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The history of pi

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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The history of pi

BY:SUZZANA FRETZ
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PI HISTORY FACT #1

  • William Jones was the first man to figure out pi, 
  • Egyptians cretaed the first theory of pi
  •  William L. Schaaf

PI HISTORY FACT #2

  • PI is an irrational number
  • pi=3.141592653589793238462643383
  • the 16th letter in the Greek alphabet

pi history fact #3

  • the pi symbol is actually a Greek letter
  • found by the ancient greeks in 1900 B.C.
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pi history fact #4

  •  square root of 9.869604401 is about pi
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pi history fact #5

  •  Babylonians created the constant circle ratio as 3.125
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work example #1

  • Create a paper chain with different colors for each digit

work example #2

  • Write stories with words the length of pi digits

work example #3

  • Have a party with pies and have the kids do the math
  • If they get it correct,give them a slice of pi
  • The first 3(or more) students to get it right each time get a slice of pie

work example #4

  • Have a pie eating contest
  • use whole pies, mini pies, or pie slices
  • give winner a whole pie to take home
  • 2nd and 3rd place get hats
  • more than one round(8 at a time)

work example #5

  • pi recitation contest
  • 1st place gets $314.15 
  • 2nd place gets $31.41
  • 3rd place gets $3.14

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