Ever since the ancient Egyptians, teachers have celebrated March 14th with a combination of pastry and math. The 18th century addition of the Greek symbol π to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter gave the number 3.14 a unique gravitas all its own.
This month, we get to add our own flourish to this historical math juggernaut–in the form of a unique sequential time event. Twice that day, just before 10:00 o’clock both a.m. and p.m., the unique month/date/time alignment of Pi Day 2015 will yield this amazing computation of Pi out to 10 places: 3/14/15 9:26:53. That’s just about as far as you can go, and a sequence that only happens once every 100 years.
So start planning your Pi Day festivities! To get you in the mood, here’s a great little video from our free SAS Math Stretch app. You can use the app to list Pi out as far as you can imagine!
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