Mathematics History

Which of the following is not an ancient Greek mathematician?

• Eratosthenes

• Tyche

• Archimedes

• Euclid

Which mathematician is known for developing a pattern of numbers in the shape of a triangle?

• Fermat

• Gauss

• Pythagoras

• Pascal

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Select the true statement about infinity

• The number of even numbers is less than the number of whole numbers

• There are an infinite number of infinities

• Infinity is a number

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Rene Descartes is often thought of as a philosopher, but he also made many important contributions to mathematics, including developing which of the following?

• The (x,y) coordinate grid

• Perfect numbers

• Trigonometry

• Hyperbolic geometry

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After whom is this mathematical concept named?

• Bernoulli

• Gauss

• Diophantus

• Pythagoras

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Convert the year MDCCLXXVI (in Roman numerals) to Hindu-Arabic numerals

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Which of these pictures is an image of Isaac Newton?

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Find the next term in this famous sequence:

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ___

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Which mathematician is credited with jumping out of the tub naked and running down the street yelling, "Eureka!" when he realized that water displacement could help him solve a difficult problem?

• DeMoivre

• Archimedes

• Euler

• Euclid

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The Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi is credited today with inventing which branch of mathematics?

• Algebra

• Geometry

• Trigonometry

• Calculus

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