We were inundated with responses to our call for the Twitterati to share their favourite maths jokes using the hashtag #mathsjokes. Some were obscure, some were awful, but some, we’re sure, would have given Einstein a fit of the giggles. Here are a few of our favourites.

Talking sheepdog gets all the sheep in the pen for his farmer. He comes back and says, “All 40 accounted for.” Farmer says, “I’ve only got 36!” Sheepdog replies, “I know, but I rounded them up.”

@MaxineHowells2h

Two cats called 1, 2, 3 and Un, Deux, Trois had to swim in a race across the English Channel. 1, 2, 3 cat won because Un, Deux, Trois cat sank.

@AnnaMFortune

Hired an odd-job man to do 8 jobs for me. When I got back, he’d only done jobs 1, 3, 5 and 7.

@LocalSchoolsN22h

Last night I dreamed that I was weightless! I was like, 0mg.

@Maths_George.