GREEK MATHEMATICS & MATHEMATICIAN – Numerals and Numbers

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the ancient Greek numeral system known as?
Roman numerals
Attic or Herodianic numerals
Mayan numerals
Babylonian numerals
Tags
CCSS.4.NBT.A.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is considered to have been the first to lay down guidelines for the abstract development of geometry?
Thales
Plato
Archimedes
Pythagoras
Tags
CCSS.8.G.B.8
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is Thales' Intercept Theorem about?
The ratios of the line segments intercepted by a pair of parallels
The squaring of the circle
The doubling of the cube
The trisection of an angle
Tags
CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Greek mathematician applied himself to the Three Classical Problems during the 5th Century BCE?
Plato
Hippocrates of Chios
Euclid
Pythagoras
Tags
CCSS.7.EE.B.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is attributed with the well-known paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise?
Plato
Zeno of Elea
Pythagoras
Euclid
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the method of integration by successive approximations called?
Method of division
Dichotomy Paradox
Pythagorean Theorem
Method of exhaustion
Tags
CCSS.6.G.A.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is usually credited with the first implementation of the 'method of exhaustion'?
Eudoxus of Cnidus
Archimedes
Thales
Democritus
Tags
CCSS.6.G.A.1
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