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Pi Day 2021

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What famous scientist was born on Pi Day in 1879?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Einstein

c)

Galileo

d)

Newton

2.

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

3.

What does this symbol represent?

a)

a letter from the Latin alphabet

b)

a letter from the Greek alphabet

c)

pie

d)

pi

4.

Who did the first proof to find the number pi?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Socrates

d)

Boyle

5.

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

6.

Pi and pie are which type of word

a)

synonyms

b)

antonyms

c)

homophones

d)

homographs

7.
What are the first 8 digits of Pi?
a)
3.1415926
b)
3.1426870
c)
3.1301269
d)
3.2045761
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.

Who introduced the Greek letter π in 1706?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

William Jones

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Archimedes

10.

Who popularized this symbol

 π\pi  

a)

Euler

b)

Einstein

c)

Descartes

d)

Fibonacci