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Amen, and amen again! |
Today is 3.14 or Pi Day in the world of mathematics enthusiasts and nerds.
What is pi? Glad you asked. Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
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Borrowed from www.mathifun.com. It really is! |
Pi is irrational, meaning that when we express it as a decimal, the digits do not terminate, nor do they repeat. Did you know that the decimal representation has been extended to over 10 trillion decimal places? I didn't either. I just learned that on Wikipedia.
Today is one of those days when I miss being a teacher. I know that if I were still working in schools, I'd be hosting a celebration and wearing one of my numerous Pi t-shirts.
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Pi Day, 2007 or 2008 |
My kids and I would be eating pie of some variety. Somebody's mom would bake something, and I'd probably make (or bring) a few myself. And, of course, I'd sneak some mathematics in along the way. Here's a few pictures of my final Pi Day celebration that the other math teachers and I threw at my former school. Each teacher had his or her students draw a digit of pi. We all met at the football stadium and strung all of our digits together like so:
We even got press coverage! The news sent a film crew in a helicopter to shoot footage of our celebration.
So although I'm fighting a stomach bug and working on my dissertation, I'm thinking of all the teachers and kids celebrating Pi Day. I'm celebrating in spirit.
Until next time . . . I'll leave you with a corny cheer I used to teach my students.
Do you know the digits of Pi?
3-point-1-4-1-5-9
Did you get it?
Well I guess.
Mathematics is the BEST!!!
(***cartwheels and toe touches***)
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