Math Fail http://math-fail.com From failures in math, funny jokes, cool facts, puzzles, comics... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:56:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Cat confused by algebra http://math-fail.com/2012/02/cat-confused-by-algebra.html http://math-fail.com/2012/02/cat-confused-by-algebra.html#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:56:50 +0000 mathwhiz http://math-fail.com/?p=2378 Math-Fail-Pics-085

She is obviously confused by grammar as well.

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Using fewer eggs

One-in-3-eggs-have-salmonella
More loopy logic from the faulty statistician
Credit: Dwight Swanson, based on a joke on Jay Leno

Moving 6 miles away

Move-6-miles-away-corrected
Further adventures in wacky logic w/ the faulty statistician
Credit: Dwight Swanson, based on a Michael Davis joke

How to eliminate all your work

2-Scantron-machines
Faulty statistician sees a chance to eliminate all his work!
Credit: Dwight Swanson, based on a old joke

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James adds: We are good co-medians

Thanks to James Garner for this punny submission!!

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Instead of saying “the dog ate my homework” you can now say “the cat did my homework” with the same useless result.

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It’s never ovally enough!

]]> http://math-fail.com/2012/02/ellipses-graph.html/feed 0 The difference between Pi and Three http://math-fail.com/2012/02/the-difference-between-pi-and-three.html http://math-fail.com/2012/02/the-difference-between-pi-and-three.html#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:58:49 +0000 mathfail http://math-fail.com/?p=4111 webcomic 17 the difference between pi and three - sigmund calculus

“Don’t worry: with the help of the ‘greatest integer function’, Pi and 3 end up in the same place.”

Source:http://www.mathplane.com/gate_dwebcomics/math_comics_archive_winter_2012

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Don’t ever challenge a nerdy thug to a fight or a math competition.

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Source: cheaper-than-therapy.tumblr.com

]]> http://math-fail.com/2012/02/girls-and-love.html/feed 1 Chrome doesn’t know math http://math-fail.com/2012/02/chrome-doesnt-know-math.html http://math-fail.com/2012/02/chrome-doesnt-know-math.html#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:15:10 +0000 mathfail http://math-fail.com/?p=4152 The first is a screen shot I took from Martin’s facebook page:

Not sure the source of the second one:

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This should have been posted Feb 14! Very geeky proposal for a very geeky girl.

Anyone know the source? Tineye found 0 results :-\

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No, mom, I told you it is not an eight!

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You can’t put a price on knowledge.

]]> http://math-fail.com/2012/02/math-textbooks.html/feed 0 Young Cupid http://math-fail.com/2012/02/young-cupid.html http://math-fail.com/2012/02/young-cupid.html#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:24:08 +0000 mathfail http://math-fail.com/?p=4140 Thanks to The Math Plane for this submission!

webcomic 18 2-14-12 Loverboy

Happy Valentine’s Day to Math Fail!

Source:http://mathplane.com

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Source: Via Ben Kling’s Blog.

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Yes! I have a Valentine who will never leave me, thank you WolframAlpha!

Source:www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=will+you+be+my+valentine%3F

Credit: Trevor K.

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Much easier to make than the infinite chart.

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If you want cream cheese on one side only, it can be easily arranged.

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Math nerds don’t usually have ex’s.

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See if you can figure them out.

Source: http://angelustenebrae.livejournal.com/15908.html

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If I want to hear stories about my teacher, I can just check his Facebook profile

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Luckily my country uses the metric system, but I’m told you can make a fancy graph like the above in support of whatever you call the system the U.S. uses (imperial?).

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This is almost like Bill Gates’ basement.

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Their interior designer has his work cut out for him.

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It is only allowed in math and art.

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