Sally Witt

Tomorrow, March 14 is Pi Day!

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The page for this day is http://www.bloggersunite.org/event/pi-day and this is what they say –

Objective:
To spread the word about Pi day and math.

Pi day is on March 14( 3-14)= 3.14 that’s why it’s Pi day!!

Additional Info from http://www.piday.org/:

Celebrate Pi Day!

Pi, Greek letter (pi), is the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi = 3.1415926535… Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts around the world on March 14th.

Learn About Pi

With the use of computers, Pi has been calculated to over 1 trillion digits past the decimal. Pi is an irrational number meaning it will continue infinitely without repeating. The symbol for pi was first used in 1706 by William Jones, but was popular after it was adopted by the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in 1737.

For more info, visit their website http://www.piday.org/.