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Math in the Real World
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This is what you call a mathematician that takes over a ship.

What is a pi-rate

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Located in Washington, D.C., the famous government building, The Pentagon, has this many sides.

Five

100

This is the cutest pi there is

What is a "Cutie Pi-e"

100

In this 1997 film, Matt Damon’s character plays a Harvard janitor who is also a natural genius in mathematics.

Good Will Hunting

100

Binary number systems, often found in computer programming, use only these two digits.

0 and 1

200

This is what a mathematician needs to fly his plane. 

What is a Pi-lot's License

200

Located in the heart of Paris, the giant glass structure located in the main courtyard of the Louvre Museum is this geometric shape.

Cylinder

200

 This is what you get when you divide a Jack-o-Lantern by its diameter.

What is Pumpkin Pi-e

200

 In this 2001 film, Russell Crowe plays real-life mathematician, John Nash, who is best known for his contributions in the field of game theory.

A Beautiful Mind

200

Video game designers plan out their games using this kind of system, that, by definition, uses X, Y, and Z-values to determine the position of a point.

Coordinate System

300

This is a mathematician's favorite dessert.

What is Pi-napple Pi-e

300

 Despite its slight vertical tilt, the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy can best be described as this type of 3D geometric figure.

Pyramid

300

This is what you get when you take green cheese and divide it by its diameter

What is Moon Pi-e

300

During the math competition scene in the movie “Mean Girls,” the answer to the calculus problem “what is the limit as x approaches zero of [ln(1-x)-sinx]/(1-cos²x)” is this.  

The Limit Does Not Exist

300

This fraction represents the odds of flipping a coin four times in a row and each time it landing on heads.

1/16

400

This is what a mathematician does with her papers

What is a pi-le papers

400

This massive geometric structure covered with a high-tech exterior LED screen began hosting immersive entertainment experiences in Las Vegas in 2023.

The Sphere

400

This is what you get when you take the sun and divide it by its diameter

What is Pi-e in the Sky

400

In the 2016 film Hidden Figures, three African-American women mathematicians—Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson—contributed to the launch of this NASA space mission.

The Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission (John Glenn's famous orbit of Earth)

400

 Earning interest on both the principal value invested and on the interest you’ve already accumulated is known as this.

Compounding

500

This is what the mathematician put into her gourmet cookies.

What is s-pi-ces

500

Dedicated to the goddess Athena, this famous Greek temple is believed to feature the Golden Ration in its architectural design.

The Parthenon

500

Why isn’t pi on X?

A: Because even 280 characters isn’t enough to express itself.

500

In the 1997 film Contact starring Jodie Foster, the main character discovers an alien communication signal encoded in this type of number.

Prime Numbers

500

First celebrated in San Francisco in 1988, this mathematical holiday is celebrated annually on  March 14th.

Pi Day

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