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Benjamin Cornish

@mathematicians-pod.bsky.social

I try to teach my students to leave their assumptions at the door, which is not going well with our topic of "Proof by Induction"

#mathsky
#mathsjokes

October 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM

Benjamin Cornish

@mathematicians-pod.bsky.social

My wife asked me if these two lines will intersect in 3D space. I said, I'm the maths teacher, so I will ask "-ew"

In other news, I'm sleeping on the sofa again.

#mathsjokes

October 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM

Benjamin Cornish

@mathematicians-pod.bsky.social

Word of the day: Vinculum - The line used in a fraction.

Joke of the day: There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator.

#mathsky
#mathsjokes

October 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM

Maths Week Scotland

@mathsweek.scot

Here’s one final joke from us for #InternationalJokeDay 🌳 Which one has been your favourite maths joke today? Or do you have any even better #MathsJokes to share?

#MathsWeekScot #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Illustration of a tree with geometric symbols on it. The text reads: What's a maths teacher's favourite kind of tree? Geometry!

July 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Maths Week Scotland

@mathsweek.scot

Have you had enough of our #MathsJokes yet? Well, sorry, we’re not done yet. Got to milk #InternationalJokeDay all we can. Speaking of milking, here’s a joke about cows…

#MathsWeekScot #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

Illustration of a large herd of cows. The text reads: A farmer counted 396 cows in his field. But when he rounded them up he had 400.

July 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Maths Week Scotland

@mathsweek.scot

This is our favourite maths joke🐔 We tried it out on a couple of children, and they all thought it was hilarious too! But you can make up your own mind 😉

#InternationalJokeDay #MathsJokes #MathsWeekScot #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

An illustration of a chicken with a speech bubble. The speech bubble has the numbers 1 2 3 inside it. The text reads" Did you hear about the hen who could count her own eggs? She was a mathemachicken!

July 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Maths Week Scotland

@mathsweek.scot

Lunch time! And we have the perfect lunch time maths pun for you, in honour of #InternationalJokeDay. Let us know what your favourite #MathsJokes are.

#MathsWeekScot #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

An illustration showing on the two large yellow number fours on the left with the words. The fours have eyes and a mouth, one is smiling and one is looking surprised. On the right is a large pink number eight. The text reads: Why did the two fours skip lunch? Because they already eight!

July 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM

Maths Week Scotland

@mathsweek.scot

It’s #InternationalJokeDay, so we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share some of our best (*cough*) maths jokes with you throughout the day. Here’s one to start you off. Feel free to share your favourite #MathsJokes with us too!

#MathsWeekScot #MathsToday #UKMathsChat

An illustration of a pencil case containing a pencil and eraser. Next to the pencil case is a pen, and a ruler with a crown at one end of it. The text reads: Who is the king of the pencil case? The ruler!

July 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM

Level 98 🇺🇦

@level98.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

I predicted the collapse of civilization way back when I learnt that 1.99999... = 2.00000...

(Two #mathsjokes for the price of one, and another excuse to overuse my favourite punctuation... the ellipse).

July 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM

2Tone4Real

@2tone4real.bsky.social

I watched a pirated movie once.

It got 3.1415926 stars...

#DaddJokes
#MathsJokes

a drawing of pi with the words " and in that moment i swear i was infinite " underneath it

ALT: a drawing of pi with the words " and in that moment i swear i was infinite " underneath it

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January 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM

Elizabeth Reid

@lizziereadsalot.bsky.social

As a maths teacher who has taught networks and has done a lot of wandering today, someone needs to remind @TasmaniaParks that a circuit starts and ends at the same point. They've all been beautiful walks though. #mathsjokes #mathjokes