Imagine you're trying to measure the distance around a circular cookie. If you use a string, and then straighten it out, that’s π times the diameter of the cookie! Now imagine π is like a really long list of numbers that never ends. That's why we call it an infinite decimal, because even though it starts with 3.14..., it goes on forever.
Examples
- π is like the number of inches around a pizza that never ends.
- Your calculator can’t show all digits of π because it has to end somewhere.
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See also
- Why Is Pi Infinite But Also a Ratio?
- Why Are Some Numbers Infinitely Long?
- Why Do Numbers Behave So Strangely?
- Why Are Some Numbers Infinitely Strange?
- Why Do Numbers Like π and e Appear Everywhere?