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Video Three: What is Pi?

Author: Shelly Hicks

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How Pi is Determined to be 3.14?

Good Resource for Investigating the Relationship Between Pi and Diameter

What is pi?

Key Ideas:

pi - is a Greek letter

 

 

The distance around the circle is called the circumference (C) is roughly 3 times the value of the diameter or 6 times the radius.

The value pi in grade 7 that is used is 3.14

Note:  the symbol for pi is straight pi