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1. Discover Pi

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THE LESSON:

The number of diameters of a circle that are equivalent to its circumference is called pi. Pi is the Greek letter for 'p'. It is the first letter of the Greek word 'per' (which means 'around'). The symbol for 'pi' is .


People for centuries have been trying to find a more exact value for pi. Over the centuries, people worked out an approximate value of pi by measurement. The Babylonians were the first to use the concept of pi in the calculations. But Archimedes, in about 250 BC, was the first person known to prove and work out a closest theoretical value. He proved that the value of existed between 223/71 and 22/7.