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Bored or Genius? Student Recites 8,784 Digits of Pi
Wed Mar 15, 10:02 PM ET
A high school student Tuesday recited 8,784 digits of Pi ? the non-repeating and non-terminating decimal ? likely placing him among the top
Pi-reciters in the world.
Gaurav Rajav, 15, had hoped to recite 10,790 digits and set a new 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.
"I'm kind of disappointed, but I guess I did OK," said Gaurav, a junior at Salem High School.
But his mathematical feat won the praise of others, including the math and computer science teacher who got Gaurav interested in it.
"I'm still stunned," said Linda Gooding, one of three contest judges. She then joked, "That's a couple more than I can do."
Gaurav began memorizing Pi while a student in Gooding's class. Gooding holds the competition every year, and said she expected students to learn about
40 digits. Gaurav recited nearly 2,990 the first time.
Gaurav's parents promised him an Xbox 360 video game console if he had reached his goal. His father, Jogesh Rajav, jokingly offered to get him "an
Xbox, but no game."
But Gaurav ultimately turned town his mother Seema's offer to buy him the game system anyway because of their deal.
He will try for the record again in May.
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If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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I voted bored... he could be really smart, but just doing that doesnt prove it. Everyone is good at, at least one thing.
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I could probably EAT 8,784 PIECES of PIe 
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