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Happy Pi Day!

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
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.
What famous scientist was born on Pi Day in 1879?
a)
Archimedes
b)
Einstein
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
3.
Who was the first group to find a value for pi?
a)
Egyptians
b)
Babylonians 
c)
Romans
d)
Greeks
4.
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
5.
The number pi is approximately equal to _________. 
a)
3.14
b)
3
c)
whatever the diameter equals 
6.

what is the symbol for pi

a)

£

b)

π

c)

Π

d)

7.
On what day is Pi Day celebrated?
a)
January 1
b)
March 14
c)
March 13
d)
February 13
8.
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
9.
How many digits are in pi?
a)
10 trillion
b)
5 billion 
c)
infinite 
d)
a lot 
10.

What are the first six digits of pi?

a)

314157

b)

3141592

c)

31415

d)

314159

11.

What is the term "pi" or "π" from?

a)

The Italian Alphabet

b)

The Greek Alphabet

c)

Old Cave Drawings

d)

The Old English Alphabet

12.

What is a common approximation for pi as a fraction?

a)

3/14

b)

31/4

c)

22/7

d)

28/9

13.
Fill in the blank with the correct sign >, < , or =
-3.4  ________ -2.5
a)
>
b)
<
c)
=
14.
What number is in the hundredths place in pi?
a)
1
b)
4
c)
5
d)
3
15.
Is pi irrational, rational, both, or neither?
a)
Both
b)
Irrational
c)
Rational
d)
Neither
16.
What does this symbol represent?
a)
a letter from the English alphabet
b)
a greek letter
c)
pie
d)
pi
17.
What is pi used to find? 
a)
the perimeter of a square
b)
the area of a rectangle
c)
radius of a circle
d)
circumference of a circle
18.
Evaluate each expression.
| 9 |
a)
0.9
b)
9
c)
-9
d)
90
19.
| –3 |
a)
3
b)
-3
c)
0.30
d)
30
20.
Evaluate the expression.
|–5| + 8
a)
3
b)
13
c)
-13
d)
-3
21.
Which is the greatest integer?
a)
-33
b)
-31
c)
-28
d)
-17
22.
Which is the least integer?
a)
1
b)
-1
c)
-2
d)
-8
23.
Which statement is true?
a)
The absolute value of 3 is -3
b)
The opposite of 7 is 7
c)
The absolute value of 5 is equal to the opposite of 5
d)
The opposite of -4 is equal to the absolute value of -4
24.
What's a way to define absolute value?
a)
The value of a number
b)
The opposite of a number
c)
The distance of a number from zero
d)
The multiplicative inverse of a number
25.
What is the reason that absolute value is always written as a positive?
a)
Absolute value is talking about numbers so it must be positive.
b)
Absolute value does not always have to be positive.
c)
Absolute value is like a clock it has only positive numbers.
d)
Absolute value is talking about distance, distance is always measured by positive numbers.
26.
What is the absolute value of |-26|.
a)
26
b)
-26
c)
0
d)
-20
27.
The absolute value of |3| is 0.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
What is the absolute value of |-26|
a)
26
b)
-26
c)
-36
d)
36
29.
What is the absolute value of |-37|.
a)
0
b)
37
c)
-37
d)
30
30.
What is the absolute value of |572|.
a)
275
b)
-572
c)
57
d)
572
31.
The absolute value of 79 is 79.
a)
False 
b)
True
32.
Which has the same absolute value as -55?
a)
0
b)
-1
c)
1
d)
55
33.
Is absolute value always positive?
a)
yes
b)
no
34.
What numbers have the absolute value of 1.5
a)
-1.5, 1.5, 3/2, -0.5
b)
-1,5, -3/2, 1.5, 3/2
c)
-1.5 and 0
35.
What is the opposite of -9? 
a)
9
b)
1/9
c)
0
d)
-9
36.
Solve
a)
2
b)
-2
c)
6
d)
-6
37.
The axes divide the coordinate plane into four sections called what? 
a)
ordered pairs
b)
origins
c)
quadrants
d)
coordinate plane
38.
The coordinate plane is divided by a horizontal number line called what? 
a)
y-axis
b)
origin
c)
x-axis
d)
quadrant
39.
When plotting points in a coordinate plane, which directions should you go first? 
a)
left or right
b)
up or down
c)
left
d)
up
40.
In the quadrant lV, the X value is always ____, and the Y value is always _____?
a)
positive , negative
b)
negative, negative
c)
negative , positive
d)
positive , positive
41.
The X axis is _______?
a)
vertical
b)
diagonal
c)
criss-cross
d)
horizontal
42.
The Y axis is _______?
a)
Vertical
b)
Horizontal
c)
criss-cross
d)
diagonal
43.
Which quadrant is (9, 2) located?
a)
I
b)
II
c)
III
d)
IV
44.

In the ordered pair, (7, -7), first I would move ____ then ____.

a)

Left, Down

b)

Left, Up

c)

Right , Up

d)

Right , Down

45.
Which letter matches the coordinate (4, -6)?
a)
G
b)
Z
c)
K
d)
None of the above
46.
Which letter matches the coordinate (0, -6)?
a)
O
b)
L
c)
i
d)
Z
47.
What is the ordered pair for point A?
a)
( 2, 0)
b)
( 0 , 2)
c)
(0, -2)
d)
(-2,0)
48.
In which quadrant is the following point?
(-3, 12)
a)
Quadrant I
b)
Quadrant II
c)
Quadrant III
d)
Quadrant IV
49.
Which shows the decimals in order from least to greatest. 
9.22, 10.3, 2.03
a)
9.22, 10.3, 2.03
b)
10.3, 2.03, 9.22
c)
2.03, 9.22, 10.30
50.
Which shows the decimals in order from least to greatest. 
0.88, 0.45, 1.1
a)
0.45, 0.88, 1.10 
b)
1.10, 0.88, 0.45
c)
0.88, 1.1, 0.45
51.
Which decimals is the greatest. 
1.4, 1.40, 9.02, 0.77
a)
1.4
b)
9.02
c)
0.77