If you're a math geek, you already know. Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. You can use pi to to calculate the circumference or area of a circle (area = pi times the radius squared: A = πr[SUP]2[/SUP]).
The Pi Day celebration is held annually on March 14th, because 3/14 corresponds to the first three digits of π, or pi, which is 3.14. It happens every year, of course.
However, once every 100 years it happens in a year ending in 15, this year it's 2015, and 3/14/15 is 3.1415 which describes the first 5 digits of pi.
If that's not enough, at exactly 9.26:53am today we will have the first 10 digits of pi at 3.141591653.
Math geek nirvana.
But the whipped cream on top of the Pi Day pie is the fact that March 14th is Albert Einstein's birthday. Happy Birthday, Albert.
Be on the lookout in bakeries and grocery stores and restaurants for pies priced at, well, $3.14, of course.
The Pi Day celebration is held annually on March 14th, because 3/14 corresponds to the first three digits of π, or pi, which is 3.14. It happens every year, of course.
However, once every 100 years it happens in a year ending in 15, this year it's 2015, and 3/14/15 is 3.1415 which describes the first 5 digits of pi.
If that's not enough, at exactly 9.26:53am today we will have the first 10 digits of pi at 3.141591653.
Math geek nirvana.
But the whipped cream on top of the Pi Day pie is the fact that March 14th is Albert Einstein's birthday. Happy Birthday, Albert.
Be on the lookout in bakeries and grocery stores and restaurants for pies priced at, well, $3.14, of course.