Mathematical Pi talk

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SavedByGrace

Uh… what to talk about? Unless someone wants to explain in detail the formula for calculating pi, there doesn't seem to be much to talk about… :D But I'm sure we'll figure something out. :)

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SavedByGrace

Uh… I'm not sure if the Memverse server could take that… :D I'm sure you were joking, right? :P

I'm assuming you haven't memorized the first 100,000 digits of pi, but is there a place online where you've found them? I'd like to see that sometime if there is. :)

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Sarah

So, I found a Christmas ornament in a catalog that has the first 1,000 (I think) digits of pi on it. Would anyone be interested? ;-)

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Mommy's Helper

I know I probably sound really dumb, but what is pi, even???
I haven't gotten to that part of math right now, I'm learning fractions. (which I already know, they're just teaching me again)

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Bethany Meckle

Well, since Sammy over there won't tell you, I'll tell you what I know. :) Pi is a Greek letter that mathematicians use for approximately 3.14. Pi is used to figure out the area and circumference of circles. Probably some other stuff too, but that's about all I know. :)

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Hannah B.

Here's what I have memorized so far… 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971692884. I think I should get back to memorizing more someday.

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Hannah B.

46 decimal digits if I'm not mistaken. 47 if you count the 3, although most people just count the decimal digits.

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Hannah B.

Thanks. BTW, did you know that the second is defined as 9,192,631,770 orbits of the outermost electron of the cesium-133 atom? This definition was given in 1960. Before that the second was defined as a fractional part of the year… probably where the term "I'll be back in a second" came from.

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