Friday, March 26, 2010

Pi Day Songs and Poems

5th grade students recently celebrate Pi Day. Pi Day is a math holiday celebrating the number Pi, which is approximately equal to 3.14....


Here are a couple of songs and poems written by the mathematicians....

Pi Poem by Jonathan P.

3.14 is an odd number
it is endless like space
it goes on and on 
without a pattern
the decimals are
the planets and stars
but there are more planets 
to explore
same with pi


Pi Rap by Coral W.
Whose value is the ratio of any circle's circumference?
No, I'm not speaking nonsense
a mathematical constant
that's pi.

3.141593
You see?

It's an approximate decimal notation
irrational as a number
and it's decimal notation

never ends or repeats
no, don't retreat
I'm talking about pi.

For a circle's circumference
it's a simple calculation
to get the valuation
it's diameter times pi.

For a circle's diameter
it's a simple calculation
with a little different valuation
that the circumference
it's circumference divided by pi.

And you should have a happy Pi Day on March 14th
funny thing about 3.14 and March 14th...
they're the same.





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