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Pi DAY (14 March 2018)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pi (π) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its.....

a)

radius

b)

diameter

c)

area

d)

length

2.

The mathematician Archimedes used polygons with many sides to approximate circles and determined that Pi was approximately ....

a)

23/7

b)

22/7

c)

21/7

d)

20/7

3.

The use of π (Pi) became popular after it was adopted by the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in ...

a)

1954

b)

1825

c)

1737

d)

1700

4.

The number Pi is extremely useful when solving geometry problems involving ...

a)

triangles

b)

curves

c)

cones

d)

circles

5.

The earliest known official or large-scale celebration of Pi Day was organized by Larry Shaw in 1988 at the ...

a)

San Diego

b)

San Francisco

c)

San Antonio

d)

San Jose

6.

For Pi Day 2010, Google presented a ... celebrating the holiday, with the word Google laid over images of circles and Pi symbols

a)

Cartoon

b)

Ticket

c)

Song

d)

Doodle

7.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced Pi Day at exactly 6:28 PM, which they have called "Tau Time", to honor the rival numbers Pi and Tau equally.

a)

In 2012

b)

In 2013

c)

In 2014

d)

In 2015

8.

Princeton University, New Jersey, hosts numerous events in a combined celebration of Pi Day and ... birthday, which is also March 14

a)

Archimedes's

b)

Isaac Newton's

c)

Albert Einstein's

d)

BJ. Habibie's

9.

Pi was proved to be ... in the 18th Century

a)

positive number

b)

real number

c)

irrational number

d)

square root number

10.

The World Record for memorising the digits of Pi belongs to Lu Chao, from China. The maths whizz was able to recall the first ....

a)

37,890 numbers

b)

49,890 numbers

c)

51,860 numbers

d)

67,890 numbers

11.

Using a powerful computer, the Hitachi SR 8000, a ... scientist found 1.24 trillion digits of Pi, breaking all the previous records

a)

Japanese

b)

Chinese

c)

Indonesia

d)

British

12.

i has featured in many a Hollywood blockbuster, as it was used as the secret code in Hitchcock’s Torn Curtain and also in The Net, which stars .....

a)

Thomas Alfa Edison

b)

Jim Carey

c)

Keanu Reeves

d)

Sandra Bullock

13.

The special constant of Pi shows up across many disciplines, including chemistry, physics and ....

a)

Language

b)

Mathematics

c)

Physical Education

d)

Music

14.

Pi is also essential to engineering, making modern construction ...

a)

impossible

b)

possible

c)

real

d)

visible

15.

the word “pi” itself was actually derived from the first letter of the ..... word perimetros, which means circumference.

a)

Japanese

b)

Javanese

c)

Roman

d)

Greek

16.

The "Pi in the Sky" challenge was created by the Education Office of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena. Where is the State of Pasadena?

a)

Philadelpia

b)

Utah

c)

California

d)

New Mexico

17.

Pi also helps engineers and scientists program the precise orbits of satellites and ....

a)

spacecraft

b)

train

c)

bicycle

d)

super jet

18.

What is not suggested activities in Pi day?

a)

Have a Pie baking contest. Ask participants to bake Pi shaped pies.

b)

Wear a t-shirt that has the numbers of pi on it or sport some Pi shaped accessories

c)

Watch "BLACK PANTHER" movie

d)

Eat foods that start with a Pi, like Pineapples and Pizza

19.

Pi - usually written as the Greek letter π - is the ‘..... constant’

a)

pararel

b)

box

c)

triangle

d)

circle

20.

On March 12, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution (HRES 224) recognizing March 14, 2009, as .... Pi Day.

a)

International

b)

National

c)

Local

d)

Regional