Pi Trivia

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14.  (which was chosen because it resembles 3.14)  What time does the official celebration begin?

• 3:14 PM
• 7:22 PM
• 1:59 PM
• 5:18 PM

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.1

What famous scientist was born on Pi Day in 1879?

• Archimedes
• Einstein
• Galileo
• Newton

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What letter is pi of the Greek alphabet?

• 10
• 12
• 14
• 16

Tags

CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.1

Lu Chao of China set a world record by memorizing the most digits of pi.  How many digits did he memorize?

• 67,890
• 68,980
• 69,760
• 60,967

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.A.2

Who did the first proof to find the number pi?

• Archimedes 
• Pythagorus
• Socrates
• Boyle

Tags

CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.1

What shape did Archimedes use to find pi?

• square
• rectangle
• triangle
• pentagon

Tags

CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

Are pi's digits periodic? In other words, do the digits ever repeat themselves in any pattern?

• No, pi is irrational
• Yes, every 6,000,000 decimal places
• Yes, every infinitely long number repeats
• Maybe, not enough digits of pi are known yet

Tags

CCSS.8.NS.A.1

Who, in 1706, first gave the Greek letter "pi" its current mathematical definition?

• Isaac Newton
• William Jones
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Archimedes

Tags

CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.1

Who was the first group to find a value for pi?

• Egyptians
• Babylonians 
• Romans
• Greeks

What U.S. city has a zip code containing the first 5 digits of pi?

• Savannah, Georgia
• Salt Lake City, Utah
• Frankfort, Kentucky
• Juneau, Alaska

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.2