A taste of Pi by Camryn.Alexis Esma https://padlet.com/camryn_alexis_esma/sfw6ijezkgom The taste of Pi en-us 2016-12-13 02:37:41 UTC 2016-12-13 22:34:13 UTC hello@padlet.com What is Pi? camryn_alexis_esma https://padlet.com/camryn_alexis_esma/sfw6ijezkgom/wish/143498951 Pi is the quotient of the circumference to the diameter of a circle (Circumference divided by diameter gives you Pi).The numbers in the decimal place goes on and on.]]> 2016-12-13 22:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/camryn_alexis_esma/sfw6ijezkgom/wish/143498951 What are the first 20 digits of Pi? camryn_alexis_esma https://padlet.com/camryn_alexis_esma/sfw6ijezkgom/wish/143499552 3.14159265358979323846


]]> 2016-12-13 22:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/camryn_alexis_esma/sfw6ijezkgom/wish/143499552 Why is Pi called an irrational number? camryn_alexis_esma https://padlet.com/camryn_alexis_esma/sfw6ijezkgom/wish/143499858 Pi is called an irrational number because it is a number that cannot be written as a simple fraction. Pi does not equal a simple fraction such as ¾ =0.75, Pi equals an irrational number such as 22/7=  3.1428571428571... (Pi cannot be expressed as a fraction)]]> 2016-12-13 22:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/camryn_alexis_esma/sfw6ijezkgom/wish/143499858 Interesting fats and history of Pi camryn_alexis_esma https://padlet.com/camryn_alexis_esma/sfw6ijezkgom/wish/143500301
  • The ancient Babylonians calculated the area of a circle by taking 3 times the square of its radius.
  • The symbol of Pi was invented by a British Mathematician in 1706 named, William Jones.The symbol was then adopted by Euler in 1737 and was the general symbol used to represent Pi
  • March 14 is known as Pi day because of it’s date (3/14) 
  • Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BC, one of the greatest mathematicians of the ancient times)  made the first calculation of Pi. He did not find the value of Pi but he showed us that Pi is anywhere between 3 1/7 and 3 10/71.
  • In the Greek alphabet, Pi is the sixteenth letter (Piwas), in the english alphabet P is the sixteenth letter too.

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