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'''Square root day''' is a humorous [[holiday]] promoted by [[Ron Gordon]], a [[United States|U.S.]] high school teacher in [[Redwood City, California]]. It is celebrated on dates where the day and the month are both the [[square root]] of the last two [[numerical digit|digit]]s in the current year. For example, the last Square Root Day was [[ |
'''Square root day''' is a humorous [[holiday]] promoted by [[Ron Gordon]], a [[United States|U.S.]] high school teacher in [[Redwood City, California]]. It is celebrated on dates where the day and the month are both the [[square root]] of the last two [[numerical digit|digit]]s in the current year. For example, the last Square Root Day was [[March 3]], [[2009]] (3/3/09), and the next Square Root Day will be [[April 4]], [[2016]] (4/4/16). One suggested way of celebrating the holiday is by eating [[Square (geometry)|square]] [[radish]]es, or other [[root]] [[vegetable]]s cut into shapes with square [[Cross section (geometry)|cross section]]s. |
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Revision as of 20:45, 16 March 2008
Square root day is a humorous holiday promoted by Ron Gordon, a U.S. high school teacher in Redwood City, California. It is celebrated on dates where the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits in the current year. For example, the last Square Root Day was March 3, 2009 (3/3/09), and the next Square Root Day will be April 4, 2016 (4/4/16). One suggested way of celebrating the holiday is by eating square radishes, or other root vegetables cut into shapes with square cross sections.
Full list of holidays
- 1/1/01
- 2/2/04
- 3/3/09
- 4/4/16
- 5/5/25
- 6/6/36
- 7/7/49
- 8/8/64
- 9/9/81
See also
References
- Wong, Nicole C. (2004-02-02). "A day getting to the root". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2007-02-20.