Math Jokes

Joke: A boy is looking up at the sky and sees something, but he doesn't know what it is. He asks his mother but she can't tell so she points him to his brother. But again his brother has no idea, so he points him to his father. Finally the boy asks his father, but his father has no idea either. So his father points him back to his mother.

At this point the boy knows what it is, because it takes 3 points to define a plane.

Joke: Why is the life of a mathematician complex?

Joke: The farmer counted 199 cattle in his field.

Joke: Where do physicists get most of their supplies?

Joke: A mathematician, a statistician, and an accountant are all up for the same job. The board asks each of them the same section, "What is 100 + 200?"

The mathematician replies, "300."

The statistician replies, "300, with 95 % certainty."

The accountant says in a hushed voice, "What do you want it to be?" He gets the job.