On Friday 18 March, the Somerset Mathematical Society (∑ℳ∑) proudly hosted our annual celebration of Pi Day — named after the date March 14 (3.14), the first three digits of π.
Congratulations to Arjun Rai (Year 9), who won the Senior School Pi-reciting competition with an incredible 156 decimal places! Venice Cai (Year 11) was close behind with 113 decimal places, followed by Trishi Shivakumar (Year 11) with 105.
In the Junior School, Warren Hu (Year 3) took first place by reciting Pi to 36 decimal places. Archer Donaldson (Year 6) and Shreya Ramani (Year 5) came second and third, with 31 and 24 decimal places respectively.
A big congratulations to all students who participated and helped make Pi Day 2025 a memorable celebration of curiosity and perseverance.
I would like to sincerely thank the Somerset Mathematical Society students for their enthusiasm and support — especially Advait Naik, Jack Hodge, and Luke Oishi, who entertained everyone with their warm welcome and witty maths jokes, and Venice Cai for her insightful presentation on the golden ratio, Phi.
And finally — here’s a challenge for you!
Why not try to find your birthday (entered as a number, ddmmyyyy) somewhere in the digits of π? You can explore this curiosity below. For the record, my birthday appears around the seventy-second millionth digit — so keep scrolling!
Type on the line above then press the Enter/Return key to submit a new search query