Easy As Pie ... or Chocolate
Trick brain teasers appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.
"Can I have a chewy chocolate to devour?" asked Kat.
Uncle answered, "Certainly, dearest Katherine. Can we get anything else?"
"Really?"
"Of course, dear!"
"Pie!"
What does the little conversation above have to do with the title of this teaser?
HintPerhaps the title could be 'Easy as Pi' or 'Chocolate Mnemonic!'
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Answer
The first 25 digits of the number 'pi' are given by the number of letters in each word. Impress your math teacher!
3.1415 92653 58979 32384 62643
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Comments
coolkcoolk   
Nov 08, 2009
| got it . nice one! |
Scorefire   
Nov 09, 2009
| Wow! That's smart! I never guessed it (But I knew it had something to do with pi! Or pie)  |
darkespiritus10 
Nov 09, 2009
| I had figured this out, althought i'd never heard this one before 
UGH i hate pi right now cause all i'm doing is research, but never mind  |
dalfamnest   
Nov 10, 2009
| Thanks! These are fun to do - and useful sometimes. The reason you haven't read this one before, darkespiritus10, is that it is original! Mnemonics are usually best if you make them up yourself, as they involve your own word associations. |
dalfamnest   
Nov 10, 2009
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quesadillaman12   
Nov 10, 2009
| It's amazing how you come up with these! All I know is that pi starts like this: 3.14265... I can't remember anymore! Thanks for letting me know just a bit more of it!  |
quesadillaman12   
Nov 10, 2009
| Whoops! 3.14159265... |
Marple  
Nov 13, 2009
| I must be so dumb - I didn't get it at all!  |
Starriddler   
Nov 13, 2009
| I knew it,probably because I memorize pi in my free time. |
precious1026   
Nov 14, 2009
| I am so happy to know that so many of the Braingle community members know and understand Math. I feel really left out that I don't know Math the way I should. I envy those of you who find Math so easy, fun and doable. Good for you all.  |
Metalizer   
Nov 19, 2009
| That.....is......AWESOME!!!  |
animallover2000   
Nov 21, 2009
| How in the world was I supposed to know that? The was super hard! Hard as pie!!! Hahaz. Nice one, though |
crazy10man   
Dec 20, 2009
| Maybe this should have been titled "Mnemonics" instead of Math? |
patiencewithaP   
Dec 20, 2009
| Ouch...tough for Sunday morning! Very well written!  |
auntiesis   
Dec 20, 2009
| Yikes, I guessed Pi, but didn't get the connection with chocolate. Really good one. Thanks for a mental wakeup call.  |
macksmart
Dec 20, 2009
| I still don't get it. There are more than twenty - five letters in each sentence. Please explain P_R_E_C_I_S_E_L_Y ! |
macksmart
Dec 20, 2009
| OK! Got. DIGITS ! |
UptheHill  
Dec 20, 2009
| NICE1!!!  |
pbwc17 
Dec 20, 2009
| Nice, very clever! didnt get it, but very good! |
chittermouse3   
Dec 20, 2009
| I got it  |
katamaster 
Dec 21, 2009
| I got the pi part. The rest of the riddle doesn't make sense even with the answer. |
Johnny   
Dec 22, 2009
| No offense, but there is no logic behind the answer. i had to read the brain teaser over and over, but i still didn't understand the question. What does a chocolate mnemonic have to do with the answer? I don't know...  |
mathisnice   
Dec 24, 2009
| Great teaser! I should have gotten that one! |
bradon182001   
Dec 25, 2009
| I have to agree with precious1026 and echo here words. Thanks for posting and congratulations to all who got this one right.  |
legotboy   
Feb 11, 2010
| I put it on my favorites to try to memorize, I'm trying to memorize the first 25 digits of pi. |
beyonce123 
Feb 15, 2010
| ditto brandon. I knew it had something to do with pi though. math not trick |
thebrain789   
May 15, 2010
| It was fun! Thanks for posting this brain teaser! I love math. |
Marijah  
Jun 29, 2010
| yikes definitely wrong category. |
dalfamnest   
Jun 30, 2010
| I agree about the category - I'm sure i entered it in the Math category, but it was changed by One With Greater Wisdom! However, I'll ask them to re-reconsider. Meanwhile, can anyone think what the 'trick' might be?
Whatever the category, hope you enjoy it! |
monkeybar   
Nov 11, 2010
| Its not easy as pie its hard as pie. I knew it was something to do with PI but couldnt figure out. Good teaser. |
thebrain789   
Jan 08, 2011
| This is in my favorites. Excellent teaser! Says the math whiz.  |
opalrose25  
Jul 24, 2011
| No one in my family got it. Great teaser  |
Benjiboo 
Nov 17, 2011
| OMG THAT IS HARD! |
zembobo   
Nov 21, 2011
| Who the heck talks like that?!? This teaser would be much better is you could actually come up with a conversation that makes sense. This is sub-par even for Engrish. |
dangerouspie101   
Apr 29, 2012
| Huh. i had no idea what you ment. I only know 3.14159  |
Inventor 
Jul 14, 2012
| I got this one pretty quickly, but I already know 157 digits of pi.  |
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