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Recite as many digits of the number pi as you can remember for a chance to win prizes.

Recite Pi Contest

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Event

Date: Thursday, March 14
Time: 10 am–2 pm
Location: Arts Tunnel

About this event

Stop by the table in the Arts Tunnel and recite as many digits of the number pi as you can remember! All participants will receive pi-themed swag and be entered in a draw for a chance to win one of 10 $10 Tim Hortons gift cards. The top three participants will win Shop USask gift cards and a pi shirt.

1st prize: $75 Shop USask gift card and a pi shirt
2nd prize: $50 Shop USask gift card and a pi shirt
3rd prize: $25 Shop USask gift card and a pi shirt

This event is hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Mathematics and Statistics Student Society in honour of Pi Day / the International Day of Mathematics.


Another Department of Mathematics and Statistics Pi Day event: Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium: How to approximate pi: Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something from out of the blue


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