DIAGNOSTIC TEST - Part 1

He is known as the “Father of Set Theory”.

• Cantor

• Aristotle

• Diophantus

• Gauss

He is considered the founder of trigonometry, but is most

famous for his incidental discovery of the precession of the

equinoxes. Who is this person?

• Hipparchus

• Pythagoras

• Euclid

• Thales

The equals sign (=) was invented in 1557 by a

mathematician named ____________.

• Isaac Newton

• John Napier

• Eratosthenes

• Robert Recorde

What ancient civilization did math in base 60 instead of

base 10?

• Babylonians

• Chinese

• Hittites

• Akkadians

Who is this Greek mathematician who is often referred to

as the ‘Father of Geometry’ for his revolutionary ideas and

influential textbook called ‘Elements’ that he wrote around

the year 300 BC.?

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Euclid

• Hipparchus

Who was the first computer programmer in the world?

• Ada Lovelace

• Hypatia

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Sophie Germain

He was a Swiss mathematician and is one of the most

prolific mathematicians of all time, publishing close to 900

books.

• Leonhard Euler

• Isaac Newton

• Leonardo Pisano

• Blaise Pascal

If x is an integer, which of the following is always even?

Suppose we will draw some equilateral triangles with x

layers. If the pattern is continued, how many unit triangles

will be needed for 10 layers?

• 45

• 50

• 80

• 100

Twenty regular hexagons each having a 1 cm side are

placed side by side as shown. What is its perimeter?

• 82 cm

• 88 cm

• 84 cm

• 90 cm