Word Problem Wednesday: Celebrating Pi Day

Mar 15, 2017 | Naperville

Another fantastic Pi Day has come and gone.  What did YOU do to mark the day in a positive, irrational and/or constant way?  Solve today’s Word Problem Wednesday to see what Molly did.

Molly made Pi Day decorations for her math class. She traced rows and columns of 2–inch wide circles onto a sheet of construction paper before she cut them out. What was the largest number of circles Molly could have cut out of a sheet of paper that was 12 inches wide and 16 inches long?