Start your math class with a bit of humor. These math jokes, puns, and riddles will help lighten the mood and ease any tension for students who struggle with the subject. And even better, they can help teach math concepts without students even realizing they’re learning! Check out this list of our favorite math jokes for the classroom.
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General Math Jokes for Kids
1. What is the butterfly’s favorite subject in school?
Mothematics.
2. Which tables do you not have to learn?
Dinner tables.
3. What did one math book say to the other?
Don’t bother me. I’ve got my own problems.
4. What did the calculator say to the student?
You can always count on me.
5. Are monsters good at math?
Not unless you Count Dracula.
6. Why was the math book sad?
Because it had so many problems.
7. What do you get when you cross a calculator with a friend?
Someone you can count on.
8. There once was a hen who counted her own eggs.
She was a mathemachicken!
9. Why did the student bring a ladder to math class?
To reach the high numbers!
10. Why don’t you do arithmetic in the jungle?
Because if you add 4 and 4, you get ate!
11. What’s a math teacher’s favorite type of story?
One with a good plot.
12. Why did the boy eat his math homework?
Because the teacher said it was a piece of cake.
Number Sense Math Jokes for Kids
13. Why is six afraid of seven?
Because seven eight nine!
14. How do you make seven even?
Take away the “s.”
15. What did the zero say to the eight?
Nice belt!
16. Why did seven eat nine?
Because you’re supposed to eat three squared meals a day!
17. Why was the equal sign always calm?
Because it balanced both sides.
18. What’s a math student’s favorite pet?
A count-erpillar!
19. What’s a math teacher’s favorite place to shop?
The discount store.
20. Why was the equal sign so humble?
It knew it wasn’t less than or greater than anyone else.
21. You know what seems odd to me?
Numbers that can’t be divided by two.
22. What do you call a number that just can’t stand still?
A “roamin’” numeral.
23. Why do teenagers travel in groups of threes and fives?
Because they can’t even.
24. There are three kinds of people in this world.
Those who can count and those who can’t.
25. Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers?
He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them.
26. Surgeon: Nurse, I have so many patients. Who do I work on first?
Nurse: Simple. Follow the order of operations.
27. What 10 things can you always count on?
Your fingers.
28. Why is 69 so scared of 70?
Because they had a fight and 71.
29. Why was the equal sign so happy?
Because it found its match.
30. What’s a math teacher’s favorite type of music?
Algorithm and blues.
31. A farmer counted 396 cows in his field.
But when he rounded them up, he had 400.
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division Jokes
32. What is a math teacher’s favorite season?
SUMmer.
33. Why did the two fours skip lunch?
Because they already eight!
34. What do you call a snake that solves math equations?
An adder.
35. Why won’t Goldilocks drink a glass of water with 8 pieces of ice in it?
It’s too cubed.
36. Why did the student do multiplication problems on the floor?
The teacher told him not to use tables.
37. How do you solve any equation?
Multiply both sides by zero.
38. What tool is best suited for math?
Multi-pliers.
39. What is a math teacher’s favorite vacation destination?
Times Square.
40. Why do plants hate math?
Because it gives them square roots.
41. What’s a swimmer’s favorite math?
Dive-ision.
42. Why was Mr. Gilson’s class so noisy?
He liked to practice gong division.
43. Why did the girl wear glasses during math class?
It improved di-vision.
44. Why did the student do multiplication problems with a pen?
Because she wanted to draw some conclusions.
45. What do you get when you cross a math teacher with a clock?
Times tables.
46. Why did the student stop doing their long division homework?
Because it had used up the remainder of their patience.
Pi Math Jokes for Kids
47. What is a math teacher’s favorite snake?
A pi-thon.
48. What do you get when you take the sun and divide its circumference by its diameter?
Pi in the sky.
49. Why should you never start a conversation with pi?
It’ll just go on forever.
50. Why did Pi get its driver’s license revoked?
Because it didn’t know when to stop.
51. What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o’-lantern by its diameter?
Pumpkin pi.
52. What did the mathematician say after finishing his meal?
“√(π)”
53. What’s a math teacher’s favorite dessert?
Pi à la mode.
54. What’s a math student’s favorite type of party?
A pi-jama party!
Jokes About Angles for Kids
55. What’s the best way to get a math lover’s attention?
Use acute angle.
56. What do you call a crushed angle?
A rectangle (wrecked angle).
57. Why did the obtuse angle go to the beach?
Because it was over 90 degrees.
58. What do mathematicians do after a snowstorm?
Make snow angles!
59. Why wasn’t the geometry teacher at school?
Because she sprained her angle.
60. What do you call an angle that’s gone fishing?
An angler.
61. Why is the obtuse angle always upset?
Because it is never right.
62. Why are obtuse angles always so optimistic?
They’re always looking up!
