March 14 (3/14) is celebrated annually as Pi Day because the date resembles the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter — 3.14 for short. And this year’s date syncs up with the first four digits after the decimal point, so 3.14.15 looks a lot like 3.14159265359 (etc). That won’t happen again until 2115. In case you don’t remember from math class, Pi is an “irrational and transcendental number” with decimals that “continue infinitely without repetition or pattern,” according to PiDay.org, the official website for the holiday.
π is made in Windows using the Alt key and on a numerical pad, typing 227.
Have a great day. Measure some circles. Bake a π…err…pie. Go out for some pie.
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Note to self. Do not put a pi symbol in the title of a wordpress post. It will give you a 404 error message if you go to comment.
22/7, 333/106, 355/113, 103993/33102, 104348/33215
good to 2, 4, 6, 9, 9 digits, respectively.
Pi palindrome: I prefer pi
I knew somebody in graduate school that had over 30 digits of pi memorized.
Good grief. I probably don’t know past about 3 digits….but I also have to confess into not caring.
Are you having pie today? I might have to leave instructions for someone here to go buy a couple.
It’s pi R squared ain’t it?
Naw! pi are round… corn bread are square!
@Moon-howler
I had pie yesterday when the public schools celebrated pi day. Parents were asked to donate pies for the school, so naturally we also got one for ourselves.
Good show!!! What kind?
I do not really need much encouragement to dig into pecan pie. So our “celebration” of pi day provided an excellent excuse. How about you? Did you do anything for pi day?
Blueberry pie. Stopped at Giant, took some utensils from the salad bar and celebrated.
Since the translation of pi into a date isn’t numerically correct anyway, I going to celebrate next year (3.1416) as the once in a century celebration of the best approximation of pi.
AWWWWWW–you rounded!!! You ….sputter…rounder!!!