What is Pi?

Where 3.14 comes from — hiding inside every circle

Why is the edge of every circle about 3.14 times the distance across?

A curved edge is hard to measure with a ruler. So we cheat.

We hide a straight-sided shape inside the circle — starting with a triangle — and add sides until it becomes the circle.

Each step, we measure the way around and divide by the way across. Watch the number it lands on.

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