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Celebrate Pi Day 2025 with These Fun Facts

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Celebrate Pi Day 2025 with These Fun Facts

Pi Day Activities: Learn about the history of Pi and more fun facts with our free National Pi Day Infographic

Happy Pi Day 2025!

Pi Day 2025 is on March 14th and it’s time to celebrate the most mathematical holiday of the calendar year.

If you're looking for some awesome National Pi Day 2025 activities, check out our infographic that shares interesting National Pi Day fun facts that will blow your mind!

Below, you will find a Happy Pi Day 2025 infographic that shares interesting facts about the history of National Pi Day and some fun facts about pi itself, including…

You can click on the image of the National Pi Day Infographic or you can click here to download a printable pdf version.

Below, you can also find an animated Pi Day Fun Facts Video that accompanies the free infographic.

Looking for some Pi Day humor? Click here to access 11 Super Funny Pi Day jokes for all ages.

 

Happy Pi Day! When is pi day, what is pi day, and how can you celebrate? (Image: Mashup Math FP)

 

When is Pi Day 2025?

National Pi Day 2025 will be celebrated on Tuesday March 14th.

Pi Day is celebrated on the 14th of March each and every year. Pi Day is a national holiday that is celebrated in the United States and sometimes also around the world.

 

When is pi day? National Pi Day is held on March 14th every year. (Image: Mashup Math via Getty Images)

 

What is Pi Day?

National Pi Day is a mathematical national holiday that celebrates the mathematical symbol 𝝅, which represents the ratio of the circumference of any circle to its diameter. Since this ratio, no matter the size of the circle, always approximates to 3.14, pi is of the most important and interesting mathematical facts, which is why it has its own national holiday.

 

What is Pi Day? National Pi Day is a mathematical celebration of pi—the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter.

 

Why is Pi Day Celebrated on March 14th?

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th every year because the date 3/14 resembles to approximate value of pi, which is 3.14.

Again, pi represents the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter, which always approximately equals 3.14, no matter how large or small a circle may be.

 

Why is Pi Day celebrated on March 14th?

 

What year was Pi Day first celebrated?

National Pi Day is a relatively new holiday. It was first celebrated in San Francisco, California, in the United States in 1988.

If you ever visit San Francisco, the Exploratorium Museum has a Pi Shrine that commemorates the founding of Pi Day in the Bay City, along with a Pi Has Your Number exhibit, where you can interact with a touchscreen to explore all of the numbers hidden within the first 3 million digits of pi!

 

Pi Day was first celebrated in San Francisco in 1988. Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash

 

What famous people are born on Pi Day?

There are many famous people born on March 14th—National Pi Day—including world famous astrophysicist Albert Einstein, NBA superstar Steph Curry, and USA Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles.

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10 National Pi Day Fun Facts You Need to Know!

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10 National Pi Day Fun Facts You Need to Know!

10 National Pi Day Fun Facts

March 14th is National Pi Day—a time to celebrate the mathematical π Symbol, which represents the value 3.1415926535897932384626433832…, but is often approximated to 3.14, which is why 3/14 is the date of National Pi Day every year.

You can celebrate at home and in the classroom by learning some awesome Pi Day fun facts that everyone should know!

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Pi (π) represents the ratio of the circumference of any circle to its diameter. This groundbreaking mathematical fact is learned by all math students and is a fundamental math fact related to circles and cyclic relationships.

(Note that Pi Day should not be confused with Pi Approximation Day, which is celebrated on July 22nd since the fraction 22/7 is commonly used to approximate π since 22/7 = 3.142857143…)

There are many ways to celebrate National Pi Day, including snacking on circular-shaped foods like pizza and cookies, solving fun pi-themed math puzzles like the Which is More Pizza? brain teaser, and by learning some new fun facts about Pi and Pi Day.

For example, did you know that Albert Einstein’s birthday is on National Pi Day?

And if you want to learn more fun facts about Pi Day, check out our list of the 10 Most Interesting National Pi Day Fun Facts.

(Note that the following Pi Day Fun Facts are also featured on our 10 Pi Day Fun Facts YouTube video.

The Best National Pi Day Fun Facts


 1.) The History of Pi Day

When was the first Pi Day?

 The first National Pi Day was observed in 1988 by the American artist and physicist Larry Shaw in San Francisco by marching in circles with colleagues and snacking on different kinds of pie.

In 2009, the United States House of Representatives officially designated March 14th as National Pi Day and identified Shaw as the founder of the famous mathematical holiday.

Pi Day was first celebrated in San Francisco in 1988. (Photo by Daniel J. Schwarz on Unsplash)


2) What is π?

Pi (π) is the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter.

The value of this ratio is approximately 3.14 and, yes, this relationship applies to any circle big or small.

 
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3.) Where did the Pi Symbol (π) come from?

 The π symbol that we use in math to represent pi was first used by the Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Leonard Euler in the year 1737.

Before Euler popularized using the Greek symbol π to represent the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, the value was known as Archimedes' constant.


Looking for more Pi Day activities?

Check out our super-popular Pi Day Fun Facts video on YouTube!


4.) How Long is Pi?

 The value 3.14 is used as an approximation for Pi since it is an irrational number that continues on and on forever, hence the “…”

π =3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693…

The current world record for memorizing the digits of pi is 67,890 consecutive digits set by Lu Chao in 2005.

Mathematicians estimate that it would take 133 years for a person to recite the 6.4 billion known digits of Pi without stopping!

 
 

5.) What is the earliest reference to Pi?

Even though the Greek symbol π wasn’t adopted until the 1700s, the earliest references to the constant ratio between any circle’s circumference and diameter occurred in Ancient Egypt around 1650 BCE.

Pretty cool, right?

Pi dates back to Ancient Egypt!

Pi dates back to Ancient Egypt! (Photo by Kévin et Laurianne Langlais on Unsplash)


6.) What is the most commonly occurring number in the first 100,000 decimal places of Pi?

The most common number in the first 100,000 decimal places of pi is the number 1, which occurs over 10,000 times!

 
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Looking for more Pi Day activities?

Get your free Pi Day Fun Facts infographic!

(Perfect to share with students on March 14th!)


7.) Are there any famous Pi Day birthdays?

There are several famous people born on March 14th, Pi Day, including Albert Einstein, NBA All-Star Steph Curry, Actors Billy Crystal and Michael Caine, and Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles.


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8.)   Who discovered the greatest number of digits of Pi?

Mathematician and computer scientist Fabrice Bellard calculated 2.7 trillion decimal places of pi using just a typical desktop computer in 2010.

That’s a lot of digits!



9.)  How long is Pi?

As mentioned earlier, Pi is an irrational number and is thus infinite. In fact, it would take 12 billion digits of pi typed out using a normal-sized font to connect New York City and Kansas City.

And since pi goes on forever, it has enough digits to wrap around the entire world an infinite number of times!

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10.) Is Pi present in nature?

You bet!

Pi can be used to measure circular natural events ranging from water ripples that emanate from a single point to finding the spherical volume of the entire universe (which can be done using only the first 39 digits of pi!)

Photo by Omar Gattis on Unsplash


11.) Bonus!  What about Pie Day?

 Even though Pi Day is a mathematical holiday, it’s hard to ignore the homophone that is PIE DAY.

 Many people celebrate Pi Day by eating pie and other circular-shaped foods.

 In fact, many pizzerias and bakeries offer special Pi Day deals and discounts on March 14th each year.

 And as for pies, Apple Pie is considered the most preferred flavor of pie amongst Americans, with Pumpkin Pie coming in second, and Pecan Pie in third.

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Photo by Hugo Aitken on Unsplash


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