The Only Constant is Constants
3.14
What is pi?
The most prominent award in the field of mathematics, this prize is in its 90th year of being granted.
What is the Fields Medal?
The coastline between Revere Beach and South Station is 6 miles when measured in six-mile segments. How long is it when measured in one-mile segments?
7.75 miles
6.02 E 23
What is Avogadro's Number?
The first European use of this concept in calculation occurred around the 3rd Century AD, centuries after its first uses in India and Mesoamerica.
What is zero?
The coastline between Revere Beach and South Station is 6 miles when measured in six-mile segments. How long is it when measured in one-mile segments?
9.02 miles
2.718
What is e?
In ancient Greece, Hippasus was killed (perhaps drowned) by his fellow pythagoreans for doing this.
What is suggesting that some numbers might be irrational?
The coastline between Revere Beach and South Station is 6 miles when measured in 6-mile segments. How long is it when measured in half-mile segments?
10.3 mi
6.283
What is tau?
In the mid-1800s, Ada Lovelace did this for the first time using a newly created calculator.
What is program a computer?
The coastline between Revere Beach and South Station is 6 miles long when measured in 6-mile segments. How long is it in quarter-mile segments?
14.2 miles
1.618
What is measure the circumference of the earth?
The coastline between Delaware City, DE and White Sands Beach, MD is 23 miles when measured in 23-mile segments. How long is it when measured in 10-mile segments?
326.3 miles