NanoMath::A Very, Very, Very Small Blog About Math

I am a computing/math instructor at Scottsdale Community College located in Scottsdale, Arizona. I created this blog thinking I'd use it to blog about math, but I haven't gotten around to taking this blog seriously. 3Q'02012 is ending today and I'm thinking about bringing this blog--which had 16 postings on 30 September 02012-- to life.

Friday, November 09, 2012

Happy Hecto-Pi Day

02012 is a leap year; therefore, today (11/9) is the 314th day of the year. Take Pi (3.14159265...) round it to the nearest hundredth to get 3.14. Multiply 3.14 by 10^2 to get 314. Hecto- is the metric prefix for 10^2, so today is Hecto-Pi Day.

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