Math03 Mar 2009 12:15 pm
Happy Square Root Day!
Today is 3/3/9 … 3 X 3 = 9 … √9 = 3
Square Root day and other mathematically oriented dates happen occasionally. There was 2/2/4 and there will be 4/4/16 coming up and more through the end of the century. There’s even a contest associated with the day run by a teacher in Redwood City with a prize of $339 to the winner.
Dates can be fun and not just in the mathematical sense, but math itself is an old pastime that always helps to keep me thinking. Square Root day is just another way to remember how much math means to me.