First 8 digits can be memorized using 2 different ways:
First, Counting number of letters of words:
How I wish I could recollect pi easily today
3. 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5
Second, Major System (see below):
3. Turtle bench lao
3. 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5
Mnemonic for the remaining decimal places is using major system only:
(Disclaimer: This is not to hurt any person and do not in anyways express my opinion. It is only meant to be humorous, so that I could remember the mnemonic easily)
Homo love pic of Obama’s enemy for change = army mafia man
3 5 8 9 7 9 3 2 3 84 6 2 6 4 3 3 8 3 2
Iqbal Singh favorite pocket shop maybe in Obama gully
7 9 5 0 2 8 8 4 1 9 7 1 6 9 3 9 9 3 7 5
Note: there is no zero until now
Diesel fans, beggar, borrower help enemy seek hafta jar
1 0 5 8 2 9 7 4 9 4 4 59 2 3 0 7 81 6 4
Done !!! So therefore pi is
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164…
Major System (Refine this list):
| 0 | s, z, soft c | "z" is the first letter of zero. The others have a similar sound |
| 1 | d, t | d, t have one downstroke and sound similar(some variants include th) |
| 2 | N | n has two downstrokes |
| 3 | M | three downstrokes , also "m" looks like a "3" on its side |
| 4 | R | last letter of four, also 4 and R are almost mirror images of each other |
| 5 | L | L is the Roman Numeral for 50 |
| 6 | j, sh, soft ch, dg, zh, soft g | a script j has a lower loop / g is almost a 6 flipped over |
| 7 | k, hard c, hard g, q, qu | capital K contains two sevens |
| 8 | f, v | script f resembles a figure-8. V sounds similar. (some variants include th) |
| 9 | b, p | p is a mirror-image 9. b sounds similar and resembles a 9 rolled around |
| Unassigned | Vowel sounds, w,h,y | These can be used anywhere without changing a word's number value |
Note: When there are two same adjacent letters, consider only 1. Eg: mapped mean 391, not 3991. Also sound is important, not the letters, eg: Michael stands for 375. Also, g (hard) is 7, not 8. Also, nympho is 238 not 239.
You can also download pdf version of above blog entry: MemorizingValueOfPi.pdf
