Daily Mail

Do you know Pythagoras' theorem? Or how to calculate Pi? Tricky exam questions set for secondary school pupils catch out half of British parents - see how you score on our ...

From trigonometry to Pythagoras' theorem, there are plenty of mathematical terms you might remember from school – but could you actually answer a question now? After a survey found half of British ...
New Scientist

Pi Day: How to calculate pi using a cardboard tube and a load of balls

Pi Day, which occurs every 14 March – or 3/14, in the US date format – celebrates the world’s favourite mathematical constant. This year, why not try an experiment to calculate its value? All you will ...
Popular Mechanics

Here’s How NASA Uses Pi to Explore the Universe

Happy March 14—time to celebrate everyone’s favorite mathematical constant. Pi, or π, describes the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Since it was first discovered more than 4,000 ...
TechRadar

Want to break the geekiest world record of them all? Here's how engineers spent 75 days to calculate Pi to 105 trillion digits — just in time for Pi day

Engineers at StorageReview decided to do something incredibly geeky for this year’s Pi day (March 14 - 3/14) – beat their own record for calculating Pi. Considering that the previous record, achieved ...
Mint

Scientists calculate value of Pi to 62 trillion digits, claim new world record

NEW DELHI: A team of scientists from Switzerland’s University of Applied Sciences Graubünden claim they have broken the world record for calculating the value of Pi. The researchers used a ...