The circumference of a circle is the distance around the shape. The ability to round a number to a number of decimal places or to a number of significant figures means that answers can be written to ...

Beth Py-Lieberman - Author, The Object at Hand: Intriguing and Inspiring Stories from the Smithsonian Collections Every year, the celebration of Pi Day (March 14 is 3.14) grows more ambitious. Math ...

Everybody knows the value of pi is 3.14…er, something, but how many people know where the ratio came from? Actually, the ratio came from nature—it’s the ratio between the circumference of a circle and ...

Divide the circumference of a baseball by its diameter and you get 3.14. Divide the circumference of Earth by its diameter and you get 3.14. Divide the circumference of a pizza, coin or, well, pie and ...

Circles are some of the most beautiful and versatile shapes in nature. Every March 14, mathematics enthusiasts from all over the globe commemorate Pi Day and the International Day of Mathematics (IDM) ...

I was trying to think of something cool to do for Pi Day. Last year, I made a numerical simulation to determine the value of Pi. This year, I was stumped. What could I do that was different? My first ...

You’re likely familiar with Pi Day, perhaps the most popular of geeky holidays. Hooray. But I’m here to tell you that Pi Day is wrong — or rather, the entire idea of pi as a mathematical concept is ...