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What About 7?

January 17, 2018Original blog post

Someone proposes 7 as an approximation of pi. When told it isn't one, they concede it's merely not the best approximation.

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"What about 7?" "That's not an approximation of pi." "Okay, so it's not the *best* approximation…"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-01-17-what-about-7/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Topics
Number & Arithmetic › PiNumber & Arithmetic › Approximation & Estimation
Level
Middle SchoolHigh School
Themes
Common Mistakes