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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMy niece is bragging about being able to recite pi! I'll never
hear the end of it!
WestMichRad
(3,529 posts)Give he a bit of sympathy.
OKIsItJustMe
(22,446 posts)My great-nephew can recite an astounding number of them.
Floyd R. Turbo
(33,673 posts)magicarpet
(19,529 posts).. give her a double serving of double chocolate cake, with double chocolate frosting, plus micro tiny chocolate chip morsels and a tall cold glass of chocolate milk..
That ought to keep her quiet for awhile.
It will keep her mind off of pie and get her to think and talk about cake.
Innocent Smith
(501 posts)yep, only impressive if she can tell you the last digit.
Floyd R. Turbo
(33,673 posts)hunter
(40,957 posts)No matter where you go, there you are.
There's always some point in the series beyond which it doesn't matter.
NASA uses 3.141592653589793
That's good enough for navigation within our solar system.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/how-many-decimals-of-pi-do-we-really-need/
3.14 is good enough for common carpentry.
3 is good enough for pizza and bronze age storytellers.