I was scanning google images of math tee shirts when I found this one.
And, including the photo, I have found three different answers. I should say just specifically regarding the derivative of $\pi^5$. Desmos app looks like it has it at $0$. And Wolfram mentions the transcendental aspect of the number. In this case I guess my question is in conceptualising that $\pi$ is a constant and therefore the derivative of a constant is $0$.
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Derivative of $\pi^5$
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I'm pretty sure by the chain rule it should be
$$\frac d{dx}(\pi^5+x^4)=5\pi^4\frac{d\pi}{dx}+4x^3$$
From here its just a matter of deciding which $\pi$ function we are referring to!
That's just a joke making fun at students who incorrectly use the power rule on powers of constants.
But the derivative of a constant is 0, because a constant does not change with respect to the variable, hence CONSTANT.