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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.How many 1s are in the first million decimal places of pi?99758985789785796875
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Pi Day is celebrated on March 14. (which was chosen because it resembles 3.14) What time does the official celebration begin?3:14 PM7:22 PM1:59 PM5:18 PM
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What famous scientist was born on Pi Day in 1879?ArchimedesEinsteinGalileoNewton
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What letter is pi of the Greek alphabet?10121416
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Lu Chao of China set a world record by memorizing the most digits of pi. How many digits did he memorize?67,89068,98069,76060,967
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Who did the first proof to find the number pi?ArchimedesPythagorusSocratesBoyle
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What shape did Archimedes use to find pi?squarerectangletrianglepentagon
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What does the Massachusetts Institute of Technology do on Pi Day?Pi BeePie baking ContestPie eating competitionmails its acceptance letters
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The symbol for pi was introduced in the last _____ years.100200300400
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What day does Europe celebrate Pi Day on?March 14thJune 22ndJuly 22ndAugust 14th
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Are pi's digits periodic? In other words, do the digits ever repeat themselves in any pattern?No, pi is irrationalYes, every 6,000,000 decimal placesYes, every infinitely long number repeatsMaybe, not enough digits of pi are known yet
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Among the digits of pi currently known, the concentration of each of the digits 0-9 are pretty close to equal. However, in the first 30 places of pi's decimal expansion, which digit is completely missing?7208
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Who, in 1706, first gave the Greek letter "pi" its current mathematical definition?Isaac NewtonWilliam JonesNapoleon BonaparteArchimedes - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Who was the first group to find a value for pi?EgyptiansBabyloniansRomansGreeks
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What U.S. city has a zip code containing the first 5 digits of pi?Savannah, GeorgiaSalt Lake City, UtahFrankfort, KentuckyJuneau, Alaska
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following is Pi NOT also referred to as?Circular ConstantArchimedes' ConstantEinstein's CodeLudolph's Number
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.How many hours did it take a supercomputer to calculate pi to 51.5 billion digits, in 1997?78329124
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The first known celebration of Pi Day was organized by Larry Shaw in 1988 and took place in:Boston, MANew York CitySan Francisco, CAChicago, IL
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Who adopted π as the symbol for pi?EulerEinsteinDescartesFibonacci
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What do you get when you divide the circumference of a Jack-o-Lantern by its diameter?PumpkinJack-o-LanternPumpkin PiPi in the Sky