SALEM, Va. (AP) - A Virginia high school student has managed to recite
nearly 8,800 digits of pi.
That should put him among the top pi-reciters in the world.
Gaurav Rajav had hoped to recite 10,750 digits and set a record in the
United States and North America. But he remembered enough to
potentially
place third in national and North American pi recitation and 12th in
the
world.
His ranking should be verified by the Pi World Ranking List within two
months. The 15-year-old junior from Salem High School said he was
disappointed but felt he did "OK."
His teacher, Linda Gooding, says she was stunned by the teen's
recitation. She holds the competition every year, and expected students
to learn about 40 digits.
Gooding is buying him a pepperoni pizza as a reward.
