Comments on Sol and Rachel do a Blog: Happy Pi Day!

I love this! I teach 7th grade math & we have ...

2010-03-25T14:31:58.484-04:00

I love this! I teach 7th grade math & we have a pi day celebration (this year we did it on 3.12 since 3.14 was on a Sunday) We have the students bring pie, and have a bunch of different pi day activities & contests. Math nerds unite!! :)

My baby sis-in-law (used to) know pi to 300 digits...

2010-03-17T13:53:50.710-04:00

My baby sis-in-law (used to) know pi to 300 digits...ummm yeah. Thought you would appreciate.

Ken--that is awesome about MIT! I hope Finn goes ...

2010-03-15T07:57:49.241-04:00

Ken--that is awesome about MIT! I hope Finn goes into math, not baking. Or else I'll be fat.

Mary--I laughed out loud at your comment! We saw Alice on Friday and it was great.

Darci--I hope you did that cheer several times yesterday!

Ally--Basically, the math is too elegant for there not to be a creator who designed those numbers to combine the way they do.

Al--Thanks pal. Your pi knowledge is stunning.

Some girls posted scripture verses on their mirror...

2010-03-15T00:18:38.399-04:00

Some girls posted scripture verses on their mirrors, but we plastered ours with that equation that "proves" God. I think we may have etched it into a table at a restaurant once, too.

The cheer is:

E to the U, D-U, D-X
E to the X, D-X
SECANT, COSINE, TANGENT, SINE
THREE POINT ONE FOUR ONE FIVE NINE
INTEGRAL, RADICAL, U-D-V
CALCULUS FOREVER, RACH and ALI!
(last line was modified from SME, which was modified from MIT)

and I know pi this far:
3.1415926535898 - I studied the poster in high school

Mary, my family and I really enjoyed your comments...

2010-03-14T22:44:07.842-04:00

Mary, my family and I really enjoyed your comments!

Rachel - so how exactly does that equation prove that God exists? (Sorry, I'm not a math wiz.)

Time for a math cheer: Sine, Sine, Cosine, Sine! 3...

2010-03-14T20:37:21.146-04:00

Time for a math cheer:
Sine, Sine, Cosine, Sine!
3-point-1-4-1-5-9!

Mmmmm...A day to celebrate pie. I'll start wi...

2010-03-14T18:35:50.844-04:00

Mmmmm...A day to celebrate pie. I'll start with homemade apple please! I can divide that circle with a fork and hope it doesn't go to my diameter which is anything but constant ; o ).

Is there a logarithmic relationship for π? Hapπ π Day!

Celebrate by going to Alice in Wonderland because Lewis Carroll was a mathematician who added mathematical commentary to his stories about Alice and who loved riddles.

Fun fact of the day from my favorite economics blo...

2010-03-14T14:59:06.421-04:00

Fun fact of the day from my favorite economics blog (that's right, I read economics blogs too): MIT releases its undergraduate admission decisions at 1:59 pm today. (That is, at 3.14159). Maybe if Finley grows to share his mother's love of pi, he should apply there. Or culinary school.