History of Geometry

It comes from the Greek words ‘geo’, meaning earth, and ‘metria’, meaning measure.

• Algebra

• Geometry

• Trigonometry

• Calculus

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Along with arithmetic, this branch of mathematics was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics.

• Geometry

• Algebra

• Statistics

• Probability

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This ancient civilization used geometry principles as far back as 3000 BC, using equations to approximate the area of circles among other formulas.

• Babylonians

• Egyptians

• Chinese

• Mesopotamians

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This ancient civilization measured the circumference of a circle as approximately 3 times the diameter, which is fairly close to today’s measurement which uses the value of Pi (around 3.14).

• Babylonians

• Egyptians

• Chinese

• Mesopotamians

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A Greek mathematician who lived around the year 300 BC is often referred to as the ‘Father of Geometry’ for his amazing geometry works that included the influential ‘Elements’, which remained the main textbook for teaching mathematics until around the early 20th century.

• Hipparchus

• Euclid

• Diophantus

• Euler

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This civilization constructed aesthetically pleasing buildings and artworks based on the golden ratio of approximately 1.618.

• Greeks

• Chinese

• Egyptians

• Babylonians

A Greek philosopher and mathematician who lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a² + b² = c²

• Hipparchus

• Euclid

• Pythagoras

• Plato

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He lived around the year 250 BC and played a large role in the history of geometry including a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.

• Archimedes of Syracuse

• Euclid of Alexandria

• Pythagoras of Samos

• Plato

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Which of the five postulates of Euclid gave rise to non-euclidean geometry?

• Postulate 5

• Postulate 4

• Postulate 3

• Postulate 2

A famous Greek Philosopher who inscribed the words , "Let none ignorant of geometry enter here." above the entrance of his school.

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Archimedes