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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the formal definition of pi?The ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter3.14159The radius of a unit circleThe ratio of a circles diameter to its area - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following are the earliest known reference(s) to pi?The Rosetta Stone and BibleA Middle Kingdom papyrus scroll, by Ahmes the scribeBabylonian and Egyptian textsHomer’s Illiad
- 3. Multiple ChoiceAmong the digits of pi currently known, the concentrations of each of the digits 0 - 9 are pretty much equal. However, in the first 30 digits of pi's decimal expansion, one number is conspicuously missing. Which number is it?2057
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWho had the digits of Pi engraved on his tombstone?ArchimedesLudolph van CeulenJohn WrenchJon von Neumann
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAre pi's digits periodic?Yes; the digits repeat themselves after every 6000 decimal places.Maybe; not enough digits of pi have yet been calculated to know if they start eventually repeating themselves.Yes; every infinitely long number has to start repeating itself sometime.No; every periodic number is rational, but pi is irrational.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceIn 1897 a State House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill setting pi equal to 16√3 which approximately equals 9.2376. In which state of the United States did this occur?CaliforniaIndianaMassachusettsCanada
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT a nickname given to PiArchimedes ConstantRudolph’s ConstantLudolph’s Constant
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow long did it take a computer in 1949 to compute 2037 digits of pi?70 Hours100 Minutes200 HoursA) 35 Days
- 9. Multiple ChoicePi Day is celebrated on March 14. (which was chosen because it resembles 3.14) What time does the official celebration begin?3:14 PM7:22 PM1:59 PM5:18 PM
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat famous scientist was born on Pi Day in 1879?ArchimedesEinsteinGalileoNewton
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat letter is pi of the Greek alphabet?10121416
- 12. Multiple ChoiceLu Chao of China set a world record by memorizing the most digits of pi. How many digits did he memorize?67,89068,98069,76060,967
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWho did the first proof to find the number pi?ArchimedesPythagorusSocratesBoyle
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat shape did Archimedes use to find pi?squarerectangletrianglepentagon
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe symbol for pi was introduced in the last _____ years.100200300400
- 16. Multiple ChoiceAmong the digits of pi currently known, the concentration of each of the digits 0-9 are pretty close to equal. However, in the first 30 places of pi's decimal expansion, which digit is completely missing?7208
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat U.S. city has a zip code containing the first 5 digits of pi?Savannah, GeorgiaSalt Lake City, UtahFrankfort, KentuckyJuneau, Alaska
- 18. Multiple Choice"I prefer pi" is _______________.an awesome math quotea palindromewhat Moby tells Tim in the Circles BrainPop videothe name of a mathematics poem
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the Massachusetts Institute of Technology do on Pi Day?Pi BeePie baking ContestPie eating competitionmails its acceptance letters
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these fractions is closest to Pi?45 over 165 over 321 over 822 over 7
- 21. Multiple ChoicePi is named after a letter of which alphabet?EgyptianGreekEnglishChineese
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is FALSE?A early, crude calculation of Pi appears in the BibleThe Babylonians found the first known value of PiPi has been memorized to more than 120,000 digitsThere is no zero in the first 31 digits of Pi
- 23. Multiple ChoiceIf you multiply Pi by the square of the radius of a circle, what do you get?The circle's diameterThe circle's areaThe circle's circumferenceThe circle's radius
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich number appears most in the first 6 billion decimal places of Pi?2105
- 25. Multiple ChoiceRoughly at what period was the discovery of a constant that we now call Pi ?prehistoricfirst civilisation (egyptian, babylonian)ancient greece and romansmiddle ages
- 26. Multiple ChoiceHow did Archimedes die (Around 212 B.C.)?killed by a roman soldiers when syracuse was takenof old agehe fell in the sea while defending his town against the romansof a long exotic illness
- 27. Multiple ChoiceIn the middle ages, who was one of the first to intoduce in Europe base 10 as a calculation reference and found an approximation of Pi ?VieteCardanFerrariFibonacci
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWho was the first group to find a value for pi?EgyptiansBabyloniansRomansGreeks
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