Comments on: Happy Pi Day!

By: Marian Carson

Marian Carson — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:33:32 +0000

We are planning our 4th Annual Pi Day Celebration at our Middle School. Prior to Pi Day, eighth grade students are asked to create “Pi art” and a “Pi writing” (this will be on display at our gathering), participate in a Pi Scavenger Hunt, learn about Pi, and learn a Pi Song to be sung with their class. On Pi Day, we gather in the cafeteria at 1:59 pm and we all shout “Happy Pi Day”. Class songs are sung, prizes are awarded to winners of the Pi Scavenger Hunt and the “Pi Digits Memorization Contest”…..and then, of course, we all EAT PIE (donated by our wonderful parents). Students are also encouraged to decorate t-shirts with “pi”. [This day comes right after our statewide Mastery Test week.....so it's really a celebration and enjoyed by all].

By: aileen

aileen — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:58:12 +0000

happy birthday to me (101 years younger than Albert Einstein). We put my 27 candles on a blueberry pie.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:26:20 +0000

We had Pi day at school today! The Calculus teacher had all her students bring pie and she decorated the hall with Pi facts. Our math teacher gave us little debbie pies, and she had a shirt that said “Pi-ous.” Then we listened to a student tercite 200 digits of pie it was a nerdy day!

By: Higgins

Higgins — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:23:54 +0000

OMG, I have been using the wrong number for all these years. Dude. I stand corrected, sir!

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:19:57 +0000

Not to niggle too much, but the final digit in your Pi approximation (3.14159265358) should be a “9″ rather than an “8″. Continuing it out further, you would have 3.1415926535897… By having an “8″ rather than a “9″ you are simply *truncating* after the 11th digit rather than rounding up, you naughty boy.

By: Ransom

Ransom — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:11:44 +0000

Dorrrrrk!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:09:28 +0000

I’m SO glad someone is finally recognizing this day for being BOTH Pi day AND Albert Einstein’s birthday!! It’s my birthday too, 100 years to the day from Einie (he’d be 128), and a lifetime of teasing by my sister for being an Einstein nerd is finally validated! Thank you, mental_floss.