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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 17 > Pi Day promotes math, science

Pi Day promotes math, science

Students compete in creative contests using the digits of pi

By Diane S.W. Lee / The Bulletin
March 17, 2010

Alex Reininger, 14, jotted down notes on a sheet of folder paper:

“Pie,

I

like

a

great

Applebees

PI ...”

Eighth-grader Alex and her two teammates had 12 minutes to compose a haiku using the mathematical constant pi, which equals to 3.141592...

Pi has more than 1 trillion digits continuing....

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