Pi Part I
Pi Part II
Pi Miscellaneous
100
What are the first five digits of pi?
3.1415
100
What one dimensional figure is pi used most commonly?
A circle.
100
What is a math teacher's favorite dessert?
Pi or "Pie"!
200
What kind of number is pi? (It starts with the letter "c")
A constant.
200
When does pi end?
Never.
200
What do you get when you cut a pumpkin by its diameter?
Pumpkin Pi
300
What is the circumference and area of a circle?
C = 2*π*r or π*d A = (π)r^2
300
Is Pi rational or irrational?
Irrational.
300
Who is the teacher that is in charge of Pi Day?
Ms. Gongora
400
Who was the first mathematician to use and apply pi?
Archimedes
400
The radius of a circle is 4 cm. What is the area of the circle? Use 3.14 for pi.
50.24 cm^2
400
Which well known theoretical physicist was born on Pi Day?
Albert Einstein. (March 14, 1879)
500
What is the ratio that mathematician Archimedes used to measure polygons with many sides to approximate circles?
22/7
500
Besides a circle, what two 3-dimensional figures are used with pi?
A sphere [V = (4/3)(pi)(r^3)] [SA = 4(pi)(r^2)] A cylinder [V = (pi)(r^2)(h)] [SA = (2)(pi)(r^2) + (2)(pi)(r)(h)]
500
What is the 100,000th digit of pi?
1