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WorksheetsPi Day Trivia
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Who did the first proof to find the number pi?
a)
Archimedes
b)
Pythagorus
c)
Socrates
d)
Boyle
3.
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
4.
The symbol for pi was introduced in the last _____ years.
a)
100
b)
200
c)
300
d)
400
5.
Among the digits of π 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
6.
Who, in 1706, first gave the Greek letter "π" its current mathematical definition?
a)
Isaac Newton
b)
William Jones
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
Archimedes
7.
Who was the first group to find a value for π?
a)
Egyptians
b)
Babylonians
c)
Romans
d)
Greeks
8.
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
9.
Who adopted π as the symbol for pi?
a)
Euler
b)
Einstein
c)
Descartes
d)
Fibonacci
10.
People tried for centuries to "square the circle". What were they trying to do?
a)
Construct a square to perfectly circumscribe a circle
b)
Construct a square of equal area to a given circle
c)
Multiply a circle by itself
d)
fit a round peg in square hole
11.
What is the "formal" definition of pi?
a)
22/7
b)
3.1415926
c)
the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter
d)
the surface area of a sphere of diameter 22/7
12.
What are the first 8 digits of Pi?
a)
3.1415926
b)
3.1426870
c)
3.1301269
d)
3.2045761
13.
How many digits are in pi?
a)
10 trillion
b)
5 billion
c)
infinite
d)
a lot
14.
What portion of Americans admit to having eaten an entire pie by themselves?
a)
1 in 2
b)
1 in 5
c)
1 in 10
d)
1 in 19
15.
On The Simpsons, what type of pie lures Homer into a rope trap?
a)
Pumpkin Pie
b)
Apple Pie
c)
Donut Pie
d)
Floor Pie
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