The history of pi

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.

pi history fact #4

•  square root of 9.869604401 is about pi

pi history fact #5

•  Babylonians created the constant circle ratio as 3.125

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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