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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Measure a wheel circumference.
Now measure the diameter.
Divide the circumference by the value of the diameter.
When you try to divide it, division will never end. Well, you can try it, but you’ll spend the rest of your life.
This is pi. A proportion.
π = 3.141692654…
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