Math Jokes

Joke: Different professions consider the behavior of a missile differently:

A mathematician will calculate where the missile will land.

A physicist will explain how the missile got there.

An engineer will just stand there and try to catch it.

Joke: Some students are supposed to prove all odd numbers are prime. The first student says "3 is prime, 5 is prime, and 7 is prime. So by induction, all odd numbers are prime."

The physics student doesn't like this so he says "3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is experimental error. So all odd numbers are prime."

The computer scientist doesn't like how long that method takes so he writes a program to test numbers for them. He runs the program and reads the output "1 is prime, 1 is prime, 1 is prime."

Joke: Why does the mathematician never plant x² + 1 plants?

Joke: Pascal, Newton, and Einstein decide to play hide-and-seek. Einstein is "it" first. Pascal runs and hides behind a tree. Newton stands right behind Einstein and draws a one meter by one meter square around himself.

Newton turns around and yells, "I found you, Pascal!"

Joke: A mathematician sees three people go into a building. Later he sees four people leave. When he is asked how many people are in the building he replies, "Well, if one person entered the house it would be empty."