Pi Riddles
Pi Facts
Pi puns
Pi Equations
Misc. Pi
100

What do you call a mathematician that takes over a ship?

a pi-rate

100

Where does the word pi come from?

It is the 16 letter in the Greek alphabet. 

100
What is the cutest pi?

Cutie Pie

100

What is the formula for circumference of a circle.

d

100

What famous scientist was born on Pi day?

Albert Einstein

200

What does a mathematician need to fly his plane?

Pilot's license

200

How many years has the symbol for pi been used?

250 years

200

What do you get when an octopus and a pie cross paths?

Octopi 

200

What is formula for area of a circle?

2

200

The value of pi fits into what classification of numbers?

irrational

300

What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?

Pumpkin pi

300

Lu Chao holds the world record for reciting the most digits of pi.  How many digits did he recite?

67,890 !

300

What do you get when you divide the circumference of a bovine by its diameter?

cow pi

300

What is the formula for area of a cylinder?

A = 2rh + 2r

300
In what U.S. state was a bill introduced to legislate the value of pi? 

Indiana

(bill was introduced, but failed to pass, in 1897)

400

Why should you never talk to pi?

Because they'll go on forever.

400

Pi is the most recognized mathematical _________________ in the world.  

mathematical constant

400

What was Sir Isaac Newton's favorite pie?

Apple pi

400

What is the formula for volume of a cylinder?

A = r2h

400

What U.S. city's ZIP code has a pi-related ZIP code of 31415?

Savannah, Georgia

500

What did the mathematician put into her gourmet cookies?

spices

s-pi-ces

500

Who introduced the pi symbol?

William Jones in 1706.

500

What is 1.57?

Half of pi.

500

What is the formula for the volume of a cone?

V = r2 h/3


500

What is one of the two ancient countries in which a value for pi was probably first used to calculate the area of a circle?

Babylon or Egypt