This handy pizza fact might be the tastiest bit of maths you’ll ever care about
If you want to share pizza with friends, it’s a good idea to make sure you have enough to go around, or they may not be your friends for much longer. Back in 2019, academic Twitter/X account, Fermat’s Library, shared a very helpful fact about pizza for anyone with the sharing dilemma.
Here's a useful counterintuitive fact: one 18 inch pizza has more 'pizza' than two 12 inch pizzas pic.twitter.com/hePSpG0pJs
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) January 7, 2019
The tweet has picked up 31 thousand retweets, which hopefully translates to a heck of a lot of people making the smart decision when they’re ordering food.
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good pie charts https://t.co/lIvlespZBN
— Christine Zhang (@christinezhang) January 15, 2019
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This makes me wonder why I’ve ever trusted my intuition about anything. https://t.co/VSPkTuT5Y4
— Annie Duke (@AnnieDuke) January 7, 2019
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this is the most I’ve ever liked math https://t.co/TBayr1Fain
— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) January 7, 2019
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This is why math is important, regardless of what you want to do with your life. https://t.co/D6mZ132PaB
— Ben McDonald (@benmcdnld) January 7, 2019
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Saving this for the next time my kid says math is useless https://t.co/IgPfwowfSk
— The Dad (@thedad) January 7, 2019
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This changes everything https://t.co/4XbRZZu7EX
— Couchmen (@CouchmenDBC) January 7, 2019
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Don't think. Eat all three. Easy! https://t.co/jom9x18TgC
— ToeJam & Earl (@toejamandearl) January 12, 2019
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Damn, maths are eventually useful in everyday life… https://t.co/mYXUY7yMlb
— Amélie Baron (@Ameliebaron) January 7, 2019
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Retweet to save a life https://t.co/TeYWOwzp5S
— Deric McCurry (@eric_with_a_d) January 7, 2019
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I'm morally opposed to mathematics, but in the hierarchy of values, pizza outranks principled abstention, so I'll allow it.https://t.co/QlKc8QVDY6
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) January 7, 2019
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HOW HAVE I MISUNDERSTOOD THIS FOR SO LONG https://t.co/sk5QgGn8Ed
— Tom Mustill (@tommustill) July 8, 2020
Not everybody was surprised by this information.
Real talk, I always calculate the area of pizzas on the menu, then calculate which is cheaper per square inch prior to purchasing. Saving dough if you know what I'm sayin' https://t.co/qHpw6eZqvq
— Matsuricon-bound gay Joestar ⭐ (@Maukxie) January 7, 2019
In fact, mathematician, Tamás Görbe, had his own calculation to share.
Yeah, but the crust is arguably the best part and two 12 inch pizzas have 33.3% more crust than a 18 inch pizza. And now I'm hungry, thanks @fermatslibrary! pic.twitter.com/ZUfGicpcWG
— Tamás Görbe 🇭🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@TamasGorbe) January 7, 2019
Presumably, he used 2πzza r.
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