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Pi Trivia

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the decimal approximation of pi?

a)

3.41

b)

3.14

c)

3.12

d)

3.15

2.

When is Pi Day celebrated?

a)

March 14

b)

March 4

c)

March 15

d)

April 3

3.

The symbol for pi is a _______ letter.

a)

Latin

b)

Italian

c)

Greek

d)

Spanish

4.

Pi is the ratio of a circle's ______ and ______.

a)

diameter and circumference

b)

circumference and radius

c)

Radius and diameter

d)

circumference and diameter

5.

What ancient Greek mathematician found the ratio between a circle's circumference and diameter?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Hypatia

d)

Euler

6.

What famous scientist was born on Pi Day?

a)

Stephen Hawking

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Marie Curie

7.

What is the official world record for memorizing and reciting pi digits?

(a)  

8.

True/False: Pi is an IRRATIONAL number.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Which state tried to pass a bill that would declare the value of pi to be 3.2?

a)

Michigan

b)

Illinois

c)

Indiana

d)

Iowa

10.

True/False: A calculation of pi occurs in the Bible.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

How many digits are in pi?

a)

10 trillion

b)

infinite

c)

5 billion

d)

a lot

12.

What do you get when you divide the circumference of a Jack-o-Lantern by its diameter?

a)

Pumpkin

b)

Jack-o-Lantern

c)

Pi in the sky

d)

Pumpkin Pi

13.

What U.S. city has a zip code containing the first 5 digits of pi?

a)

Savannah, Georgia

b)

Frankfort, Kentucky

c)

Salt Lake City, Utah

d)

Juneau, Alaska

14.

Which number does NOT appear in the first 31 digits of pi?

a)

0

b)

8

c)

7

d)

2

15.

What mathematician adopted π as the symbol for pi?

a)

René Descartes

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Leonardo Fibonacci

d)

Leonhard Euler

16.

The first known Pi Day was organized by Larry Shaw in 1988 and took place in:

a)

Boston, MA

b)

San Francisco, CA

c)

New York City

d)

Chicago, IL