Lesson 11 section 6: Mathematics

Who is known as 'the father of algebra'?

• Plato

• Aristotle

• al-Khwarizmi

• Euclid

From which language does the word 'algebra' originate?

• Latin

• Sanskrit

• Arabic

• Greek

What was the main contribution of al-Khwarizmi's book that was translated into Latin in the 12th century?

• Concept of zero

• Principles of algebra

• Foundations of geometry

• Introduction of Arabic numerals

Where did Muslims learn the way of writing numerals, along with fractions and decimals?

• India

• Ancient Babylon

• Rome

• Greece

What does the word 'zero' come from?

• A Latin word meaning 'empty'

• A Greek word meaning 'nothing'

• A Sanskrit word meaning 'void'

• An Arabic word meaning 'something empty'