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Pi Day Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the value of Pi?

a)

3.1416926

b)

3.1415916

c)

3.1415926

d)

3.1416926

2.

Who calculated the circumference of the earth and considered the value of Pi = 22/7?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Aryabhatta

c)

John Machin’s

d)

None of the above

3.

Name the scientist who was born on pi Day?

a)

Diophantus

b)

Archimedes

c)

Euclid

d)

Einstein

4.

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)

2:29 PM

d)

1:59 PM

5.

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

6.

Lu Chao of China set a world record by memorizing the most digits of pi.  How many digits did he memorize?

a)

67,890

b)

69,760

c)

68,980

d)

60,967

7.

What does the Massachusetts Institute of Technology do on Pi Day?

a)

Pie baking Contest

b)

Pi digits memorizing competition

c)

Pie eating competition

d)

Mails its acceptance letters

8.

What is the formal definition of pi? 

a)

The radius of a unit circle

b)

3.14159

c)

The ratio of a circle's circumference to  its diameter

d)

The ratio of a circles diameter to its area

9.

Who did the first calculation to find the number Pi?

a)

Pythagorus

b)

Socrates

c)

Boyle

d)

Archimedes 

10.

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

a)

Savannah, Georgia

b)

Salt Lake City, Utah

c)

Frankfort, Kentucky

d)

Juneau, Alaska

11.

Which number appears most in the first 6 billion decimal places of Pi?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

9

d)

0

12.

"I prefer pi" is _______________.

a)

an awesome math quote

b)

the name of a mathematics poem

c)

a palindrome

d)

a famous song