pi – blip on 2026-03-11

At Maths Club we took turns approximating pi using toothpicks.

picture of 32 toothpicks arranged randomly on a ruled piece of paper, 10 of them cross a line

I got ten toothpicks crossing a line, out of thirty-two I threw down, giving me an approximation of pi = 3.2; the closest I could have approximated pi with thirty-two toothpicks :D

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