To celebrate international Pi Day on March 14th the NGSC maths department gave away free pies!

Students from year’s 7-12 eagerly ran round the school at lunch time reciting Pi to yard duty teachers, in exchange they were given a voucher, which entitled them to a pie of their choice, sweet or savoury.

The number Pi,𝞹 , is a mathematical constant that represents the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter.

The first record of this constant ratio being used has been dated to nearly 4000 years ago when the Egyptians and Babylonians used 𝞹.

Today, with the aid of computers, we have calculated 𝞹 to trillions of decimal places. However, at NGSC we will only focus on the first 20, being 3.14159265358979323846.

International 𝞹 Day originated in the USA, a country that places the month before the day, hence March 14th or 3/14 is the day we celebrate!