Pi Day

March 14 was founded by Larry Shaw in 1988. Who was he?

• a Mathematics professor

• a Physicist

• a Chemist

• an Astronomer

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What classification is the value of pi as a real number?

• natural

• rational

• irrational

• integer

The pi symbol is derived from the first letter of which word in Greek?

• circle

• diameter

• radius

• circumference

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CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.1

The pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to which measurement of the circle?

• diameter

• radius

• area

• angle measure

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CCSS.7.G.B.4

Archimedes first calculated the pi. Which people first approximated the value of pi as 3.1605?

• Persians

• Egyptians

• Italians

• Greeks