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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Modern calculations are done with very boring equations that computers can do very quickly.
Because pi shows up in so many places involving circles, there’s actually many ways to approximate it’s value. Matt Parker is a comedian/mathematician who famously does a video every year where he finds a new outrageous way of calculating pi. My favorite is by throwing darts
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