Today's Google doodle celebrates the 30th anniversary of Pi day. Pi day, observed on the 14th of March every year, celebrates the mathematical constant Pi. Pi represents the ratio of a circumference ...

Beth Py-Lieberman - Author, The Object at Hand: Intriguing and Inspiring Stories from the Smithsonian Collections Every year, the celebration of Pi Day (March 14 is 3.14) grows more ambitious. Math ...

The circumference of a circle is the distance around the circle. It is another name for the perimeter of a circle. The circumference of a circle is calculated using the formula: \(\text{circumference} ...

STEP 1 - WRAP RIBBON: Take the ribbon and wrap it around a glass. Mark where the ribbon overlaps itself. Image caption, STEP 2 - CUT CIRCUMFERENCE: Cut the ribbon at the point where it overlaps. You ...

I’m a journalism student in college, and math is one of the requirements for not only graduation, but also to help me transfer to a four-year school. There are going to be some situations coming my ...

Introduction Mathematicians get excited about the discovery of mathematical relationships. They look at the world around them in terms of numbers, formulas and equations. Mathematics is fun and ...

Arnold Packer chairs the Scans 2000 Center within the Institute for Policy Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The center is conducting the study mentioned in the essay. Successful 5th ...