Pi-Day Riddles
This is what you call a mathematician that takes over a ship.
What is a pi-rate
Located in Washington, D.C., the famous government building, The Pentagon, has this many sides.
Five
This is the cutest pi there is
What is a "Cutie Pi-e"
In this 1997 film, Matt Damon’s character plays a Harvard janitor who is also a natural genius in mathematics.
Good Will Hunting
Binary number systems, often found in computer programming, use only these two digits.
0 and 1
This is what a mathematician needs to fly his plane.
What is a Pi-lot's License
Located in the heart of Paris, the giant glass structure located in the main courtyard of the Louvre Museum is this geometric shape.
Cylinder
This is what you get when you divide a Jack-o-Lantern by its diameter.
What is Pumpkin Pi-e
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
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
This is a mathematician's favorite dessert.
What is Pi-napple Pi-e
Despite its slight vertical tilt, the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy can best be described as this type of 3D geometric figure.
Pyramid
This is what you get when you take green cheese and divide it by its diameter
What is Moon Pi-e
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
This fraction represents the odds of flipping a coin four times in a row and each time it landing on heads.
1/16
This is what a mathematician does with her papers
What is a pi-le papers
This massive geometric structure covered with a high-tech exterior LED screen began hosting immersive entertainment experiences in Las Vegas in 2023.
The Sphere
This is what you get when you take the sun and divide it by its diameter
What is Pi-e in the Sky
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)
Earning interest on both the principal value invested and on the interest you’ve already accumulated is known as this.
Compounding
This is what the mathematician put into her gourmet cookies.
What is s-pi-ces
Dedicated to the goddess Athena, this famous Greek temple is believed to feature the Golden Ration in its architectural design.
The Parthenon
Why isn’t pi on X?
A: Because even 280 characters isn’t enough to express itself.
In the 1997 film Contact starring Jodie Foster, the main character discovers an alien communication signal encoded in this type of number.
Prime Numbers
First celebrated in San Francisco in 1988, this mathematical holiday is celebrated annually on March 14th.
Pi Day