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Fun Facts about Pi
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100

The formula for the circumference of a circle.

What is 

pid

or

2pir?

100

The formula for the area of a circle.

What is 

pir^2?

100
The formula for the surface area of a sphere.

What is

4pir^2?

100

The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

What is

pi?

100

The character played by Robert Pattinson recites several digits of the square root of

pi

 in this popular vampire franchise.

What is Twilight?

200

The circumference of a circle whose diameter is 76.

What is 

76pi?

200

The area of a circle with a diameter of 5.

What is 

25pi?

200

The surface area of a sphere whose radius is 2.

What is 

16pi?

200

The constant

pi

expressed to five decimal places.

What is 3.14159?

200

The main character in this popular award winning novel and film nicknames himself after the constant 

pi.

What is the Life of Pi?

300

The circumference of a circle whose radius is 

3/2.

What is

3pi?

300

The area of a circle whose radius is 

3/2.

What is 

9/4pi?

300

The approximate surface area of an NBA basketball, which has a radius of nearly 5 inches.

What is 

100pi?

300

The annual date on which the constant

pi

is celebrated.

What is March 14th?

300

In an episode of this long running TV show, two young girls at a school for the gifted play patty-cake and say “Cross my heart and hope to die, here’s the digits that make pi, 3. 1415926535897932384…”

What is the Simpsons?

400

The diameter of a circle whose circumference is 

6.98pi.

What is 6.98?

400

The radius of a circle whose area is

9pi.

What is 3?

400

The radius of a sphere whose surface area is 

64pi.

What is 4?

400

The civilization with the oldest known approximation of 

pi.

What is the Egyptian?

400

In an episode of this classic science fiction franchise, Dr. Spock gets the better of an evil computer by commanding it to compute

pi

to its final digit, which is of course impossible.

What is Star Trek?

500

The radius of a circle whose circumference is

42pi.

What is 21?

500

The diameter of a circle whose area is 

49/4pi.

What is 7?

500

The diameter of a sphere whose surface area is

196pi.

What is 14?

500

The Greek mathematician who developed the first algorithm for calculating 

pi.

Who is Archimedes?

500

The name of a mathematically inspired movie by director Darren Aronofsky which debuted in 1998.

What is Pi?