PI-OLOGY
A number that cannot be represented as a fraction and whose decimal representation never ends or never repeats--Pi is one of these.
What is an irrational number?
This was the first civilization known to have found an accurate value for Pi.
Who are the Egyptians/Babylonians?
The number of digits in pi.
What is infinite?
The world language which gives us the symbol for pi.
What is Greek?
The symbol pi in mathematics represents the ________ of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
What is ratio?
Pi Day is celebrated on March 14. This is the official time the celebration begins.
What is 1:59 p.m.?
A famous Greek mathematician who gave a remarkably accurate approximation of Pi?
Who is Archimedes?
The 16th letter of the Greek Alphabet.
What is pi?
Famous scientist who was born on Pi Day in 1879.
Who is Albert Einstein?
Formula for the circumference of a circle.
What is C = 2πr OR C=π X diameter?
The first 6 digits of pi.
What is 3.14159?
NOt only did this artist paint the Last Supper, he was also an avid mathematician who used Pi in his calculations.
Who is Leonardo DaVinci?
When we double the radius of any circle, the area of that circle is multiplied by this number.
What is 4?
This assassinated president of the Unted States was moved to his permanent resting place in Arlington National Cemetary on March 14, 1967.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
When finding pi by using the circumference and diameter, this is the formula.
What is pi = C / d?
He is credited for popularizing the currently used symbol for pi
π
Who is Leonard Euler?
The home country of 16th century mathematician Ludolf van Ceulen where pi is sometimes referred to as the Ludolfian number.
What is Germany?
On my way to the pi fair, I met 7 jugglers and a bear, every juggler had 6 cats, every cat had 5 rats, every rat had 4 houses, every house had 3 mouses, every mouse had 2 louses, every louse had a spouse. How many in all are going to the pi fair?
What is one?
(Just me--the others were coming FROM the fair.)
At the age of 17, Albert Einstein failed this important exam.
What is the university (Polytechnic Institute) entrance exam?
The most common fractional equivalent to pi.
What is 22 / 7?
180º in radian measure.
What is pi radians?
A book of the Bible that uses an approximation of 3 for pi when describing the size of a round object used for construction.
What is 1 Kings?
Number of radians the hour hand of a clock moves in 6 hours.
What is pi?
The earliest known piece of paper that pi was written on in 1650 B.C. by the Eqyptian scribe Ahmes. (Pi was off by less than 1%)
What is the Rhind Papyrus?
The most inaccurate approximation of pi put into law by the General Assembly of Indiana in 1897.
What is 4?