Pi Riddles
This is what you call a mathematician that takes over a ship and looks for treasure.
What is a pi-rate?
True or False. The is no "last digit of PI" because the decimal goes on forever with no predictable pattern.
What is "true"?
Congress officially declared this day as Pi Day in 2009.
What is the "March 14"?
This is the formula to find the circumference of a circle
What is 2 *pi *r or pi *diameter?
What is the value of pi ? (2 digits after decimal)
What is a "3.14"
A mathematician that flies a plane.
What is a Pi-lot?
PI is generally associated with this shape.
The record for reciting the most digits of pi is over _______________, which took over 10 hours.
a) 60 b)700 c)7,000 d) 70,000
What is "70,000"?
This is the formula for finding the area of a circle
What is pi times the radius squared?
What is the value of pi ? (3 digits after decimal)
What is "3.141"
This is a mathematician's favorite dessert.
What is Pi-e?
This formula includes pi. (Mult. Choice)
a) area of rectangle b) slope of line c) area of circle
What is "area of a circle"?
Pi got its name from the Greek word for which of the following?
a) pinecone b) pizza c) perimeter
What is "perimeter"?
If the circumference of a circle is 10pi, what is the radius?
What is 5?
What is the value of pi ? (4 digits after decimal)
What is "3.1415"?
This fruit is often said to help reduce swelling for people having teeth removed.
What is a pi-neapple?
Computers have calculated PI to over __________ digits:
a) billions b) thousands c) hundreds
What are "billions"?
The quotient of which two integers is the closest approximation for pi? (Mult. Choice)
a) 14/4 b) 22/7 c) 29/10
What is "22/7"?
If the area of a circle is 121pi, what is the radius of the circle?
What is 11?
What is the value of pi ? (5 digits after decimal)
What is "3.14159"
16 fluid ounces is equal to 1 _________.
What is "pint"?
Which mathematician is often credited with first calculating PI (several decimal places.)
a) Einstein b) Archimedes c) Marie Curie
Who is "Archimedes"?
This is the connection between Albert Einstein and Pi Day.
What is "March 14 is his birthday"
True or False: π eventually repeats its digits in a predictable pattern.
What is false?
What is the value of pi ? (6 digits after decimal)
What is "3.141592"