Pi Meanings
Pi History
Pi by the Numbers
Circles
Pi Trivia
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This is the approximate value of pi, correct to 2 decimal places.
What is 3.14
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This famous scientist shares his birthday with Pi Day
Albert Einstein
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The only whole number in pi
What is 3?
100
The name of the line that starts at one side of a circle, goes through the center, and reaches the other side?
What is the diameter?
100
In this Sci Fi TV series, Spock foils a computer by asking it to compute the last digit of pi
What is Star Trek?
200
The symbol pi in mathematics represents the ratio of a what figure's circumference to its diameter.
What is a circle
200
The official start time of Pi Day
What is 1:59?
200
Pi is expressed by this fraction
What is 22/7?
200
The name given to the measure of the distance from the center of a circle to any point on the circle
What is the radius?
200
The first 144 digits of pi add up to this number, which scholars say is “the mark of the Beast”
What is 666?
300
Pi is this number letter in the Greek alphabet
What is the 16th?
300
Because of its relationship with the circle, Pi is found in many branches of mathematics, including this one where you use the sin, cos, and tan buttons on your calculator
What is trigonometry?
300
At what place value in pi do you see a perfect square greater than 4?
What is the hundred thousandth place? (the digit 9)
300
The measurment of the distance around the outside of a circle
What is the circumference?
300
This is what you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o’-lantern by its diameter
What is Pumpkin Pie?
400
The type of number that Pi is (non repeating, non terminating decimal)
What is an irrational number?
400
Archimedes discovered the first 3 digits of pi in the year 200 B.C. From what country is he?
What is Greece?
400
The product of the first five digits of Pi (after the decimal point)
What is 180?
400
The name of the line segment that connects any two points in a circle but does not go through the center
What is a chord?
400
Pi got its name from the Greek word for this, meaning the measure of distance around a figure
What is perimeter?
500
Leonard Euler, who popularized the symbol for pi, was born in this European country known for its mountains.
What is Switzerland?
500
The Great Pyramid of Giza was possibly built using the concept of pi. What country is it in?
What is Egypt?
500
Using the numbers after the decimal point, add the first 5 digits, divide by the 6th, and multiply by the 7th digit
What is 60?
500
The formula for area of a circle
What is pi x r^2?
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This famous painter who painted the Mona Lisa, worked on "squaring the circle" or approximating pi
Who is Leonardo DaVinci?
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