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Kayla's Pi Project 
 * __What is pi?__**

A non-repeating non-terminating decimal is a decimal that doesn't have a pattern of numbers.
 * Pi is a non-repeating, non-terminating decimal.
 * There is millions of numbers in pi.
 * Pi is the ratio of the circumfrence of a circle to diameter[[image:http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/images/pi.PNG width="304" height="248" align="right"]]
 * The symbol pi was first used by Willaim Jones in 1706
 * It goes way back to the ninth centry.


 * __What Language does Pi come from? __**
 * Egyptians
 * Greecians
 * Babylonians


 * __A Brief History on Pi. __**


 * Pi has been know for about 4000 years.
 * The first calculation of pi was done by Archimetes of Syracuse.
 * Pi was chosen as a letter for the number 3.141592653..........because the letter ( π) is a greek letter that stands for perimeter.
 * Pi was used by the Egypcians and the Babylonians. The babylonians had a closer estimate to what Pi is. The Egypcains were farther off, with an estimate of four.


 * __What Kind of number is Pi?__**
 * Pi is a constant number that never changes.
 * __What formulas use π?__**
 * A= πr² area of a circle[[image:http://talklikeaphysicist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/abstract-pi.jpg width="387" height="339" align="right"]]
 * C=2πr circumfrence of a circle
 * S=2πrh+2πr² surface area of a cylinder
 * V=πr²h volume of a cylinder
 * V=1/3πr²h volume of a cone

**__How do you calculate π?__**
 * You calculate it by dividing the circumference of a circle by its diameter

__**What are some odd facts about π?**__
 * No one has found an ending to Pi
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 * Pi has been calculated to1.24 trillion decimal places so far
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