{"id":784639,"date":"2024-03-13T21:36:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T01:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/no-pie-pi-day\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T21:36:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T01:36:57","slug":"no-pie-pi-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/no-pie-pi-day\/","title":{"rendered":"No Pie, Pi Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, folks, here&#8217;s a twist for this year&#8217;s Pi Day &#8211; it&#8217;s going to be a &#8220;No-Pie&#8221; Pi Day for me. Yep, you read that right. While I&#8217;m usually all about diving into delicious pies to explore the magical world of \u03c0, this year, I&#8217;ll be pie-less and convention-bound on March 14th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, how does one celebrate Pi Day without the pie? Turns out, there are infinite ways to honor this mathematical constant that don&#8217;t involve baking.  Let&#8217;s see how I celebrated my &#8220;No pie, Pi Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nicole&#039;s No Pie, Pi Day\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x5ID6Rr3814?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few basics about pi:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Circumference &#8211; the distance around the outside of a circle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diameter &#8211; the distance across the middle of a circle at its widest point<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pi &#8211; the constant ratio of the circumference to the diameter.  It&#8217;s approximately 3.14 hence March 14th is Pi Day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-784654\" style=\"width:450px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image.png 531w, https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From virtual pie-making contests to pie-themed art projects, the possibilities are endless. And let&#8217;s not forget about the good old pi recitation challenge &#8211; who can say no to a bit of friendly competition? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, while I&#8217;ll miss the sweet aroma of pies baking in the oven, I&#8217;m excited to see how creatively we can celebrate Pi Day this year. Who&#8217;s with me in this unconventional celebration?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wishing you a great Pi Day!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S.  If you want to celebrate your Pi Day with actual pie and see how I celebrated it in the past, check out my post <a href=\"https:\/\/nicolethemathlady.com\/announcements\/show-me-your-pi\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, folks, here&#8217;s a twist for this year&#8217;s Pi Day &#8211; it&#8217;s going to be a &#8220;No-Pie&#8221; Pi Day for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pie-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pieday2024-scaled.png","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pieday2024-scaled.png",2560,1280,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pieday2024-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pieday2024-300x150.png",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pieday2024-768x384.png",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pieday2024-1024x512.png",1024,512,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pieday2024-1536x768.png",1536,768,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pieday2024-2048x1024.png",2048,1024,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Nicole Thomas","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.nicolethemathlady.com\/author\/nicolethemathlady\/"},"uagb_comment_info":35,"uagb_excerpt":"Well, folks, here&#8217;s a twist for this year&#8217;s Pi Day &#8211; 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