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#MarchBreak is here! 🎉 Enjoy your well-deserved pause #dpmath friends! #onted

"Financial Fun Friday" in full swing during a visit this morning to see @s_chisholme at St. Jean Brébeuf. So great to see Grs. 2&3 students in Mrs. Watson's class using concrete materials & @brainingcamp to help them solve a @DP_math Problem of the Week. 🙌 #dpmath

Love spotting student art posted in school hallways. These 👇🏼 beauties @DpAssisi could become #HowMany conversations. #TheArtsMatter #dpmath

Pope Leo XIV, who taught mathematics and physics, sends a message on the occasion of the International Day of Mathematics, reiterating that having a great deal of knowledge is not enough if we do not know who we are or what the meaning of life is. vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2…

How can mathematics inspire hope? Mathematics helps us understand the world, navigate uncertainty and build shared solutions for a more sustainable future. Through data, reasoning and collaboration, it strengthens trust in knowledge and supports innovation for the common good. To mark the International Day of Mathematics 2026, @UNESCO, the International Mathematical Union and IMAGINARY brought together mathematicians and thinkers from around the world for a global webinar on “Mathematics and hope.” In a message shared for the occasion, @Pontifex reminded participants that knowledge alone is not enough if we lose sight of our humanity, encouraging mathematicians to help shape a more hopeful future. unesco.org/en/articles/in… #MathematicsDay

This math joke is nice. Happy pi day.

Did you know that March 14th was officially designated as the International Day of Mathematics by UNESCO in 2019? While many still call it Pi Day because of the 3.14 date format, the global celebration now covers the entire spectrum of the mathematical sciences.

Today we remember two great scientists: Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Both Einstein (1879–1955) and Hawking (1942–2018) lived for 76 years, during which they enriched us with incredible knowledge that continues to dazzle scientists to this day. Today also marks the Pi Day celebration, which was first proposed by physicist Larry Shaw in 1988.

Still think π is just a random number you had to memorize? Think again. By laying out the crust of a pizza, you can see exactly how π connects the circumference to the diameter. If you’ve always wondered why the area of a circle is (π * r * r) , watch how a single pizza sliced into a rectangle reveals the logic. Credit: Veritasium

Hours of fun with one of these, the Spirograph👌🏻

On Pi Day (March 14), it’s fitting to remember the genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan. His extraordinary formulas gave some of the fastest ways to calculate the digits of π. One of Ramanujan’s remarkable infinite series for 1/π converges incredibly quickly, allowing mathematicians to compute π with amazing precision. His deep intuition for numbers continues to inspire mathematicians around the world.

Most people know that π (pi) is about 3.14159…, but mathematicians have now calculated more than 314 trillion digits of it. Even with so many digits known, no repeating pattern has ever been discovered. The digits 0–9 appear roughly equally often, but this has never been mathematically proven to be perfectly random. This mystery even inspired the novel Contact by Carl Sagan, where a hidden pattern is found deep within the digits of π, hinting at an advanced civilization. Interestingly, π can also be written using a very simple infinite series: π = 4 − 4⁄3 + 4⁄5 − 4⁄7 + 4⁄9 − 4⁄11 + … In reality, perfectly measuring π is impossible because according to General Relativity, space itself is slightly curved, so extremely large circles in the universe may not follow the exact ratio defined by π.

Photographer Alexey Kljatov captures the perfect symmetry and the invisible details of snowflakes.

Recognizing, comparing, sorting & categorizing letter shapes & forms. Can you guess the sorting rules🤔? @GoetzGators @DP_math #mathplay #mathplay4all ⁦@GlobalMathDept⁩ #mathisfun @DPCDSBSchools #literacy

@ChiodoSAB @brainingcamp Such a great way to support conceptual understanding. 🙌 We're big fans of @brainingcamp! @StBenedictDP mathematicians, we're so glad that you've been using Brainingcamp! There are so many things that you can explore. 🙂 #dpmath

Grade 3's enjoying @brainingcamp to learn how to find the mean using linking cubes. @DP_math @DPCDSBSchools

#HelloFriday! The Friday leading into March Break has an extra dose of that #FridayFeeling! 😉 #FridayVibes

How many triangles can you see?