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Mathematical "Jokes"
100

A table has 5 apples on it.  A boy walks by and takes 3 apples.  How many apples does the boy have?

Answer:  He has 3 apples.

100

Which of the following is not an integer?

A.  -3     B.  0     C.  4/2     D.  5/2     E.  1023

Answer:  D   5/2

100

What is the formula for the area of a circle?

A = Pi * r2

100

What is the mnemonic device that we learned to remember the formulas for the trig functions?

SOH CAH TOA!

100

What do you call angles that are small and adorable?

Acute Angle (A cute angle)

200

A deck of card contains all the integers from 1 to 12.  What is the probability of picking a number greater than 10?  (Answer must be reduced.) 

1/6

200

If 2x + 5 = 8, then 2x + 1 = ?

A.  1     B.  1.5     C.  3.5     D.  4     E.  5

Answer:  4

200

A triangle where all of the sides have different lengths is called a _________ triangle.

Answer Scalene

200

What is the first name of Mrs. Rutkowski's high school crush?  (Hint: She used it to help us remember what the the word "adjacent" means.)

Answer: Jason

200

What do people in Minneapolis call a small can of pop?

A Mini Soda!  (Minnesota)

300

A case of soda that regularly sells for $7.50 is on sale for 50% off.  If Mrs. Rutkowski has a coupon which gives her an additional 30% off of the sale price.  What is the cost of the case of soda?

A.  $1.13     B.  $2.63     C.  $3.75     D.  $5.25

B.  $2.63

300

If 4/x = 1, then x = ?

Answer:  x = 4

300

A square has an area of 16 square centimeters, what is its perimeter?


A.  4 cm     B.  8 cm     C.  12 cm     D.  16 cm    

      E. 256 cm

D.  16

300

What is the quadratic formula?

See board

300

What do you call a man who has been lying on the beach all day?

A Tan gent

400

Suppose that a population starts off with x people and grows by 9%.  What is the value of k that x can be multiplied by to get the new population?

A.  0.09     B.  0.9     C.  1.09     D.  1.9

C.  1.09

400

-3(x -1) = 4(x + 4)  Solve for x.

A.  -13/7     B. -2     C.  2     D.  13/7

Answer:  A.  -13/7

400

A circle has an area of 36 pi.  What is the circumference of the circle?

A.  6     B.  6*pi     C.  12*pi     D.  18* pi  

C.  12 pi

400

If 2x2+4x = 15, then what is the sum of the solutions?  (Hint: Use desmos!)

A.  -5      B.  -2      C.  2      D.  3      E.  5

Answer:  B.  -2

400

What do you call a dog who has been sitting on the beach all day?

A hot dog

500

Jalise, Dahlia, and Jesse are selling candy for a fundraiser.  Dahlia sells half as much candy as Jalise.  Jesse sells 4 times more candy than Jalise.  Jalise represents what fraction of the candy sold?

A.  1/11     B.  1/12     C.  2/11    D.  2/12    E.  5/12  

Answer:  C.  2/11

500

I f a line passes only through quadrants II and III, then its slope must be:

A.  positive     B.  negative     C.  zero     D.  undefined

Answer:  D. undefined

500

How may faces does a triangular prism have?

A.  2     B.  3     C.  4     D. 5     E. 6

Answer: D.  5

500

70 * 69 * 68 *  . . . * -8 * -9 * -10 = ???

Answer: 0

500

What did the little seed say when he grew up?

Geometry (Jee I'm a tree!)

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