A Bit Of Wednesday Workshop 3.12

Question:

March 14th is known as Pi Day (3.14) in honor of the mathematical constant π (pi). Have you ever celebrated this day, perhaps by enjoying some pie?

数学の定数π（パイ）にちなみ、3月14日は「円周率の日（3.14）」として知られています。皆さんはこの日をパイ(焼き菓子)で祝ったことがありますか？

Speaker 1:

I know the word *pi* (π), but I can’t really imagine how people celebrate Pi Day.

What exactly are we celebrating?

*Pi* is the mathematical ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, but it’s also pronounced the same as *pie* — like the one you eat.

That’s why they’re connected.

I’ve never celebrated Pi Day before.

Maybe people eat pie — the dessert — to celebrate the connection between *pi* and *pie*.

Speaker 2:

Right, like pie or pie cake — baked pie! That’s a nice idea.

Actually, I remember watching a TV show a long time ago.

There was a boy on the program who memorized a huge number of decimal places of pi.

He was a genius, I think.

それから今日は面白いゲームもやりました。

We played a solo word association game — not like shiritori, but more like linking words based on ideas or images. 

For example: strawberry → red → mailbox → letter → stamp → price hike → inflation.