15 Pi Day Gifts for the Math Fan in Your Life

March 14, the mathematic high holiday known as Pi Day, is right around the corner. To celebrate everyone's favorite irrational number, we've rounded up some gifts to help the math aficionados in your life—the ones who know that pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter—observe Pi Day in proper fashion.
1. Pi Pie Pan

If Pi Day passed and you didn't eat a pi pie, did Pi Day even happen? This specially shaped baking pan makes the equivalent volume of a 9-inch round pan, but obviously has more surface area than a standard pan. Pi puns and extra crust? Sounds like a win-win dessert.
Buy it on Amazon for $25.
2. I Eight Sum Pie Plates
Pair that pi pie with a set of these special plates decorated with a formula that spells out "imaginary unit eight summation pi"—or, essentially, "I ate some pie." Yes please!
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3. Cutie Pi Unisex Onesie

Inspire a love of irrational numbers in the young mathematician-to-be in your life with this adorable cotton onesie, available in five colors for 6- to 24-month-olds.
Buy it on Etsy for $14.
4. Cheat Sheet Shower Curtain
We do our best thinking in the shower, and this machine-washable shower curtain is sure to inspire a stumped mathematician to finally figure out x once and for all.
Buy it on Society6 for $70.
5. Pi Mirrors Pie T-Shirt
Consider this equation: Math puns + affordability = this hilarious gift tee.
Buy it on $6 Dollar Shirts for … $6.
6. Mathematical Glasses
You'll be toasting to a gift well done after they open this set of four pint glasses measuring out the number of ounces in Pythagoras's constant, the Golden Ratio, Euler's number, and of course, pi.
Buy it at one of the retailers below:
7. Quantum Physics for Babies by Chris Ferrie

It's never too early to get your budding mathematician hooked on STEM! This quantum physics intro is meant for 1- to 3-year-old kids, but it's a good refresher for adults to brush up on their knowledge, too.
Buy it on Amazon for $9.
8. Spiral Pi Tattoo

This "classroom pack" of temporary tattoos means that when you and 44 of your closest pi pals practice memorizing pi's numerous digits, you never have to leave home without your cheat sheet.
Buy it on Amazon for $12.
9. Albert Clock
Definitely know your audience before gifting this head-scratcher of a clock. For some, the regular mental exercise to figure out the time will be a welcome brain teaser. For others, it could be a frustrating distraction. But, we think its namesake—it should be relatively easy to figure out which Albert it's referencing—would be a fan.
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10. Insanity Math Leggings

Spend your savasana meditating on the wonders of math in these equation-covered leggings.
Buy them on Amazon for $29.
11. Add And Subtract Abacus

Ancient calculators make great toys when it comes to this colorful bead toy aimed at kids 2 and up. But once the young ones hit grade school, this specially marked abacus will help them visualize arithmetic while still seeing the equations listed out.
Buy it on Amazon for $15 or at one of the retailers below:
12. Patterns of the Universe Coloring Book
This coloring book takes nature's best mathematical patterns and turns them into a soothing adult coloring book. Take a break from studying math's interconnected worlds, and just connect pencil to paper for a bit.
Buy it at Target for $10 or at one of the retailers below:
13. Pi Sign Cookie Cutters

Cookies are certainly easier to bake in bulk than pies. And if our math checks out, that means they will probably last a little longer, too. (Maybe.)
Buy them on Amazon for $5 and up.
14. Marbotic Smart Numbers

This hands-on math game makes learning arithmetic engaging and entertaining, and can help kids 3 to 6 years old recognize units and solve basic additions and subtractions. These wooden letters come with three free apps that you pair with any iPad and most Samsung and Nexus tablets.
Buy it on Amazon for $40 or at one of the retailers below:
15. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

You saw the movie—now delve even deeper into the true stories of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and the other African-American women who worked at NASA as "human computers" during the Space Race. Margot Lee Shetterly's best-seller reveals just how much ground-breaking work these brilliant mathematicians truly did, even while dealing with both gender discrimination and the Jim Crow era. And if you haven't seen the movie, stream it on HBO or purchase it here.
Buy it on Amazon for $13.
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