
Lesson 4: Ancient Mathematics Quiz

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is often called the 'father of algebra' for his preservation of ancient algebraic methods and for his original contributions to the field?
Bhaskara
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī
Omar Khayyam
Qin Jiushao
Tags
CCSS.8.EE.C.7B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which ancient mathematician was the first to find the general geometric solution to cubic equations?
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī
Omar Khayyam
Jyeshtadeva
Aryabhata
Tags
CCSS.8.EE.A.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who introduced the versine function and produced the first trigonometric tables of sine in 499 AD?
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī
Omar Khayyam
Aryabhata
Jyeshtadeva
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which ancient mathematician computed the value of π to the eleventh decimal place as 3.14159265359?
Bhaskara
Madhava
Omar Khayyam
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first to introduce the zero symbol into Chinese mathematics?
Zhang Heng
Omar Khayyam
Qin Jiushao
Yang Hui
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which ancient Indian mathematician developed the concepts of mathematical analysis and floating point numbers?
Jyeshtadeva
Bhaskara
Madhava
Aryabhata
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who wrote the book 'Discussions of the Difficulties in Euclid' and laid the foundations for analytic geometry and non-Euclidean geometry?
Jyeshtadeva
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Ḵwārizmī
Aryabhata
Omar Khayyam
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