Is it Pi Day or Pie Day? Read below to find out plus fun activities, local businesses, and incentives
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It's both!
Pi (𝝅) is the mathematical symbol for the number 3.14 infinity in relation to circles.
If you take the circumference of a circle (any circle) and divide it by the length of it's perimeter it will ALWAYS equal 3.14, it will always equal 3 of the circle's diameters plus .14 of one.
What around you are circles?
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Some clocks, door nobs, tops of screws, etc. What else can you find?
Send your answers into mackidcarpentersville@macaronikid.com and a picture of what you found. If you would like them to be featured on Macaroni Kid, let me know in email (by March 17th). I would love to create an article on what circles were found.
Pi day is celebrating all the things around us that are circles. It is celebrated on March 14th because March is the 3rd month of the year and 14th is the 14 day creating the date to be 3/14 (the number of pie 3.14).
Speaking of circles, many people celebrate Pi day by buying a Pie (how funny that both sound the same and that a pie is a circle around us).
Photo credit: National Images- “mini pumpkin pie” from Rebecca Jaciuk
One way to celebrate Pi Day is to go out, buy a fresh pie, and before you eat make it a math experiment. Take the measurement of its diameter and multiply it by 3.14, that will equal its circumference. Circles are hard to measure, but if you are able to measure its circumference and it should equal the same number. If you would like to be featured in a future article, submit a photo of you with your pie (and maybe a ruler or two) and send it to mackidcarpentersville@macaronikid.com (by March 17th). Did the math? Send in your pie circumference equation in as well and be entered in for a prize (by March 17th).
Need a pie? Here are some local places to pre-order one just for you and what yummy pies they have to offer:
Algonquin, IL:
Sweets By Kash offers fruit pies and seasonal pies.
You can find this business here-
Website:https://sweetsbykash.com/
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/sweetsbykash/
Phone Number: (331) 318-0098
Email: info@sweetsbykash.com
Carpentersville, IL:
Princess Bakery offers apple, pumpkin, and peach pies
You can find this business here-
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077228393933
Cary, IL:
Heidi's Treats and Sweets offers cake pie flavored cake pops
You can find this business here-
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1219392078500421
Phone: 847-293-4155
Graceful Sweet Treats offers more than one pie
You can find this business here-
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Gracefulsweets83
Lake in the Hills:
Konrad's Bakery offers pre-ordered cream pies (banana, chocolate, coconut, french silk, fresh strawberry, and keylime)
You can find this business here-
Website: http://www.konradsbakery.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100038546841874
Phone: (815) 526-3947
Email: konradsbakery@yahoo.com
Uprising Bakery is offering 6 inch pies with pi symbol on top on March 14th
You can find this business here-
Website: https://www.uprisingbakeryandcafe.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UpRisingBakeryAndCafeLITH
Phone: (815) 526-3947
Email: uprisingbakerycafe@gmail.com
Did you buy a pie from one of these local places? Enter a picture of you and your family with proof you bought pie there for a chance to win a PRIZE (by March 17th)! mackidcarpentersville@macaronikid.com
Happy Pi(e) Day!
