Video Of The Week - It's Pi Day!
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March 14 (3/14) holds a significant place in the American school calendar. That's because on this day even the strictest of math teachers allow students to celebrate Pi (the numeral constant that represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter) with fun activities and a slice or two of its yummy namesake - Pie!
Though the celebration may seem frivolous, educators and students are just obeying the law. After all, when the US House of Representatives declared the day a holiday in 2009, they did ask Americans to celebrate it with appropriate Pi and math-related activities! What makes the holiday even more special is that it can only be celebrated in the US. That's for the rest of the world, today is not 3/14 (March 14), but 14/3 (14 March)!
As you go about performing your civic duty be sure to check out the video that outlines some cool facts about this numeral constant that helps make math fun, at least one day of the year!
Happy Pi Day!
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- bluehorse3almost 10 yearsThat shirt is sick! I WANT it!
- coolpiggirl11almost 10 yearsit looks yummy
- PieGuyalmost 10 yearsThis is so coooooool! Last year was the REAL Pi year though: 3.1415
- larsonalmost 10 yearsno wonder Einstien is smart.he was BORN on Pi day
- Helleralmost 10 yearsTHIS IS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
- toy-freddyalmost 10 years3.14 41.3 pie XD how did Einstein know that?
- dbrownalmost 10 yearsiam the best at math ;) <3
- bananaunicornalmost 10 yearsPi =Pie?
- Randomalmost 10 yearsi celebrated pi day in math
- vbo789almost 10 yearsit is short