Did you know that? The abbreviation for March 14th is 3.14, which also happens to be the value of pi. So, why not celebrate the day by eating pie, right?
Here is your math lesson for today: (maybe you already knew this, but I didn’t learn this until I took a class in grad school on how to teach math to elementary school kids.) We know the value of pi is 3.14, but what does that mean? Who cares? Well, in case you didn’t know…pi is the amount of times that the radius of the circle fits around the circumference of the circle. Imagine the radius as a piece of yarn. If you were to place the yarn around the circle, you would need 3.14 pieces of yarn to cover the entire outside of the circle. No matter how large or small the circle is, the distance around the circle is always 3.14 radii (or 3.14 pieces of yarn.) Don’t you feel so smart?
That would be a cute science fair project for someone to do. Prove that pi is the same for all cirlces…you could use a piece of yarn and try it out on all kinds of circles like dishes and ice cream bars and stuff.
Here is my question…how bored was the person who actually discovered pi? Someone actually sat around and figured all this stuff out. Geesh. Guess he must have been a really fun date, huh?
I’d rather sit around and make paper things all day.
Did you know what pi actually meant? Did you eat pie today?
We did.
