The circumference of a circle is the distance around the circle. It is another name for the perimeter of a circle. The circumference of a circle is calculated using the formula: \(\text{circumference} ...

The circumference of a circle = \(\pi d\) or \(2\pi r\). Look at the sector of the circle shown below. To calculate the length of the arc, we need to know what fraction of the circle is shown. To do ...

March 14, National Pi Day, honors 3.14 (π) the ratio of the circumference of a circle. Whether you're challenging yourself to find how many decimal placements are actually in Pi (π) or you're eating ...

Beth Py-Lieberman - Author, The Object at Hand: Intriguing and Inspiring Stories from the Smithsonian Collections Every year, the celebration of Pi Day (March 14 is 3.14) grows more ambitious. Math ...

Archimedes' method finds an approximation of pi by determining the length of the perimeter of a polygon inscribed within a circle (which is less than the circumference of the circle) and the perimeter ...