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WorksheetsPi Day
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many 1s are in the first million decimal places of pi?
a)
99758
b)
98578
c)
97857
d)
96875
2.
Pi Day is celebrated on March 14. (which was chosen because it resembles 3.14) What time does the official celebration begin?
a)
3:14 PM
b)
7:22 PM
c)
1:59 PM
d)
5:18 PM
3.
What famous scientist was born on Pi Day in 1879?
a)
Archimedes
b)
Einstein
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
4.
What letter is pi of the Greek alphabet?
a)
10
b)
12
c)
14
d)
16
5.
Lu Chao of China set a world record by memorizing the most digits of pi. How many digits did he memorize?
a)
67,890
b)
68,980
c)
69,760
d)
60,967
6.
Who did the first proof to find the number pi?
a)
Archimedes
b)
Pythagorus
c)
Socrates
d)
Boyle
7.
What shape did Archimedes use to find pi?
a)
square
b)
rectangle
c)
triangle
d)
pentagon
8.
What does the Massachusetts Institute of Technology do on Pi Day?
a)
Pi Bee
b)
Pie baking Contest
c)
Pie eating competition
d)
mails its acceptance letters
9.
The symbol for pi was introduced in the last _____ years.
a)
100
b)
200
c)
300
d)
400
10.
What day does Europe celebrate Pi Day on?
a)
March 14th
b)
June 22nd
c)
July 22nd
d)
August 14th
11.
Are pi's digits periodic? In other words, do the digits ever repeat themselves in any pattern?
a)
No, pi is irrational
b)
Yes, every 6,000,000 decimal places
c)
Yes, every infinitely long number repeats
d)
Maybe, not enough digits of pi are known yet
12.
Among the digits of pi currently known, the concentration of each of the digits 0-9 are pretty close to equal. However, in the first 30 places of pi's decimal expansion, which digit is completely missing?
a)
7
b)
2
c)
0
d)
8
13.
Who, in 1706, first gave the Greek letter "pi" its current mathematical definition?
a)
Isaac Newton
b)
William Jones
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
Archimedes
14.
Who was the first group to find a value for pi?
a)
Egyptians
b)
Babylonians
c)
Romans
d)
Greeks
15.
What U.S. city has a zip code containing the first 5 digits of pi?
a)
Savannah, Georgia
b)
Salt Lake City, Utah
c)
Frankfort, Kentucky
d)
Juneau, Alaska
16.
Which of the following is Pi NOT also referred to as?
a)
Circular Constant
b)
Archimedes' Constant
c)
Einstein's Code
d)
Ludolph's Number
17.
How many hours did it take a supercomputer to calculate pi to 51.5 billion digits, in 1997?
a)
78
b)
3
c)
29
d)
124
18.
The first known celebration of Pi Day was organized by Larry Shaw in 1988 and took place in:
a)
Boston, MA
b)
New York City
c)
San Francisco, CA
d)
Chicago, IL
19.
Who adopted π as the symbol for pi?
a)
Euler
b)
Einstein
c)
Descartes
d)
Fibonacci
20.
What do you get when you divide the circumference of a Jack-o-Lantern by its diameter?
a)
Pumpkin
b)
Jack-o-Lantern
c)
Pumpkin Pi
d)
Pi in the Sky
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