Pi Day Songbook

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SONG BOOKLET

Pi Day (March 14 or 3/14) is a day to celebrate our favorite number,

3.14159.... The marvelous mysteries of this number could be probed forever,but we will limit ourselves to some carols you can sing on our numbers own

special day, perhaps even at Pi o'clock that afternoon.

Sing heartily!


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Station 3: Sing a Pi songAt this station you will find several songs.with familiar

tunes.The difference is the very important WORDS!

Sing a solo or sing it as a group to get credit here! Since the last

two are more fun but much longer, sing your favorite verse and

one chorus for the completion of this task.

Dont forget: To get credit at this station, sing your song for

your teacher and have them sign off in the box in your booklet!

The Area of a Circle(to the tune of Wheels on the Bus)

The Area of a circle is Pi r squared

Pi r squared

Pi r squared

The Area of a circle is Pi r squared

No matter what

The circumference of a circle is 2 pi r

2 pi r

2 pi rThe circumference of a circle is 2 pi r

All around the circle


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Oh Number Pi Version 1(to the tune of Oh Christmas Tree)

Oh, number Pi

Oh, number PiYour digits are unending,

Oh, number Pi

Oh, number Pi

No pattern are you sending.

You're three point one four one five nine,

And even more if we had time,

Oh, number PiOh, number Pi

For circle lengths unbending.

Oh, number Pi

Oh, number Pi

You are a number very sweet,

Oh, number PiOh, number Pi

Your uses are so very neat.

There's 2 Pi r and Pi r squared,

A half a circle and you're there,

Oh, number Pi

Oh, number Pi

We know that Pi's a tasty treat.

Circle Song(to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)

Take your finger round a jar

Circumfrence equals 2r.For area, you multiply

R squared by that number .

Twinkle, twinkle, youre a star

Knowing math will take you far!

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We wish you a Happy Pi Day!(to the tune of We Wish You a Merry Christmas)

We wish you a happy Pi Day

We wish you a happy Pi DayWe wish you a happy Pi Day

To you and to all

Pi numbers for you

For you and for all

Pi numbers in the month of March

On three point one four!

Happy Pi Day!(to the tune of Happy Birthday)

Happy Pi day to you,

Happy Pi day to you,

Happy Pi day everybody,Happy Pi day to you.

Ring the Bells Version 1(to the tune of Jingle Bells)

Refrain:Pi day songs

All day long.

Oh, what fun it is,

To sing a jolly pi day song

in a fun math class

like this. (Repeat)

Verse:

Circles in the snow,

Around and round we go.

How far did we have to run?

Diameter times pi! (Refrain )

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Pi Day Time(to the tune of Silver Bells , starting at "City sidewalks")

Random digits,

Endless digitsTranscendental in style,In the air there's a feeling of Pi Day.

Children laughing,

People graphing,

Worry-free for a while,

And in every math classroom you'll hear

Three one fourOne five nine

It's Pi Day Time at Scullen!.

Three one fourOne five nine

Savor those numbers, today!

Ring the Bells Version 2(to the tune of Jingle Bells )

Basking in the glow

Of a Math Class holiday.All we need to know

Is "Pi will lead the way!"

To circles we will sing,The digits we'll recite

The ratio gives us everything

It's geometry's delight! Oh!

Ring the bells, Pi Day spells

Fun with 3 - 1 - 4!It's the day to celebrate

That number we adore! Oh!

Ring the bells, Pi Day spellsFun with 3 - 1 - 4!

First we take one slice of Pi

And then we ask for more!

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The Pi Song( to the tune of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious)

Note: also that all digits should be read separately, as Three

point one four one five etc!

To find a circles area will often make you queasy,

Its not just simply length by width or anything that easy.

But then one day youll find a number that will help your brain,

It might be transcendental but its sure to save you pain!

Oh!

Chorus:3.1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 8 9

If you were to say it all then youd be here a long time.

Multiply by two r and then you will have a curved line

3.1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 8 9

Archimedes Archimedes Archimedes Pi!


If you were to write Pi to several hundred thousand digits,

Any who saw patterns there Id have to say were id(j)iots.

The proof that Pis irrational is just too long for now,

But if you ask your math teacher Im sure hell show you how!

Oh!

(Chorus)



So if you have a sphere whose volume you must quickly know,

Its simply one and one third Pi by r cubed dont you know.

But better use it carefully or Pi can lose its gloss -

(Spoken) Ahem, for instance, one night I used it on some trig,

And now my sins a cos!

Ooooooohhhhhh!

(Chorus, speeding up to a grand Pi finale!)

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Oh Number Pi Version 2(to the tune of O, Christmas Tree )

Oh, number Pi, Oh, number Pi

You're truly transcendental.Oh, number Pi, Oh, number Pi

You're physical and mental.

You stretch the bounds...of all we know,

And tell our circles where to go


Your digits are so gentle.


Why can't I learn you faster?


You're really hard to master.

Just when I think...I've got you down

I flip a 6 and 5 around

Oh, number Pi, Oh, number PiNumerical disaster!


Why are you so specific?


Your digit growth's terrific.

Ten years ago, you had a MillAnd now you're at a couple Trill


You stretch to the Pacific!

