Math Jokes Belma : You've got three cups of coffee and 14 sugar cubes. Without breaking any individual cubes in pieces, how do you split these cubes up so that you have an odd amount in each cup? Miguel : It can't be done Belma : 1, 1, and 12 Miguel : 12 isn't an odd number! Belma : Don't you think 12 sugar cubes in one cup of coffee is an odd amount? A mathematician organizes a raffle in which the prize is an infinite amount of money paid over an infinite amount of time. Of course, with the promise of such a prize, his tickets sell like hot cake. When the winning ticket is drawn, and the jubilant winner comes to claim his prize, the mathematician explains the mode of payment: “1 dollar now, 1/2 dollar next week, 1/3 dollar the week after that…” 
A farmer's son is the first in the family to ever go to college and is home for the first time for Thanksgiving break. His father asks him, "So what are you learning up at that there school of yours?" "Well, I've been learning about a lot of different stuff," his son answers, "but I think I like mathematics the best." "Okay," says his father, "Say something in mathematics." His son smiles and thinks for a minute, then responds, "Okay, Pi r-squared." The farmer frowns and sighs quietly. "Son, I was worried about this. They're teaching you all wrong up there. You know full well that pie are round; cornbread are square." A mathematician, statistician and accountant were finalist for a position as VP in a large corporation. The hiring committee asked them all the same last question: How much is 500 plus 500 ? The Mathematician said "1000" and the committe said "Thank You" and they dismissed him. Next the Statistician said "On the average, 1000 with 95 % confidence" and the committe said "Thank You" and they dismissed him. Next the accountant said "What would you like it to be?" The committee hired him on the spot. 
Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because seven eight nine. Why are math books always unhappy? Because they have lots of problems... |