Pi Puns and Riddles
What do you call a mathematician that takes over a ship?
What is ... a pi-rate.
What is the numerical value of pi rounded to the hundredths place?
What is ... 3.14.
A circle has a radius of 23 cm. Which of the following is the best estimate for the circumference of the circle? a. 71.76 cm b. 143.52 cm c. 144.44 cm d. 72.22 cm
What is ... 144.44 cm.
Pi is a letter in which alphabet?
What is ... the Greek Alphabet.
What does a mathematician need to fly his plane?
What is ... a Pi-lot's License.
What is the formula for the circumference of a circle?
What is ... C = 2(pi)r or C= (pi)d
A pothole has a radius of 9 inches. Which of the following best represents the distance around the pothole?
a. 14.13 inches b. 28.26 inches c. 42.39 inches
d. 56.52 inches
What is ... 56.52 inches
What day is pi-day?
What is ... March 14th.
What is a mathematician’s favorite snake?
What is ... a pi-thon.
What is the formula for the area of a circle?
What is ... A= (pi)r2.
Which of the following values is closest to the diameter of a circle with an area of 314 square inches?
a. 20 inches b. 10 inches c. 100 inches d. 31.4 inches
What is ... 20 inches.
Why is pi-day so important to Albert Einstein?
What is ... pi-day is Albert Einstein's Birthday.
What was Sir Isaac Newton’s favorite dessert?
What is ... apple pi-e.
What is the formula for the area of a semi-circle?
What is ... A = (pi)r2/ 2.
Find the surface area of a sphere with the radius of 1.5 cm. (A=4(pi)r2)
a. 28.26 cm2 b. 7.065 cm2 c. 18.84 cm2 d. 14.13 cm2
What is ... 28.26 cm2
Pi received its name from the Greek word for which measurement?
What is ... perimeter.
What do you get when you take the sun and divide it by its diameter?
What is ... Pi-e in the Sky
What is the formula for the area of a sphere? WORTH 1000 POINTS
What is ... A = 4(pi)r2.
The radius of a circle is 6 inches. What is the area?
a. 18.84 in2 b. 37.68 in2 c. 87.98 in2 d. 113.04 in2
What is ... 113.04 in2
The value of pi has a correlation to which of the seven ancient wonders of the world?
What is ... the Great Pyramid of Giza.