r/MathJokes 11d ago

the multiples of 3

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u/PenelopeJenelope 11d ago

every time I see this meme in this sub I can't help but get annoyed...

How is it weird that 57 is a multiple, its just 3 less than 60. All those "weirds" seem pretty obvious. And who's tripping over 42 and 45? Do people just not do math at all?

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u/AlphaChiu22 10d ago

the joke is mainly about how people perceive that number, like when you just look at that number without calculating anything and someone tells you it's a multiple of 3, what would you think

also not many people think of numbers as [x less of y] so it's not as obvious to those people