Pie in the Street or How to Calculate Pi from the License Plates in the Parking Lot.

Vervoort, Gerardus

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Pie in the Street or How to Calculate Pi from the License Plates in the Parking Lot

Vervoort, Gerardus

Mathematics Teacher, 68, 7, 580-582, Nov 75

Using license plates to generate random number pairs, students can calculate an approximate value for pi. The author views this approach as easier to understand than Buffon's needle. (SD)

Descriptors: Curriculum, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Instruction, Learning Activities, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Probability, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics

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