Pi Riddles
Pi Facts
Pi puns
Pi Equations
Misc. Pi
100
Why should you never talk to pi?
Because they'll go on forever.
100
Pi is the most used in what field of mathematics
Geometry
100
What was Sir Isaac Newton's favorite pie?
Apple pi
100
pi
100
What southern U.S. state has a city with a ZIP code has a pi-related ZIP code of 31415?
Georgia (Savannah)
200
What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?
Pumpkin pi
200
Lu Chao holds the world record for reciting the most digits of pi. How many digits did he recite to the nearest thousand?
60,000 (67,890 to be precise!)
200
What do you get when you divide the circumference of a bovine by its diameter?
cow pi
200
These are the first 5 digits of Pi
3.1415
200
In what mid-west U.S. state was a bill introduced to legislate the value of pi? (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, or Iowa)
Indiana
(bill was introduced, but failed to pass, in 1897)
300
What do you call a mathematician that takes over a ship?
a pi-rate
300
Which alphabet does pi originate from?
It is the 16 letter in the Greek alphabet.
300
What is the most adorable pi?
Cutie Pie
300
What is the formula for circumference of a circle.
d
or 2 x (3.14) x r
300
What famous scientist known for his formula E=mc2 was born on Pi day?
Albert Einstein
400
What does a mathematician need to fly his plane?
Pi-lot's license
400
How many digits of pi are there?
Infinity, it never ends
400
What do you get when an octopus and a pie cross paths?
Octo-pi
400
What is formula for area of a circle?
r 2
400
How many digits of pi would it take to go from New York to Kansas?
(1 Thousand, 1 Million, 1 Billion, 1 Trillion)
One Billion
500
What did the mathematician put into her gourmet cookies?
spices
s-pi-ces
500
Who introduced the pi symbol?
William Jones in 1706.
500
How many bakers does it take to bake a pi?
About 3.14
500
what is the fractional equivalent of pi?
22/7
500
What is one of the two ancient civilizations in which a value for pi was probably first used to calculate the area of a circle? (Hint we've studied both this year!)
Mesopotamia or Egypt