Famous Mathematicians
This mathematician is known for developing the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Who is Isaac Newton?
Pi is commonly rounded to this number for most basic calculations.
What is 3.14?
This dessert, often associated with Pi Day, is typically made from a flaky crust and filled with a sweet mixture of apples, sugar, and spices.
What is an apple pie?
This symbol represents the sum of a series and a popular Gen Alpha brainrot word.
What is the sigma symbol (Σ)?
This delicious dessert, often enjoyed on Pi Day, is named after a type of dough and filling.
What is a pie?
This Greek mathematician is famous for his work on the relationship between the sides of a right triangle, summarized in the theorem that bears his name.
Who is Pythagoras?
This ancient civilization was one of the first to approximate pi, with an estimate of 3.125.
What is Ancient Egypt?
In 2009, this American state declared March 14th as "Pi Day" and also celebrated the mathematical constant with pie-eating contests.
What is Massachusetts?
This symbol, π, represents this irrational number, commonly approximated as 3.14159.
What is Pi?
Pi is a never-ending, non-repeating decimal, making it this type of number
What is an irrational number?
This French mathematician, who made significant contributions to number theory and elasticity, is best known for her work on Fermat's Last Theorem, despite never being formally educated in mathematics.
Who is Sophie Germain?
This mathematician famously calculated pi to over one million digits in the 20th century.
Who is John von Neumann?
This savory pie, filled with a mixture of meat, vegetables, and gravy, is a favorite in many parts of the world, including the UK and Australia.
What is a meat pie?
This symbol, used in calculus, represents a very small change in a variable.
What is delta (Δ)?
This famous scientist was born on Pi Day (March 14), and his contributions to physics and mathematics are celebrated worldwide.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This Indian mathematician made significant contributions to number theory and is known for his work on pi and infinite series.
Who is Srinivasa Ramanujan?
Pi Day is celebrated on this date to represent the first three digits of pi.
What is March 14th?
The longest pie chain, which broke the world record in 2016, stretched over 3 miles and was made up of this type of pie, which includes a mix of sweet and savory flavors.
What is a pizza pie?
This symbol represents the square root of a number.
What is the radical symbol (√)?
Pi has been calculated to over this many digits as of 2020.
What is 50 trillion digits?
This woman was the first to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Göttingen and worked with Karl Weierstrass.
Who is Emmy Noether?
This ancient mathematician’s work involved the concept of the "circle" and developed an early approximation of pi using polygons.
Who is Archimedes?
This French dessert pie, often served with a rich custard filling, is typically topped with caramelized sugar and is also known as a "burnt cream" pie.
What is a crème brûlée pie?
This symbol is used in set theory to denote the union of two sets.
What is the union symbol (∪)?
This Pi Day tradition involves attempting to memorize and recite as many digits of pi as possible.
What is Pi recitation?