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We crunch numbers in school, and for many, that feels like more than enough. But between learning the formulas and completing the tests, teachers throw in the occasional “you’ll use this later” reassurance. And while the most common response in class at the time might be “pfff,” they’re often right.

Fast forward three, five, or ten years, and the same calculations show up at work, in spreadsheets, and even at home as you try to determine how much wallpaper your living room remodeling project requires.

So, to help everyone make peace with it, we put together a list of hilarious math memes — and yes, they hit harder if you’ve moved past counting on your fingers.

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    #4

    A funny math meme showing a sliced onion with the Pi symbol. It's a visual pun for math struggles.

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    HangryHangryHippo
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahahaha good one! (o-pi-nion in case someone didn't get it)

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    #10

    Funny math meme featuring Mr. Krabs. A text reads, Me: I'm sure no-one is actually so bad at maths that they'd think 9 - 2 * 4 = 28. Facebook: observe.

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    Heffalump
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    19 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you ever have to use pemdas to solve something, it's poorly written. It takes no time to write this as 9 - (2 * 4) and make it unambiguous. If someone wrote an English sentence that was only unambiguous after you'd applied rigid rules of grammar and syntax to it, then you'd say it was poorly written. Same with maths.

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    #15

    Funny meme about math struggles. Gauss, a buff dog, solving complex math at 7. Me, a small dog with a propeller hat, solving simple addition at 19.

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    David Paterson
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    27 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well duh, everyone learns the triangular numbers at about age 7.

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    #19

    Funny math memes showing a square equaling a circle, with famous scientists looking shocked, bringing back math trauma.

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    Ugh, do I have to?
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, I feel like they'd be more likely to gang up and beat the poster up.

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    #22

    A meme illustrating a futuristic utopia with the text: Society if (a+b)² was equal to a²+b². Funny math meme.

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    David Paterson
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    35 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True if "a" and "b" are anticommutative. However, that would not be a utopia.

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    #25

    A person in a maroon hoodie with a math equation and text sits indoors, facing a window. Funny math memes.

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    Farah (she/her)
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OHHHH! Im sec of c and i know it! IM S**Y AND I KNOW IT!

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    #33

    A funny math meme of three Spider-Men pointing at each other, representing 2+2, 2x2, and 2². Might bring back math trauma.

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    Farah (she/her)
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and (√2 * √2) + 2 (we're currently learning surds)

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    #39

    A funny math meme comparing differentiating e^x to a Pokemon battle. It's not very effective! Math humor.

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    David Paterson
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    40 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    d/dy. Yes. Very effective in escaping the wild exponential function.

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    #41

    A Renaissance painting meme of a man pointing to his hand with a confused math expression, for funny memes.

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    David Paterson
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    49 minutes ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this painting is called "the gamblers". Now show me a k*lling vector.

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    #42

    A person on a flight holding a large white icosahedron, a funny math meme that brings back trauma.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    14 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, he could be a gamer and not a mathematician XD That's a d20 right there!

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    #45

    Math memes: a cartoon character with an oversized brain in a flying saucer above a city, with text about Area 51.

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    David Paterson
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    42 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I calculated the last digit of pi recently. It's 4.5. By reason of it being the average of 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.

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    #48

    Funny math meme listing Seven Deadly Sins with corresponding indeterminate forms in calculus, evoking math trauma.

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    David Paterson
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    56 minutes ago

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    Saving this. In nonstandard analysis (hyperreals) I can evaluate all of these. Answers 1, 1, 1, l'Hopital, 1, 0, 0. You missed 1/0 which is ±iπδ(0).

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    #56

    A funny math meme about the Earth's shape, causing trauma and laughter for those who struggled with math.

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    David Paterson
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Close enough. But don't trust that to give you the correct sea level.

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