Who is the largest knight at the round table? Sir Cumference! How did he get so big? He ate too much pi!
The first part of the joke relates to the round table (which we're assuming has the shape of a circle) and the similarity of the sounds of circumference (the distance around a circle) and Sir Cumference (a rather portly knight). Sir Cumference became so round by eating too much pi (the homonym of the most delicious pie!). The mathematical pi is used in the calculation of the circumference of a circle. Allowing this joke to come full circle!
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Avoid Negativity
The function f(x) = |x| is the absolute value function. It represents a number's distance from 0. Since distance is always a positive number, the absolute value function returns positive numbers. Definitely avoiding negativity! You make me ten times better! I'm nothing without you!
Place value is the key to this joke. Alone the 1 represents a single unit. Pairing 1 and 0 together indicates 1 group of ten units and 0 groups of single units, 10 times more than the single unit! Taking away the 1 out 10 leaves 0 units, nothing without the 1! Integral of 3 ice square is ice cube(d) plus C!
This Calculus joke plays on the process of taking an integral. Using the power rule, the integral of 3x^2 dx becomes x^3 + C. When we replace x with ice we get ice^3 or an ice cube! Slice of Pi
The mathematical pi (3.14159..) is a homonym to the delicious pie, often consumed as a tasty dessert. This cartoon takes the symbol for pi, π, and creates it out of pie material (cherry pie, to be specific). The slice off the edge makes it a "slice of pi"! |
AuthorChristina Lommatsch has a PhD in Mathematics Education. She loves to use humor in her teaching for both understanding and entertainment. Archives
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