| Question | Answer |
| 3geometric solids which have circular cross-sections (draw pictures,labeled with the names of the solids) | cylinder, cone, sphere; one student brought in a plastic egg, which is an ovoid; there may be others
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1US city with a ZIP code containing the first 5 digits of pi-beginning with the 3 (name the city and state) | Savannah, GA
| 4capital letters of the alphabet – in block style – with rotational symmetry (list the 4 letters) | H, I, N, O, S, X, Z (I may have left some out, but at least those 7 work)
| 1US state which tried to legislate a value for pi (name the state and the year in which the action was taken) | Indiana, 1897 – you can find some pretty interesting information online about this
| 5Formulas which include (pi) (give the formulas in symbols and tell what each formula represents) | Here are a few that come to mind:area of circle(2 πr ) circumference of circle ( 2 r π or πd )volume of cylinder ( 2πr h) surface area of cylinder ( 22 rh 2 r π + π )volume of cone (2r h3π)volume of sphere 4 3r3π )
| 9Labels or advertisements for products which use circles in their name or logo | endless choices!
| 2US cities with names that have references to something circular--should not both be in the same state (name each city and state) | some my students have found: Moon, South Dakota; Sun City, California; Circle, Montana; Pie Town, New Mexico
| 6US state flags which include circles in their design (draw a picture of the flags) | lots to choose from, for example: Missouri, Kansas, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, New Hampshire, Nebraska
| 5sports or games which use a cricle or a sphere in their play(draw a picture of the circles or spheres and label with the names of the games) | baseball, basketball, tennis, volleyball, lacrosse, ring toss, washer throw,etc.
| 3famous people with birthdays on March 14 (give name and year of birth) | lots of possibilities: Albert Einstein, Billy Crystal, Michael Caine check out: http://www.famousbirthdays.net/march14.htm or http://www.brainyhistory.com/daysbirth/birth_march_14.html
| 5movie titles with references to something circular (list the movie title) | lots of choices: Pi, Dodgeball, Lord of the Rings, HOLES, Mystic Pizza,The Clock, Carousel, etc.
| 8 kinds of candy that comes in circular pieces | lots of choices: M&Ms, Skittles, York Peppermint Patties, LifeSavers,Reese’s Pieces, Sweet Tarts, Whoppers, Gobstoppers, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, etc.
| 9 song titles with references to something circular (list the song titles) | lots of choices: Ring Around the Rosie, Ring of Fire, The Wheels on the Bus, Circle of Life, Eclipse, Circles, Clocks, Spheres, Pi, etc. (my kids listed the artist who sang many of the songs
| 7 recipes for different kinds of pie (turn in complete recipes) | endless possibilities! |
