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Today is Pi Day

Third grade teacher Jonathan Segerstron, is seen after getting pied in front of the student body at the Hamtramck Academy Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Hamtramck, Mich. Students at the school recited pi and celebrated pi by throwing a pie in the face of their favorite teacher. Hamtramck Academy is a free public charter school that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Third grade teacher Jonathan Segerstron, is seen after getting pied in front of the student body at the Hamtramck Academy Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Hamtramck, Mich. Students at the school recited pi and celebrated pi by throwing a pie in the face of their favorite teacher. Hamtramck Academy is a free public charter school that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Third grade teacher Jonathan Segerstron, is seen after getting pied in front of the student body at the Hamtramck Academy Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Hamtramck, Mich. Students at the school recited pi and celebrated pi by throwing a pie in the face of their favorite teacher. Hamtramck Academy is a free public charter school that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. Pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits beyond its decimal point. As an irrational and transcendental number, it will continue infinitely without repetition or pattern. While only a handful of digits are needed for typical calculations, Pi’s infinite nature makes it a fun challenge to memorize, and to computationally calculate more and more digits/Pi Day ( www.piday.org )

Question: Were you good at mathematics?

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