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Lose Yourself (In the Digits)Look, if you hadone shotone opportunity

To recite the digits of the number pi One momentWould you capture it or just let it slip?

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, head is heavyThe numbers cloud his vision already, keep it steadyHes nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready

To re-cite, but its not quite off-settin

That hes froze now, and the whole crowd knows he vowedTo get it perfect, but the numbers wont come out

Hes chokin, how everybodys jokin nowThree point one fivewoopskablouw!

Snap back to reality, oh, its a malady

Oh, its so random, he choked

He cant stand, but he wont give up

That easy, noHe wont have it, he knows all his fans really hope

He can shatter the glob

al world record of Forty-two-thousand*, although

If-he-looks down at his notes, he knows thats when itsBack to the learnin by rote

To feel raptureHed better capture those digits a little faster

You better lose yourself in the digits of pi, its a high

But you got a thousand more to goThe numbers do not stop

Or drop into pattern, no

And memorizin em takes most of a lifetime

If Im not mistaken, my memorys wakin

This numbers mine for the takingHear it ring, as I list all the, digits in order

And whole numbers are borin, approximations just keep me snorin,

Pi only grows longer to get more precise

A rounded-off fraction just wont cut the ice

So twenty-two sevenths, you take my advice

If I catch you round here, you will

Pay the price, so give up this faade,

Ray-shee-os are oh so flawedThey close the door to those who like infinite

Strings of ohs, 2s, 9s, 3s, and 6s, it

Shows the woes of-all-the schmoes who chose

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To forgo Pis logic, and I

Dont suppose those bozos applaud it

When I throw down the gauntlet, with a

Three point one four I got it!

You better lose yourself in the digits of pi, its a highBut you got a thousand more to go

The numbers do not stopOr drop into pattern, no

And memorizin em takes most of a lifetime

Pi is 3.141592653589793238462643383279

No more games, Im-a bust right outta my cage, and

Get my Pi-recitin groove on, on this here stageI was playin in the beginnin, the mood all changed

I been broken up from soakin up this whole page

But I kept churnin and kept learnin to decipher

The rhythm of the number that makes me so hyper

All the pain and strife amplified by theFact that I cant get back to my life, Im

Whacked and I dont exactly know why, Im

Acting like I am attracted to Pi! SoBack to a kid jam-packed with random numbers

I think this whole process is makin me dumber

It still shakes me up, man, it makes me sentimentalThat a number so essential is also transcendental

Caught up between bein in fashion and bein irrationalIts passion flashin through my brain

Whenever I explain it

I just think pi is nice, Would you... like a slice?

Ive gotten to the point, its like a vice, Im notAfraid of gettin' caught, but still it hurts a lotSuccess is my only mathematic option, failures not

Pi, I love you, but these people got to know

A million tiny circles haunt my every thoughtSo here I go with my shot

Brain, fail me not,

This may be the only opportunity that I got!

You better lose yourself in the digits of pi, its a highBut you got a thousand more to goThe numbers do not stop

Or drop into pattern, noAnd memorizin em takes most of a lifetime

Pi is 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445

yeeeah.

You can do anything you set your mind to, man. Even memorizin pi. Im out.

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American Pi(to the tune of Don McLeans American Pie)

INTRO:

A long, long time ago I can still remember

How that mathematics made me smile.

And I knew if I had my chance, I would ace geometry class

And make my parents happy for a while.

But some math books made me shiver--

Facts on tablets, all delivered:

Nothing past the rational,

And nothing transcendental.

I cant remember if I cried,

Reading 3 point 1 4 1 5 9..

But something touched me deep inside

The day I learned of piso:

Find, find the value of pi,Starts 3 point 1 4 1 5 9.

Good ol boys gave it a try,

But the decimal never dies, the decimal never dies.........

In the Bible we do see the circle ratio appears as three,

Or a little more....

That genius Archimedes found with polygons, an upper boundOf 22 sevenths for sure!

The Chinese got it really keen: three-five-five over one thirteen!

More joined the action with arctan series and continued

fractions.

In the 1700s, my oh my, the English coined the symbol ,

Then Lambert showed it was a lie to look for rational pi.

He started singing ..........Find, find the value of pi

Twice 11 over 7 is a mighty fine try

A good ol fraction you might hope to supply,

But the decimal never dies, the decimal never dies.

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Late 1800s, Lindemann shared why a circle cant be squared

But some folks tried anyway--

Like the Indiana doctor who said pi was 4 or 3.2

And thought his proof should be a law someday.

The Indiana congressmenDiscussed his paper there and then

A bill got through the House by a vote unanimous!

But in the end the statesmen sighed, Its not for us to decide,

So the bill was left to die like the quest for rational pi.

They started singing ........

Find, find the value of pi

Buffons needle popped the bubble of that ol doctors tryA good ol fraction could not be supplied

Cause the decimal never dies, the decimal never dies.

That doctors pi in the sky dreams may not look so extreme

Cause we long believed

Deductive systems could be complete and there was one true

geometry.But now theres more we see

In these computer times, we test the best machines to find

pi to a trillion places that so far lack patterns traces.

Its great when we can truly see math as human history--

That adds curiosity...... easy as pi!

Lets all try singing.....

Find, find the value of pi

3 point 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 8 9...

A good ol fraction you might hope to define

But the decimal never dies, the decimal never dies.

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