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What's your favorite pi?

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Sixth graders toss popcorn kernels at a 12? circle inscribed in a 12? square. By counting the number of popcorn kernels that land inside the circle and inside the square the students calculate estimates for the value of pi.

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microsoft excel, pi, squares, polygons, quadrilaterals

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excel, pi, square, math
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6th
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Math
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