“Pizzas are cylinders, not circles”
“Pizzas are cylinders” was posted on Twitter by F’tim on April 10, 2014. “if you think about it, pizza is a very thin cylinder” was posted on Twitter by UsicMusic on September 22, 2016. “A pizza is technically just a very short cylinder” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on October 28, 2018. “A pizza is technically a cylinder….” was posted on Twitter by hunter on December 11, 2018. “Pizza is a rather flat cylinder” was posted on Twitter by IntoMath.org on September 2, 2019. “Pizzas are cylinders, not circles” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on November 5, 2021.
What is the volume of pizza? “Silly ObPuzzle: My local pizza delivery company is called Perfect Pizza. This means that not only do the pizzas taste perfect but they are also perfectly circular and perfectly uniform in depth. They’ve just delivered a pizza with depth a, and radius z. What is its volume?” was posted on the newsgroup rec.puzzles on September 19, 1997. “Did you know that the word ‘pizza’ is a mathematical formula? It is the volume of a circular pizza of radius ‘z’ and thickness ‘a’” was posted on the newgroup geometry.puzzles on February 27, 1998. “Volume of a pizza of thickness ‘a’ and radius ‘z’ is given by pi z z a” was posted on the newsgroup sci.electronics.design on March 9, 2006. ” A pizza of radius z and thickness a has a volume of pi z z a” was posted on Twitter by Selem on March 12, 2007. “A pizza with radius ‘z’, and thickness ‘a’ has a volume of Pi*z*z*a” was posted on Twitter by Ric on December 25, 2010.
Wikipedia: Pizza
Pizza (Italian: [ˈpittsa], Neapolitan: [ˈpittsə]) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flattened base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as anchovies, mushrooms, onions, olives, pineapple, meat, etc.), which is then baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven.
Google Groups: rec.puzzles
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NickGard
Sep 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM
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Silly ObPuzzle: My local pizza delivery company is called Perfect Pizza. This means that not only do the pizzas taste perfect but they are also perfectly circular and perfectly uniform in depth. They’ve just delivered a pizza with depth a, and radius z. What is its volume?
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Inscribing Circles inside Integer Triangles
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Feb 27, 1998, 3:00:00 AM
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Barry Wolk | Did you know that the word “pizza”
Dept of Mathematics | is a mathematical formula? It is
University of Manitoba | the volume of a circular pizza of
Winnipeg Manitoba Canada | radius “z” and thickness “a”.
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JeffMo
Jan 16, 2002, 2:07:37 PM
I saw a cute mnemonic on a math web site the other day….they were talking about the volume of a somewhat-idealized cylindrical pizza of radius z and thickness (height) a:
Volume = pi暘暘戢
Google Books
CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Second Edition
By Eric W. Weisstein
Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall.CRC
2003
Pg. 2251:
There is also a second pizza theorem. This one gives the VOLUME of a pizza of thickness a and RADIUS z,
pizza
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martin griffith
Mar 9, 2006, 3:40:48 PM
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Volume of a pizza of thickness ‘a’ and radius ‘z’ is given by pi z z a
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Selem
@necrodome
his is brilliant: A pizza of radius z and thickness a has a volume of pi z z a.
5:56 PM · Mar 12, 2007·Twitter Web Client
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rjorgenson
@rjorgenson
Just a Quick Note: A pizza of radius z and thickness a has a volume of pi z z a
credit goes to Clive 😉.. http://tinyurl.com/2akcdb
12:08 AM · Mar 29, 2007·Twitter Web Client
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-ˏˋAlex Bugaˎˊ-
@alexbuga
Cool quote: “What is the volume of a pizza of radius z and thickness a ? Answer: pi z z a” Kind of geek, but I laughed
6:20 AM · Dec 10, 2007·Twitter Web Client
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Subhayan Mukerjee
@wrahool
a pizza is a cylindrical volume of radius z and height a !
3:29 AM · Jul 3, 2010·Silver Bird
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Ricᜃᜒᜇᜓ
@k__do__
From somewhere: “A pizza with radius ‘z’, and thickness ‘a’ has a volume of Pi*z*z*a.” http://plurk.com/p/9ry6ly
12:05 AM · Dec 25, 2010·Plurk
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Temperate Depression Ebni
@Ebni_Agacyt
If we assume the pizza is cylindrical of radius z and height a, then the volume is
V = π*z^2 * a = Pi*z*z*a
11:21 AM · Oct 4, 2013·Twitter Web Client
Reddit—Funny
Posted by u/BuzzBorn April 1, 2014
If you have a pizza with radius “z” and thickness “a”, its volume is Pi(z*z)a
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F’tim
@that_s_alright
Pizzas are cylinders
4:40 PM · Apr 10, 2014·Twitter for Windows Phone
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Waleed Mohamed
@Mrwaleedmohamed
If we assume that the cylindrical pizza with radius Z is the height of A
So, The Capacity of this pizza is = Pi * Z * Z * A
9:59 AM · Jun 5, 2014·Facebook
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Ian Spangenberg
@SpangPhys
Happy Pi Day! Let z=radius; a=height. Then the volume of a cylindrical pizza is pizza.
