Transcript Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

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5th Grade Literature Question
Name one of the two
books in the Bible that
gives a reference to
the value of pi.
5th Grade Literature Answer
1 Kings or 2 Chronicles
1 Kings 7:23, 2 Chronicles 4:2 -- in
describing the furnishings of Solomon’s
Temple – “. . . made the Sea of cast metal,
circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from
rim to rim . . . a line of thirty cubits to
measure around it . . .”
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5th Grade Humor Question
What do you get when
you divide the
circumference of a
bovine by its diameter?
5th Grade Humor Answer
Cow pi
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4th Grade Numbers Question
The value of pi fits into
what classification of
real numbers?
4th Grade Numbers Answer
Irrational
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4th Grade Mathematicians Question
What famous
mathematician’s
birthday is on the same
date as Pi Day?
4th Grade Mathematicians Answer
Albert Einstein
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3rd Grade Language Question
Pi is a letter from the
alphabet of which
language?
3rd Grade Language Answer
Greek
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3rd Grade Calculation Question
If the circumference
of a circle is pi, what is
the circle’s radius?
3rd Grade Calculation Answer
1/2
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2nd Grade Geometry Question
What is the formula
for area of a circle?
2nd Grade Geometry Answer
2
A=πr
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2nd Grade Vocabulary Question
What is the
definition of pi?
2nd Grade Vocabulary Answer
Pi is the ratio of a
circle’s circumference
to its diameter
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1st Grade Value Question
What is a decimal
approximation for the
value of pi, correct to
two decimal places?
1st Grade Value Answer
3.14
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1st Grade Calendar Question
What is the “official”
date for celebrating
Pi Day?
1st Grade Calendar Answer
March 14
(3.14)
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PI HISTORY
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What is one of two
ancient countries in which
a value for pi was probably
first used to calculate the
area of a circle?
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Babylon or Egypt
(probably as early as 2000 or 3000 BC)
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