Saro siyangchild prodigy na tinukduan kan saiyang ama, sarong mambububwis saRouen. An gibo ni Pascal sa matematika iyo anconic sections; nagsurat siya nin significant treatise sa mga temangprojective geometry sa edad na 16. Nagsurat man siya kaiba niPierre de Fermat saprobability theory, na nakaimpluwensya sa modernong ekonomiya asin agham panlipunan. Kan 1642, siya sarong teenager, nagpuon siya magtrabaho sa mga makina sa pagkalkula (inaapod naPascal's calculators na naging Pascalines), na siya nagin saro sa duwang imbentor kanmechanical calculator.[8][9]
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