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Why is pi not spelled pie?

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So as not to confuse a mathematical constant with a pastry.

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Pie tastes good and can give you calories. If you mean the mathematical term, it is spelled "pi." No E.


What kind of number is pie?

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What is math PIE?

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Isn't pie in terms of math spelled 'pi'?

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How do you spell piee?

The generally baked food dish is a pie. The mathematical term (a Greek letter) is spelled pi.


What is the value of the pi?

Pie. Pie is not spelled P-I-E! It is infact spelled P-I. The value of pi is 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751 .......It's actually a lot longer. I mean a LOT longer. My math teacher has a poster covering her room and it has pi written out five times longer. In reality pi is an extremely long number. People even have contests to see who can recite more of it. It's TRUE! 3.141592653589793238462643383279502! OR pi=3.14 for short. Ps. Pi looks like two lowercase I's with a squiggly on top.


Pie plus pie equals what?

If you mean the number pi, pi + pi is usually written as 2pi.


How do you tell the difference between pi and pie?

Pi is 3.1415926535... Pie is a dessert