Saturday, February 04, 2017

A Math Teacher's Lament



I love my new watch but I wouldn't have bought it if I had looked closer.  The "9" really bothers me.  I spend hours explaining that pi is not 3.14.  Pi is an irrational number that goes on forever.  

Even

 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592 

used above would not represent 9 exactly.


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