My friend had: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971 written down on a piece of paper and I asked him what it was. I felt really dumb when he told me it was Pi and I was completely and utterly embarrassed. I'm a smart girl, but math has never been a strong suit of mine. My question is how many of you know what 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971 is without having to google or look it up? When you looked at the number did automatically know that it was Pi? Basically I am trying to see if I am alone here. Anyone else on this boat with me?
And if you know Pi what grade were you in when you learned it?
Thanks everyone, hopefully I will feel better soon.
2007-02-09 13:27:56 · 14 answers · asked by Natalie 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Yeah that is the radian number for the math symbol pi. Don't feel embarrassed. It's okay to get things wrong. But you learn from it. Now you know, and you will never forget.
2007-02-09 13:38:23 · answer #1 · answered by hptz1000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I might have been in 7th grade, but that isn't the point. If you haven't been using it very long and see it out of context, you can easily not recognize it. If you aren't very interested in math, it's also easy to know what Pi is if someone asks but you may not make the connection the other way if you see the number. That's just how the mind works.
And then there was the pastry chef who got a Christmas gift of a dish with the Pi symbol in the middle and the numbers running around the edge. We wondered how long it would take him to figure it out, but he got it right away. It was a Pi plate. "I am SO going to use this!" he said.
2007-02-10 16:29:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recognized it right away. In fact I could repeat the first half of those digits from memory, though most people would just look at the "3.14" and concluded it was Pi.
I first learned about Pi in 6th grade, only because I found it on my own in the textbook. I found it rather intriguing. Too bad the teacher never covered it. I didn't see it show up in a class until 2 years later, and even then the teacher was pretty unenthusiastic about it. So it goes with public schooling.
I wouldn't beat yourself up over it. Some people are horrible in other subjects, like history, and thus wouldn't know the significance of something like the dates "1611" or "1776". And at least you're not one of those people who answers problems here by calling it "pie"!
2007-02-09 21:45:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry. Everyone make mistakes sometimes especialy if you are not in that frame of mind.
Often you find a question if asked differently can be easy or hard.
Have you seen that number before? If he wrote 22/7 would you know if it was Pi as well, or just wrote 3.14 without the rest. You can''t expect to know it if you haven't seen it before. It's like learning a foreign laguage.
Next time at least you will know.
2007-02-09 21:40:21 · answer #4 · answered by B T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone who has ever studied math knows the first few digits of pi are 3.14159... many people may not know the first 29 decimal places of pi, but would recognize that immediately as pi.
Those who haven't studied math or are math-phobic wouldn't know anyways.
2007-02-09 21:36:23 · answer #5 · answered by john 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were to look at that number, I would have known that it is pi....
But to honestly tell you the truth, you shouldn't be embarrased for not knowing it... I didn't knew pi how many decimals pi has and I sure didn't know back in high school... Stop worrying about it... it's just something you haven't know, now you know it!!!
Urm, another thing... your friend is kinda geeky writing that many decimals places for pi..... nowadays we have something call scientific and graphic calculator???
2007-02-09 21:33:36 · answer #6 · answered by sheepishbiribiri 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
haha, aww its okay, uhm i prolly wud've guess that it was Pi, because it starts with 3.14, the rest i have no idea. You're not alone a lot people might've not known that. I think i remember learning Pi in like 5th or 6th grade....
2007-02-09 21:34:00 · answer #7 · answered by Mander 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i new that it was pi coz think of it this way there are 3 peices of pie but my friends added .14 to that slice and try to rember to add that number and than u will get 3.14 and i leared that pi thing in 5 grade and i just tot of that short cut!
good luk and dont be embarrassed coz every one makes mistakes!
2007-02-09 21:33:41 · answer #8 · answered by Zahera♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I recognize that number immediately.
But I've been a math geek my whole life.
I knew about it when I was about 8 or 9. (I have a brother who's 10 years older than me though, who is also a math geek and majored in statistics later on)
2007-02-09 21:32:55 · answer #9 · answered by Michael Dino C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i kno it but i guess the numbers after the 3.14 kan screw u up kinda bad cuz pi is usually rounded to 3.14 i learned it in 4th grade
2007-02-09 21:34:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