Pi Day … 14th March ….. 3.14
Pi Day celebrates an AMERICAN Pi because:
1. AUSTRALIA and UK:
Australia and UK write their dates DD/MM/YY and the 14th March or 14.3 is nothing to get excited about.
2. EUROPE
Pi in Europe is pronounced Pee. So 14th March Would be
Pee Day.
And Pee Day would not be something to encourage in Middle School. Also the perfume below is hilarious in Europe.
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Nevertheless, here are 2 interesting appearances by Pi in the movies plus a middle school challenge to count the Pi’s in the movie clip.
1. A Beautiful Mind
In this movie where Russell Crowe plays Mathematician Nobel Laureate John Nash, there is a maths blooper involving Pi. Watch for pi on the window at 43 seconds.
You should have seen 0<π<1. But we all know π = 3.1415 etc. For those mathematically fastidious an argument can be put that π can be used as a variable, which would make the statement true. But π is a universal constant so using π as a variable is just STUPID.
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2. Pi: The Movie
This 1998 psychological thriller promo clip is also the coolest maths promo you will ever see. It is only 1.42 mins long and it is big on π. But be warned the full lenght moive (SPOILER ALERT) involves madness, π and self-lobotomising with a power drill with a ‘happy’ ending.
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Pi Day Challenge:
How many times do you see π in this clip? Watch carefully!!!!!
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