothing to avoid them.
18. Surgeon: Nurse, I have many patients. Who should I tackle first?
Nurse: It’s easy. Follow the order of operations.
19. What are the 10 things you can always count on?
your fingers.
20. Why is 69 so afraid of 70?
Because I got into a fight and got 71.
21. Why was the equal sign so happy?
It’s because I found something that suits me.
22. What is your math teacher’s favorite type of music?
Algorithms and blues.
23. A farmer counted 396 cows in his field.
However, when rounded up, there were 400 pieces.
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division jokes
24. What is your favorite season as a math teacher?
summer.
25. Why did Two Four skip lunch?
Because there are already 8 people!
26. What do you call a lizard that solves mathematical equations?
Adder.
27. Why doesn’t Goldilocks drink a glass of water with 8 ice cubes in it?
It’s too cubic.
28. Why did the student do the multiplication problem on the floor?
The teacher told him not to use the desk.
29. How do you solve the equation?
Multiply both sides by zero.
30. What are the best tools for math?
Multiplier.
31. Where is a math teacher’s favorite vacation destination?
Times Square.
32. Why do plants hate mathematics?
Because we get the square root.
33. What is the swimmer’s favorite math?
diving.
34. Why was Mr. Gilson’s class so noisy?
He liked practicing the gong department.
35. Why was the girl wearing glasses during math class?
It improved the split.
Pi math jokes for kids
36. What is the math teacher’s favorite snake?
Peason.
37. If you take the sun and divide its circumference by its diameter, what do you get?
Pie in the sky.
38. Why shouldn’t you start a conversation with Pi?
It just lasts forever.
39. Why was Pi’s driving license revoked?
Because I didn’t know when to stop.
40. What is the circumference of a jack-o-lantern divided by its diameter?
Pumpkin pie.
41. What did the mathematician say after finishing his meal?
“√(π)”
Jokes about angles for kids
42. What is the best way to grab the attention of math enthusiasts?
Use acute angles.
43. What do you call a crushed corner?
Rectangle (corner).
44. Why did the obtuse angle go to the beach?
Because it was over 90 degrees.
45. What do mathematicians do after a snowstorm?
Let’s create an angle for the snow!
46. Why wasn’t the geometry teacher at school?
Because she sprained her horn.
47. Why do obtuse triangles always flip over?
Because that’s never right.
48. What do you call someone who likes tractors?
protractor.
49. How do mathematicians till their fields?
Comes with protractor.
50. Why did the mathematician spill all the food in the oven?
The instructions say, “Put it in the oven at 180 degrees.”
51. Have you heard about the Overeducated Circle?
There are 360 degrees!
Fraction jokes for kids
52. Who invented arithmetic?
Henry 1/8.
53. Why were you worried about fractions marrying decimals?
Because he must be converted.
54. There is a fine line between the numerator and denominator…
But only a few people will understand.
Graphing math jokes for kids
55. Student 1: Yesterday, I saw the math teacher holding a graph paper.
Student 2: She must be up to something.
56. I do algebra, I do trigonometric functions, and I do statistics.
But where I draw the line is the graph.
57. It’s always a good idea to take mathematicians camping.
These have a pair of axes.
58. What is a mathematician’s favorite amusement park ride?
It’s a roller coaster as it goes up and down like a graph.
Geometry math jokes for kids
59. What did the acorn say when it grew big?
Geome try! (Oh, I’m a tree!)
60. What did the triangle say to the circle?
“You are meaningless.”
61. What do you call an empty parrot cage?
It’s a polygon.
62. Why doesn’t anyone talk to the circle?
Because it makes no sense!
63. What do you call a man who spends all summer at the beach?
Tangent.
64. Why is it sad that parallel lines have so much in common?
Because they’ll never meet.
65. Who started the Roundtable?
Lord Kameference.
66. What did the student say when the sorcerer lifted the curse?
“Hexagon.”
67. What do you get when you combine McDonald’s and geometry?
Plain cheeseburger.
68. Why did the 30-60-90 triangle combine with the 45-45-90 triangle?
They were right about each other.
69. What shapes should be avoided at all costs?
TRAP-Ezoid.
70. What is your math teacher’s favorite type of tree?
Geometric pattern.
71. What does the geometry teacher decorate the floor with?
area rug.
72. What do you call the plural L’s?
It’s parallel.
73. What shape is always waiting for you inside Starbucks?
One line.
74.Why do mathematicians hate soccer?
Because I don’t see the point.
75.Why do mathematicians like airlines?
All for free planar geometry.
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus jokes
76. What is the bird’s favorite mathematics?
Owl Gebura.
77. What does Baby Parabola drink?
Quadratic equation.
78. What do you call your friend who likes math?
Algebra theory!
79. Why couldn’t Angle get a loan?
Its parent does not add cosines.
80. Have you ever heard that an old math teacher never dies?
You just lose some functionality.
81. Why did the Romans think algebra was so easy?
They knew that X was always 10.
82. What is 2n plus 2n?
I don’t know. Sounds like 4n to me.
83.Why do mathematicians like natural parks?
Because it’s all natural logs.
84. What do you call an algebraic cat?
Quadra Cat.
85. Why did the math professor divide sin by tan?
Just, costume.
86. What did the algebra book say to the calculus book?
“Please stop driving me crazy!”
87. Why don’t mathematicians discuss calculus?
Because essential facts cannot be disputed.
88. Why was the math class so long?
The teacher continued to go off track.
More math jokes for kids
89. How are the dollar and the moon similar?
Both have four quarters.
90. Why didn’t the quarter roll down the hill with the nickel?
Because there were a lot of cents.
91. Teacher: Why do you submit a blank paper?
Student: Because all my answers are imaginary numbers.
92. Have you ever heard a joke about the latest statistics?
probably.
93. Why was the student angry when the teacher called him average?
That was a mean thing to say!
94. What did the statistician say when he went to the beach?
“Finally, the normal distribution.”
95. Why should I never say the number 288?
Because “two” gross.
96. How do you keep yourself warm in a cold room?
You go to the corner. It’s always 90 degrees!
97. What do you call the teapot with boiling water on the top of Mount Everest?
This is a frequently used pot.
98.Why isn’t the nose length 12 inches?
Because then you will have legs.
99. Why don’t mathematicians argue with logic?
Because it’s always right in the end.
100. Why did Algorithm receive treatment?
Because there were too many loops to unwind.
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