Pi Day 2023
Across
- 2. Last name of Rajveer, the world record holder for memorizing Pi to 70,000 places past the decimal point (it took nearly 10 hours to recite)
- 5. A fruity variety of pie, or a 1990 song by Warrant
- 7. A chocolate pie, named for its smooth texture and a European country (although this originated in America)
- 9. The symbol for two times pi, relating the circumference to the radius of the circle
- 10. A branch of math that studies the sizes, shapes, angles, and dimensions of things
- 18. Pi is an _____ number, meaning it cannot be written as a fraction.
- 19. Distance around the outside of a circle
Down
- 1. A closed, round shape
- 3. Although associated with Americana, this variety of pie originated in England!
- 4. A pie made with flour, butter, sugar, and eggs. Similar to pecan pie without the nuts.
- 6. Last name of a theoretical physicist who died on Pi Day in 2018
- 8. A comparison of two or more numbers that indicates their sizes in relation to each other by using division
- 11. Last name of a theoretical physicist who was born on March 14th, 1879
- 12. A dessert or candy made from whipped egg whites and sugar, used as a topping on some lemon pies
- 13. Typically paired with strawberry, this tart stalk is technically a vegetable
- 14. A straight line that goes from one edge of the circle to another, passing through the center
- 15. A pie with a graham cracker crust, made from citrus associated with Florida
- 16. The number of significant figures of pi JPL uses for their highest accuracy calculations (interplanetary navigation)
- 17. The last name of the Welsh mathematician who introduced the symbol for Pi.