We’ve all been there, at the dinner table trying to do math homework, hearing our math teacher’s voice echoing in our mind, “You won’t always have a calculator in your pocket,” hoping the world collapses so we don’t have to go through one more minute of torture!
Well, we’ve combined the funniest tweets about math that everyone can 100% relate to. Whether you’re a student, a parent, or teacher, we have all felt personally attacked and victimized by the headache that is math homework. So this list is for everyone!
Here are the top 20 funniest tweets about math we could find:
1. Help a mom out!
My child’s math problem says that Lisa bought 5 loaves of bread that cost $0.25 each and 6 lbs of beef that cost $1.25 per pound and the only information I need is where does Lisa do her grocery shopping.
— Jessie (@mommajessiec) April 24, 2022
2. It shows…
some of you never cried at the kitchen table while doing math homework with your dad and honestly good for you
— 𝕤𝕦𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 (@spinubzilla) March 17, 2019
3. Nope, not worth it!
Tom Brady got one taste of what it’s like to help kids with math homework and decided to return to being tackled by the largest men in the world.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) March 15, 2022
4. How is this so relatable?!
I’m glad I learned about parallelograms instead of how to do taxes. It’s really come in handy this parallelogram season
— Sage Boggs (@sageboggs) March 23, 2015
5. Fight Satan all the way!
Would you rather have your parents help you with your math homework or go to hell and fight satan himself.
— solana #1 supporter (@jaxajueny) May 17, 2021
6. Real-life math!
my dad bought 15 mangoes and didn’t tell my mom so she bought 10 mangoes and now we are the people from the math problems
— sal (@skayeterboy) May 7, 2021
7. Math teachers are the real MVPs.
Most of my work as a math teacher isn’t even math. It’s helping students believe that they can also do math. We don’t talk about that enough.
— Jose Vilson (@TheJoseVilson) May 6, 2020
8. Don’t mess with my mozzarella sticks.
I’m pretty bad at math until someone orders mozzarella sticks for the table.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) February 19, 2018
9. Math teacher jokes
math teacher: you currently have a 55% in this class and you need at least 60% to pass
— the hype (@TheHyyyype) August 15, 2019
me: is there anything i can do to raise my grade?
math teacher: if you do this one assignment, i’ll give you 10% extra credit
me:
math teacher:
me: i don’t- is that going to be enough
Psst… Check out this list of 100 teacher jokes to use in your classroom!
10. Joke’s on them!
Whole generations were told by a math teacher that we wouldn’t always have a calculator in our pocket.
— Shower Thoughts (@TheWeirdWorld) March 8, 2018
11. I. Don’t. Understand.
me looking at the F my kid got for the math homework i solved pic.twitter.com/a9yiDeOU3W
— Maruf (@m3aruf) January 28, 2020
12. Nope, definitely not ready for that!
I dont think Im prepared for the moment my kids come home with homework and need help on a math question then realizes their parent is a fucking moron
— Killian ✫ (@KillianTrill999) January 10, 2019
13. This kid will go places!
I’m just heard my 11 year-old tell his math teacher “I’m having a day when I just can’t seem to do math.”
— Heidi Allen (@Prof_HeidiAllen) October 6, 2020
Her response: “Then put your math book away and go outside and play.”
A lesson for us all.
🥰🥰🥰
14. Time for a reset!
look the fact that you don’t understand your kid’s math homework is evidence that the way you were taught it was ineffective at conveying any generalizable understanding instead of just knowledge of rote procedures, not a reason they should be taught it the same way
— worms cited (@christapeterso) October 9, 2020
15. Teachers reach kids in so many ways!
my math teacher in high school was a scuba diver and would spend most of class talking about scuba diving and although i didn’t learn any math that year i learned what it meant to be passionate about something which is far more valuable than knowing the quadratic formula
— James (@CaucasianJames) May 16, 2022
16. Why do moms always do that?! Let’s just keep it simple, please?
Moms be like “he’s 29 months”, ight thanks for the math homework
— 🐣 (@JuiceKing5x) August 1, 2020
17. Like I have no idea.
You know what scares me about having a kid? Helping with math homework. Chile. I dunno.
— Moneybagg Lo (@Loski007) September 10, 2021
18. How?!
how am i supposed to explain to my children that i can’t help them with their math homework. how am i supposed to look at them dead in the eye and tell them i’m not capable of doing long division
— James (@CaucasianJames) July 25, 2019
19. I’m out!
Tom Brady saw that common core math homework & was like ‘I’m out’.
— Yesha (@YeshaCallahan) March 14, 2022
20. How do you even do that?!
math teacher: alright so I’m letting you guys use your calculators on the test, nobody should fail
— gordo (@internetcIout) November 15, 2016
my calculator: pic.twitter.com/ITH8nac1mb
If you’re a parent struggling with math and math homework, you might want to check out this list of best math apps teachers love and use in their classrooms, as well as these 40 Best Online Math Resources for All Grade Levels.
Is your child struggling with dyscalculia? Dyscalculia is a learning disorder that affects a person’s ability to understand number-based information and math. Learn more here. Here’s also a list of resources for teachers looking to support a child with dyscalculia in the classroom.