PI Day Quiz

What is Pi Day celebrated for?

• The birthday of Albert Einstein

• The discovery of pi

• The fascination with the number pi

• National Pie Eating Day

How many digits of pi are needed to calculate the Earth's circumference with an error of just a millimetre?

• 11 digits

• 38 digits

• 50 digits

• 100 digits

What is one reason for calculating pi to ever-increasing numbers of digits?

• To make better pies

• As a benchmark for supercomputing

• Because it's a school requirement

• To find the end of pi

Which of the following is NOT a field where pi is used?

• Quantum mechanics

• General relativity

• Fashion designing

• Planetary motion

What is the nature of pi's decimal representation?

• Infinite and non-repeating

• Finite and non-repeating

• Infinite and repeating

• Finite and repeating

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