What is Pi?
The value of pi fits into this classification of numbers. (Rational or Irrational)
What is irrational?
An approximate value of pi, correct to two decimal places
What is 3.14 ?
The formula for circumference of a circle
What is C = 2πr or C = πd?
What you call a snake that is 3.14 feet long?
What is a pi-thon?
One of two ancient countries in which a value for pi was probably first used to calculate the area of a circle
What is Babylon or Egypt? (probably as early as 2000 or 3000 BC)
The best time of day to celebrate Pi, every day!
What is 3:14?
The formula for volume of a cylinder
What is V = πr^2h ?
This is what you get when you divide the circumference of the sun by its diameter.
What is pi in the sky?
This scientist popularized the symbol for pi in 1737.
Who is Leonhard Euler?
The year pi day became an official national holiday
What is 2009 ?
The formula for the volume of a sphere
V = 4/3 pi r^3
Why should you never trust someone writing on graph paper?
Because they might be plotting something.
The first record of pi is found in the Rhind Papyrus, written by a scribe of this country.
What is Egypt?
Pi to five decimal places
3.14159
The earliest known date that Pi Day was celebrated in the USA.
What is March 14, 1988?
The formula for volume of a cone
V = 1/3 pi r^2 h
This is why pi failed its driving test.
What because it didn't know when to stop.
The person most commonly credited with being the first to accurately calculate the estimated value of pi. He did it by approximating circles as polygons.
Who is Archimedes?