Ok, pi is probably a bit over the head of your average 5 year old. I know the definition of pi is circumference / diameter, but is that really how we get all the digits of pi? We just get a circle, measure it and calculate? Or is there some other formula or something that we use to calculate the however many known digits of pi there are?
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There are some very interesting ways, like dropping lots of sticks on top of a pattern with many parallel lines: [Buffon’s Needle](https://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/modules/pi/pi.html).
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