Pi Day Trivia

Pi is named after a letter of which alphabet?

• a.) Chinese

• b.) Latin

• c.) Arabic

• d.) Greek

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Pi is best described as what type of number?

• a.) a rational number

• b.) an irrational number

• c.) an integer

• d.) an irregular fraction

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CCSS.8.NS.A.1

Which of these fractions is closest to Pi?

• a.) 5/3

• b.) 21/8

• c.) 22/7

• d.) 45/16

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CCSS.8.NS.A.2

Pi rounded to 9 decimals is:

• a.) 3.141952654

• b.) 3.142952654

• c.) 3.142592654

• d.) 3.141592654

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CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.1

In September1999, the value of Pi was calculated to a record number of decimal places. How many?

• a.) 206 million

• b.) 206 billion

• c.) 206 thousand

• d.) 206 trillion

Which number appears most in the first 6 billion decimal places of Pi?

• a.) 0

• b.) 1

• c.) 2

• d.) 5

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2A

How is Pi defined?

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

• b.) The ratio of the radius of a circle to its circumference

• c.) The ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference

• d.) The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius

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CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.1

If you multiply Pi by the square of the radius of a circle, what do you get?

• a.) The circle's radius

• b.) The circle's circumference

• c.) The circle's area

• d.) The circle's diameter

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CCSS.7.G.B.4

Which of the following is FALSE?

• a.) There is no zero in the first 31 digits of Pi

• b.) Pi has been memorized to more than 120,000 digits

• c.) The Babylonians found the first known value of Pi

• d.) An early, crude calculation of Pi appears in the Bible

What famous scientist birthday falls on Pi Day?

• a.) Bill Nye

• b.) Thomas Edison

• c.) Albert Einstein

• d.) Isaac Newton