Mathematical Concepts in Everyday Life

Mathematical Concepts in Everyday Life

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Brown, E.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Donald Duck's initial reaction to the numbers and creatures he encountered in Mathmagic Land?

He was excited and eager to explore.

He was confused and found them strange.

He immediately understood their mathematical significance.

He was scared and tried to run away.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What mathematical principle did Pythagoras discover regarding musical harmony?

Music is purely based on emotional expression.

Musical harmony is based on specific mathematical ratios.

Only string instruments can produce true harmony.

Mathematics has no direct relation to musical composition.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the secret emblem used by the Pythagoreans?

The Golden Ratio symbol

The Pentagram

The Pythagorean Theorem diagram

A perfect circle

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who discovered that the pentagram was full of "math magic" and introduced the concept of the Golden Section?

Leonardo da Vinci

Euclid

Pythagoras

Archimedes

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which ancient Greek building is highlighted as containing many Golden Rectangles, representing a mathematical law of beauty?

The Colosseum

The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Parthenon

The Lighthouse of Alexandria

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which natural phenomenon is shown to exhibit the mathematical form of a pentagon?

A snowflake

A petunia flower

A spiderweb

A beehive

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which game is described as a "mathematical contest between two minds" and was used by Lewis Carroll as a setting for "Through the Looking-Glass"?

Checkers

Chess

Go

Backgammon

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