63. What do you call people who like tractors?
Protractors.
64. How does a mathematician plow fields?
With a pro-tractor.
65. Why did the mathematician spill all of his food in the oven?
The directions said, “Put it in the oven at 180°.”
66. Did you hear about the overeducated circle?
It has 360 degrees!
Fraction Jokes for Kids
67. Why did the fraction break up with the decimal?
They couldn’t find a common denominator.
68. Why did the fraction get a promotion?
Because it was above average.
69. Who invented arithmetic?
Henry the 1/8.
70. Why was the fraction worried about marrying the decimal?
Because he would have to convert.
71. There is a fine line between a numerator and a denominator …
But only a fraction would understand.
Graphing Math Jokes for Kids
72. Student 1: I saw my math teacher with a piece of graph paper yesterday.
Student 2: She must be plotting something.
73. I’ll do algebra, I’ll do trig, I’ll even do statistics.
But graphing is where I draw the line!
74. It’s always a good idea to bring a mathematician camping.
They come prepared with a pair of axes.
75. What’s a mathematician’s favorite ride at the amusement park?
The roller coaster, because it goes up and down like a graph.
Geometry Math Jokes for Kids
76. What’s the king of all geometry shapes?
The ruler!
77. What did the acorn say when it grew up?
Gee, I’m a tree!
78. What did the triangle say to the circle?
“You’re pointless.”
79. What do you call an empty parrot cage?
A poly-gon.
80. Why doesn’t anybody talk to circles?
Because there’s no point.
81. What do you call a man who spent all summer at the beach?
A tan-gent.
82. Why is it sad that parallel lines have so much in common?
Because they’ll never meet.
83. Who started the Round Table?
Sir Cumference.
84. What did the student say when the witch doctor removed his curse?
“Hex-a-gon.”
85. What do you get when you cross geometry with McDonald’s?
A plane cheeseburger.
86. Why did the 30-60-90 triangle marry the 45-45-90 triangle?
They were right for each other.
87. What’s the one shape you should avoid at all costs?
A trap-ezoid.
88. What’s a math teacher’s favorite kind of tree?
Geometry.
89. What do geometry teachers have decorating their floors?
Area rugs.
90. What do you call more than one L?
A parallel.
91. What shape is usually waiting for you inside a Starbucks?
A line.
Because they can’t find the point.
93. Why do mathematicians like airlines?
Because of all the free plane geometry.
94. Why was the mathematician late for work?
Because she took the rhombus.
Algebra, Trigonometry, and Calculus Jokes
95. What is a bird’s favorite type of math?
Owl-gebra.
96. What do baby parabolas drink?
Quadratic formula.
97. What do you call friends who love math?
Algebros!
98. Why couldn’t the angle get a loan?
Its parents wouldn’t cosine.
99. Did you hear that old math teachers never die?
They just lose some of their functions.
100. Why did the Romans think algebra was so easy?
They knew X was always 10!
101. What is 2n plus 2n?
I don’t know. It sounds 4n to me.
102. Why do mathematicians like nature parks?
Because of all the natural logs.
103. What do you call an algebraic cat?
A quadra-cat.
104. Why did the math professor divide sin by tan?
Just cos.
105. What did the algebra book say to the calculus book?
“Stop deriving me crazy!”
106. Why don’t mathematicians argue with calculus?
Because you can’t dispute the integral facts.
107. Why was math class so long?
The teacher kept going off on a tangent.
More Math Jokes for Kids
108. Why was the math test so happy?
Because it had all the right answers.
109. How are a dollar and the moon similar?
They both have four quarters.
110. Why didn’t the quarter roll down the hill with the nickel?
Because it had more cents.
111. Teacher: Why are you turning in a blank sheet of paper?
Student: Because all my answers are imaginary numbers.
112. Have you heard the latest statistics joke?
Probably.
113. Why did the student get upset when his teacher called him average?
It was a mean thing to say!
114. What’s a math book’s favorite movie?
Mean Girls.
115. What did the statistician say when he went to the beach?
“Finally, some normal distribution.”
116. Why should you never mention the number 288?
Because it’s “two” gross.
117. How do you keep warm in a cold room?
You go to the corner. It’s always 90 degrees!
118. What do you call a teapot of boiling water on top of Mount Everest?
A high-pot-in-use.
119. Why can’t a nose be 12 inches long?
Because then it would be a foot.
120. Why don’t mathematicians argue with logic?
Because it’s always right in the end.
121. Why did the algorithm go to therapy?
Because it had too many loops and couldn’t unwind.
122. Why did the math student sit next to the light?
To get brighter.
123. Why was the math student’s report card wet?
Because it was below C level.
124. Why did the number 9 go to therapy?
It couldn’t get over its complex problems.
125. What’s a math lover’s favorite kind of dance?
The square dance!
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