National Pi Day Is March 14 — Quotes, Jokes, and Captions

Why is National Pi Day a thing?

Doesn’t it seem strange to celebrate the mathematical constant on a national level for a whole day? Mathematics enthusiasts will find this holiday a well-deserved cause for celebration.

Keep reading to find out more about the cause for celebration.

When Is National Pi Day?

Celebrate National Pi Day on March 14 every year.

Pi FAQs

Here are some FAQs about the day to answer any questions. After this, you can find jokes and quotes about it.

What is National Pi Day?

This is primarily a day to celebrate the mathematical constant π, but people also use this as an excuse to make and eat pies. Here is the symbol for pi: π.

National Pi Day quotes, jokes,and captions.

Why is this date taken as National Pie Day?

For countries that follow the month/day format, the first three digits of the date, 3/14, represent the value of pi or 3.14.

Who Founded National Pi Day?

National Pi Day was founded by Physicist Larry Shaw in 1988.

How did pi get its name?

The word for the constant was first used by the Welsh mathematician William Jones in 1706, as ‘pi’ is the first letter in the Greek word for “perimeter.”

Who Discovered pi?

In 287–212 BC, Archimedes of Syracuse became the first man to use pi to calculate mathematics.

Why is Pi divided by 7?

Pi is an irrational number, meaning that the digits after its decimal are in billions. For this reason, it is often shown in the fraction form of 22/7 or to two decimal places of 3.14.

Can you square Pi?

No, the square root of pi and its squaring are impossible.

Why do engineers use Pi 3?

In many engineering projects, using just pi is insufficient, and they must add more digits to fulfill the needs. For this, they often take Pi 3 or even more.

How is Pi used in construction?

Because bridges, arches, and some buildings are semi-circles, Pi is often used to determine the perimeter correctly. The amount of material required to make it can then be determined.

How do I celebrate National Pi Day?

If you are a mathematician or just a pi enthusiast, well, you can try and set a new world record for reciting the most pi digits ever, a title currently held by an Indian who was being able to recite 17,000 of these.

If not, even though it is not ‘pie’ day, some people celebrate it by eating pies, and you can join them. You can raise funds for mathematics-related studies or do other good things for the subject.

Fun Facts About Pi

With over 6.4 billion digits in the constant, Pi requires about 133 years for a person to recite them all before it starts to recur.
Pi is the number of times a circle will fit in its circumference.
Pi is an irrational number and cannot be expressed as the ratio of integers.
Archimedes of Syracuse, the founder of pi, was so engrossed in his work that he overlooked when the Romans invaded his city. It is often told how he yelled, ‘do not touch my circles’ when a Roman soldier approached him, who then cut off his head.
We’ll never know the precise area or circumference of a circle. Why? Because Pi’s exact value is impossible to calculate.

Pi Trivia

Egyptians know that the relationship between the height and base of pyramids was the same as between the radius and the circumference.
‘Pi,’ a men’s cologne by Givenchy, is marketed to enhance the attractiveness of visionary and intelligent men.
Mathematicians think it is better to consider circles to have infinite corners rather than none, just like Pi has endless digits.
With an infinite number of digits, ‘Pi’ includes the digits of 0 to 9 in all possible combinations.
Suresh Kumar Sharma of India set a world record in 2015 by reciting around 17,000 digits of Pi, which took over 17 hours to complete.

More Fun Facts About π Video

Pi Quotes

It would be best if you were the square root of two because I am irrational around you.
Unknown

The Great Pyramid, that monument to spirituality that the Agashan Teachers hold in such high esteem, is built according to Pi’s principles.
William Eisen

Exploring pi is like exploring the universe.
David Chudnovsky

My love for you is like the decimals of pi — never-ending.
Unknown

Everything is nothing with a twist.
Kurt Vonnegut

Men may come, and men may go, but Pi goes on forever.
George Augustus Sala

Sayings About Pi

Love is not a pie; hand out your eight slices, and you are done. It is like pi; irrational and never-ending.
Unknown

Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals.
Henry Spencer

Pi is not merely the ubiquitous factor in high school geometry problems; it is stitched across the whole tapestry of mathematics, not just geometry’s little corner of it.
Robert Kanigel.

Sometimes I feel so sick at the state of the world I can’t even finish my second apple pie.
Banksy

Love is like pi – natural, irrational, and very important.
Lisa Hoffman

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you that mine are still greater.
Albert Einstein

Jokes About Pi

I tried to memorize 100 digits of pi today.
But why would I worry about pi on my cake day?

What do you call a snake that’s exactly 3.14 feet long?
A pi-thon.

What did Pi say to his partner?
Stop being so irrational.

Remember not to eat too much pi.
It will give you a large circumference.

What do you get when a bunch of sheep stands in a circle?
Shepherd’s Pi.

What’s a shark’s favorite dessert?
Octo-pi.

How many bakers does it take to make a pie?
3.14.

3.14% of sailors are pi-rates.

What’s another term for 1.57?
Half a pi.

Just saw American Pi. I gave it a rating of 3.14.

Pi Riddles

What language should you speak on Pi day?
Sine language!

Why should you never talk to pi?
Because he’ll go on forever.

Why did pi have its driver’s license revoked?
Because it didn’t know when to stop.

What do you get when you take the sun and divide its circumference by its diameter?
Pi in the sky.

What do you get when you take a bovine and divide its circumference by its diameter?
A cow pi.

Pi Captions For Instagram

Apple of my π.
Pi makes me well-rounded.
As sweet as π!
I finally get to be irrational today.
I’m very similar to π: irrational and very important.
π makes it all better!
Have an irrational day.
As easy as π.
π in the sky!
Cutie π!
Come to the nerd side; we have π.
Irrational, but well-rounded.
Shut your π hole!
Have a finger in every π!
Sweet as 3.14159265359.

National Pi Day Hashtags

#NationalPiDay
#HappyPiDay
#MathNerd
#NerdsUnite
#π

Future National Pi Day Dates

Year	Date	Day of the Week
2021	March 14	Sunday
2022	March 14	Monday
2023	March 14	Tuesday
2024	March 14	Thursday
2025	March 14	Friday
2026	March 14	Saturday

We hope you enjoyed our resources to celebrate National Pi Day. We hope we made it 3.14 times more fun!

By Michael O’Halloran

Michael O’Halloran founded Greeting Card Poet in 2014 and has worked as its publisher and editor ever since. He has co-authored four books on kids’ trivia and four on coaching. Previously, Michael was the president of Magnetic Poetry. He has invented and brought to market over 75 new gift and toy products, most of which involve wordplay. Mike is married and a father of four daughters.

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