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Pi Day QUIZ

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What number is pi?

a)

1.41

b)

2.00

c)

3.14

d)

5.14

2.

When is pi used?

a)

unlock your locker

b)

to find your way home

c)

area of a circle

d)

tangent of a rectangle

3.

Another use for pi?

a)

circumference of a circle

b)

desert after dinner

c)

triangle bisect line

d)

square root

4.

What day is Pi Day?

a)

March 14

b)

December 25

c)

October 31

d)

January 1

5.

How old is the symbol for pi?

a)

1,000 years

b)

250 years

c)

500 years

d)

a billion years

6.

Who first worked with pi 4,000 years ago?

a)

Mr. Miello

b)

Makenna and Donnie

c)

Egyptians

d)

Babylonians

7.

Who was born on pi day in 1879?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Mr. Conley

c)

Mr. Tiscareno

d)

Michael Jackson

8.

Which of these ways can you use to find pi?

a)

Circumference divided by the diameter

b)

Circumference divided by the radius

c)

radius times pi

d)

Circumference times diamter

9.

Which of these ways can you use to find pi?

a)

C ÷dC\ \div d

b)

c ÷ rc\ \div\ r

c)

d x r

d)

c × dc\ \times\ d

10.

Which of these ways can you use to find pi?

a)

cd\frac{c}{d}

b)

cr\frac{c}{r}

c)

c × πc\ \times\ \pi

d)

cπ\frac{c}{\pi}

11.

What is the decimal approximation of pi?

a)

3.41

b)

3.14

c)

3.12

d)

3.15

12.

The symbol for pi is a _______ letter.

a)

Latin

b)

Italian

c)

Greek

d)

Spanish

13.

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

14.

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

a)

Archimedes

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Hypatia

d)

Euler

15.

What famous scientist was born on Pi Day?

a)

Stephen Hawking

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Marie Curie

16.

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

(a)  

17.

True/False: Pi is an IRRATIONAL number.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

How many digits are in pi?

a)

10 trillion

b)

infinite

c)

5 billion

d)

a lot

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

a)

0

b)

8

c)

7

d)

2

22.

What mathematician adopted π as the symbol for pi?

a)

René Descartes

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Leonardo Fibonacci

d)

Leonhard Euler

23.

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

24.
Who did the first proof to find the number pi?
a)
Archimedes 
b)
Pythagorus
c)
Socrates
d)
Boyle
25.
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