Why is Pi Day celebrated on March 14

Pi Day is a holiday celebrated on March 14th, which is the date written as 3.14.

Why is Pi Day celebrated on March 14? In this article, we’ll take a look at the history of Pi Day and how it became a tradition for so many people to celebrate it every year. We’ll also explore some of the ways that people celebrate Pi Day and how you can join in too.

What is Pi?

Pi is one of the most important mathematical constants in the world. It’s used in all sorts of different calculations and equations, including those related to circles. The number pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits past the decimal point, but no matter how far we go there will always be more digits after that.

What does 3.14 mean?

“March 14”

In 1879, American mathematician James Woodhouse discovered that when you write out numbers as decimals (as opposed to whole numbers) they repeat every so often. For example, 1/2 repeats itself as 0.5 and 2/3 repeats itself as 0.66666… You can see this pattern by looking at any number like 1/4 or 7/8 – they both repeat themselves after three digits have been written out.
However, there are some numbers that don’t repeat themselves at all! The first few numbers like this are: 1/3 = 0.333333…; 4/7 = 0.571428…; 9/10 = 0.9.
The number pi happens to be one of these special numbers! It doesn’t ever stop repeating itself – if you wrote it out infinitely long it would still go on forever.
So if you were writing out 3/14 (or 3-14) using decimals instead of whole numbers then after the third digit you would get: 3.(1).(4). That means that if you add those three digits together (1+4+1) then add them again (4+1), then add them again (1), then add them again (4), etc., you would get an infinite series.
That means that 3.(1).(4) = 6 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 1 … forever! So March 14th equals 6.(3).(2). You could also write this equation another way: $(\backslash pi\; \backslash times\; 10^2)\; \backslash times\; 10^0$. This means: $(\backslash pi\; \backslash times\; 10^2)$, which equals $(\backslash pi\; \backslash times\; 100)$, times $(10^0)$, which equals $(10^0)$. So March 14th actually equals 6.(3)(0), or 6..(0), or 60.

“March”

The letter “m” represents “March”, so 3-14 stands for March 14th.