Dean, to the physics department. “Why do I always have to give you guys so much money, for laboratories and expensive equipment and stuff. Why couldn’t you be like the math. department – all they need is money for pencils, paper and waste-paper baskets. Or even better, like the philosophy department. All they need are [...]
Seen the week before finals on the chalkboard right after a Math 233 (Discrete Math) class at the University of Oregon: 59 + 34 + 2 + 37 + 97 = some number And here I thought math classes were hard….
A mathematician wandered home at 3 AM. His wife became very upset, telling him, “You’re late! You said you’d be home by 11:45!” The mathematician replied, “I’m right on time. I said I’d be home by a quarter of twelve.”
Several scientists were all posed the following question: “What is pi ?” The engineer said: “It is approximately 3 and 1/7″ The physicist said: “It is 3.14159″ The mathematician thought a bit, and replied “It is equal to pi”.
A mathematician, native Texan, once was asked in his class: “What is mathematics good for?” He replied: “This question makes me sick. Like when you show somebody the Grand Canyon for the first time, and he asks you `What’s is good for?’ What would you do? Why, you would kick the guy off the cliff”. [...]
Three guys are charged $30 for a hotel room.They paid the clerk. Later the clerk discovered that the rate should be $25 on this weekend special and send the bellhop to their room with $5 in ones. Being unable to split the bill, the bellhop keeps two dollars and gives the guests back three dollars. [...]
An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician are staying in a hotel. The engineer wakes up and smells smoke. He goes out into the hallway and sees a fire, so he fills a trash can from his room with water and douses the fire. He goes back to bed. Later, the physicist wakes up and [...]
Math teacher: Tell me Jenny, if a milkman mixes 2 litres water and 1 liter milk, he will get 3 litres. What will happen if he mixes 6 litres of water and 3 litres milk? Jenny: I am not a milkman, how can I solve it?
Teacher: If your father and mother both give you 50$, what you will get? Student: A new video game
Teacher: Suppose, you have 2$. You asked your mother for one more. How many would you have then? Student: 2$ Teacher: Why? Student: Because my mother won’t give me any
