Excuses For Not Doing Homework

11. I locked the paper in my trunk but a four-dimensional dog got in and ate it.

10. Galileo didn't know calculus; what do I need it for?

9. "A math addict stole my homework. When they arrested him, they discovered Mr. Pleacher had been his teacher."

8. I'm taking physics and the homework in there seemed to involve math, so I thought I could just do that instead.

7. I have the proof, but there isn't room to write it in the margin.

6. I have a solar powered calculator and it was cloudy.

5. I was watching the World Series and got tied up trying to prove that it converged.

4. I could only get arbitrarily close to my textbook. I couldn't actually reach it. (I reached half way, and then half of that, and then ...)

3. I couldn't figure out whether "i am the square root of negative one" or "i is the square root of negative one."

2. It was Einstein's birthday and pi day and we had this big celebration! (This only works for March 14)

1. I accidentally divided by zero and my paper burst into flames.