‘Dear Maths, please learn to solve your own problems’: 25 Math Memes to Sum Some Joy to Your Day (October 24, 2026)

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Melissa Knudson • Writer
Oct 25, 2026 12:30 PM EDT

Why do I need to prove a triangle is a triangle? It's not even a real triangle.

We truly don't give math enough praise. And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's fun or easy, but there is something about math we should always be grateful for. It is universal. A language we can all understand, and that goes beyond proper grammar or specific location. And when I say "understand", I really mean "struggle with". Since its origins, math has joined humanity in a way no other subject has before, by making all students (near, far, at sea, or in any other place) cry just the same before a math test. 

So, whenever you feel like you have nothing in common with someone, just reminisce about the time you used to be able (sort of) to solve a geometry question with the Pythagorean theorem. Alternatively, it also works to think back to those golden years whenever you need to look for something to appreciate adulthood for. Adulthood is hard, but at least we don't have to keep pretending we all know how to solve an irrational equation because, yes, they can get quite irrational indeed. 

That said, here's your official throwback to math class, via excellent memes. While you travel to the time you used to spend your afternoons wondering what on earth is a 0, send this list to a friend and reconnect with them by going back to the trauma that bonded you.

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  • 01
    maths ain't real but the tears Sure are
    via woa
  • 02
    When the calculator gives a whole number instead of 0.23497428292
    via Angel🪽✨
  • 03
    (LAUGHING) Looking at math memes (CRYING) Actually doing math
    via Ellie Stephens
  • 04
    Professor: solve this integral me 160x fox dx xdx x dx xdx xdx x dx My solution xdx xdx xda Sx sa xdx W dx @MathsVids
    via @MathsVids
  • 05
    8+8=1 calm down calm down
    via Miyuki Fawn
  • 06
    i cry over math, not boys
    via ᴧиджиᴧᴀ ᯓ★

  • When I was a high school student, I remember there was always one kid who just got it. He had no problem with the vertices, the fractions, and the conditionals. He was a rare math pro. In that case, math still bonded us, but through one-sided trauma. I asked him to tutor when the final exams were up, and my desperation to understand why on earth there is a YXZ in a math textbook, and his lack of patience, ended up bringing us together for life. To this day, when the calculator refuses to cooperate, I can give him a call and get a not-so-friendly explanation.

  • 07
    jordan @louvregguk normal person: 9+7=16 me: if 10+7 is 17 and 9 is one less than 10 then 9+7 must be 16
    via @louvregguk
  • 08
    geometry, the process: geometry • geomecry geomewhy geomebye
    via funny.mobi
  • 09
    witt @50FirstTates geometry test: is this a triangle? me: yes geometry test: how do u know? me: what? geometry: PROVE its a triangle me: bro look at it
    via @50FirstTates
  • 10
    Pentagon Hexagon Octagon Nevergon na give you up
    via Sophie
  • 11
    X-MEN Y-MEN
    via Talitha Garcia
  • 12
    Me trying to do math TERUMO 36. 114°
    via TheFunnyBeaver.Com
  • 13
    when u think irrationally 元
    via Judy Quinn
  • 14
    Huh? It's cake. But it's pi. But it's CAKE. But it's PI. BUT IT'S CAKE!!!!!
    via Sharon Elford

  • Math is many things, for example, a metaphor for life itself. No matter how many times we try, and how good we get at linear equations, as they seem easy, we still get the answer wrong constantly. We need to cry a little, call a friend, and try again until those symbols start making a little sense. Also, once you feel like you’ve got it all figured out, no worries, there’s always a new level of difficulty. You thought letters mixed with numbers was challenging enough? Think again, my friends, because that is about the time we got introduced to letters that didn’t even exist in the alphabet.

  • 15
    When you have no idea how to work a problem on a math test y = sinx y= y = sixx y = six y=6
    via Becca
  • 16
    This math thing kinda easy Solve each equation. 3 pts each 7.) (5a-8)(2a-3)=0 SYNTAX Error 8.) x2 + 5x = 10.) 31 FROGA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TI-30XIS SYNTAX Error CH SOFT SCI/ENG INS 2nd DRG DEL 10% FD RP LOG PRB ex Ab--0/e STAT EXIT STAT
    via lana🇵🇸🇱🇧
  • 17
    Me: I am prepared for this test and nothing can go wrong. The Test: Ex. 1: Find the area of the 6 cm Percy potter cm
    via ifunny.co / percy_potter
  • 18
    2+2x4 16 15 14 13 59% 7% 8% 26% 10 SABC1 Amla joke to you?
    via SABC1 / Memedroid
  • 19
    CASIO fx-115 ES NATURAL DISPLAY TWO WAY POWER Math A 19-4 VIA 9GAG.COM ALPHA 19 MODE SET UP ON PARTS
    via 9GAG 
  • 20
    11x= πT X = x = ~ Give this kid a medal
    via Dua Kaylani
  • 21
    algebra be like: lets see what you really are f 16
    via ‡Kakashi Hatake‡
  • 22
    When you solve a maths problem 3 times and get different answer each time
    via S C
  • 23
    Math Is hard 18 - 9 018 78 -9 The Hahaverse
    via TheHahaverse
  • 24
    Me handing in my math test where John is -392282cm tall
    via Mars
  • 25
    "Hair hold Memories! Me during math test
    via black pink

  • Dear math, I love you and appreciate you, but please, give me a break and stop adding rules to the rules I already can’t remember. Also, please keep showing up on my Instagram feed in the shape of very simple equations I can actually solve, because it makes me feel brilliant. And for all the mathematicians and brilliant friends out there, here are some appreciation memes.

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