7:31 AM · Mar 14, 2015·Twitter for Android
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UsicMusic
@usickiller
Replying to @TonesBalones_ and @asheramichelle
if you think about it, pizza is a very thin cylinder
5:10 PM · Sep 22, 2016·Twitter for Android
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sasuke apologist
@chiefandguide
i came to make a tweet but then i realized pizza is a cylinder and i dont remember what i was going to tweet now.
3:31 PM · Jan 17, 2018·Twitter Web Client
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/TARN4T1ON October 28, 2018
A pizza is technically just a very short cylinder
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Gillerpie
And if you take that height to be ‘a’ and it’s radius to be ‘z’ its volume is equal to pizz*a
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hunter
@hgsuthers
A pizza is technically a cylinder….
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CORN NUTS
@CornNuts
· Dec 11, 2018
What’s on your mind?
8:27 PM · Dec 11, 2018·Twitter for Android
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Hoop Junkie
@burnslow4_20
Guys pizza is a cylinder
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Fact
@Fact
· Jan 2, 2019
A pizza that has radius “z” and height “a” has volume Pi × z × z × a.
2:01 PM · Jan 2, 2019·Twitter Web App
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Peter Crawford
@hmspete
Replying to @edsouthall and @solvemymaths
I used pizza to help my kids calculate the volume of a cylinder. Imagine a pizza is a squat cylinder of height ‘a’ and radius z. It’s volume is therefore pi.z.z.a
8:07 AM · Jan 25, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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Atech Academy
@atechacademy
A pizza that has radius “z” and height “a” has volume Pi × z × z × a .A pizza is basically a very short cylinder, and that’s how you calculate its volume. https://myatechedu.wordpress.com/2019/03/02/a-pizza-that-has-radius-z-and-height-a-has-volume-pi-x-z-x-z-x-a-a-pizza-is-basically-a-very-short-cylinder-and-thats-how-you-calculate-it/
8:21 AM · Mar 2, 2019·WordPress.com
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𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖆 𝕵𝖊𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖋𝖊𝖗 𝔅𝔖𝔠
@crifferius
Replying to @chillmage
Pizza is a cylinder with radius z and depth a;
Its volume is pi*z*z*a.
4:45 PM · May 28, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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IntoMath.org
@IntomathO
Pizza is a rather flat cylinder.
The Volume of any cylinder BurritoDrum🛢 is: V (cylinder) = Pi*r^2*h
If z is the radius and a is the height (or depth) then
http://intomath.org
#math #ilovemath #iteachmath #mathisfun #backtoschool #mathhelp #parents #mathteacher #learningmath
9:13 AM · Sep 2, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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Jacob
@jacob__eaves
Pizza is a cylinder
8:09 PM · Sep 23, 2019·Twitter for Android
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Timmy O’Danaos
@ODanaos
Replying to @B4TTL3S and @DavidMuttering
What do you mean? If the pizza is a cylinder (which is part of the joke) and the base has a radius z and the cylinder has height a, then its volume is given by
V = πz^2a, or
V = Pizza
11:42 AM · Oct 8, 2019·Twitter for Android
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Pedro Contipelli
@PC42661428
Pizza is a cylinder.
6:54 PM · Jan 26, 2020·Twitter Web App
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John Von John Johnny deep
@harchikehast
Replying to @Iamhappyfarmer
The volume of a pizza with radius z and height a is pi z z a!
A pizza is approximately the shape of a cylinder, so to get its volume, we have to multiply its area by its height. Thus the volume V of a pizza with height a is given by
V=a⋅ A = pi ⋅ z ⋅ z ⋅ a! That’s it.
7:10 AM · Mar 14, 2020·Twitter Web App
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Jeb Cooke
@of_jameson
pizzas are cylinders. fight me #PiDay2020
5:18 PM · Mar 14, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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Triani
@leeahni
the top and bottom are parallel to each other is a cylinder. I mean we live in a 3D world, so a pizza is abstractically a cylinder. A really flat cylinder
12:42 PM · Apr 14, 2020·Twitter for Android
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lovelyn⁷
@LovelynKookie_
Pizza is a cylinder
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1:58 AM · Apr 24, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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lovelyn⁷
@LovelynKookie_
pizzas are cylinders
11:15 AM · Apr 24, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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MathSpire
@MathSpireUK
Assuming #pizza is a perfect cylinder:
Volume of pizza
= area of circular surface x height of pizza
= πr^2h
= pi x z x z x a
#funfact #mathsisfun
10:55 AM · Jun 18, 2020·Hootsuite Inc.
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/RhoastedGhost November 24, 2020
If the height is a, and the radius is z, then the cylinder is pizza
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Mrcheldobreck December 28, 2020
Pizza is a cylinder