WorksheetsA Mathematician's Lament
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Based on the article, our present system of mathematics education is precisely what kind?
successful
nightmare
boring
exciting
Who are the only people who understand what is going on and are the ones most often blamed and least often heard about mathematics?
teachers
principals
students
administrtors
What is the first thing to understand about mathematics?
it is about formulas
it is about numbers
it is about painting
it is about art
Who conceived of black holes long before astronomers actually found any?
scientists
mathematicians
astronomers
artists
Mathematicians enjoy thinking about the simplest possible things, and the simplest possible things are what?
imaginary
descriptive
patterns
ideas
The only way to get at the truth about our imaginations is to use our imaginations, but how?
through patience
through love
through hard work
through talent
The relationship between the triangle and the rectangle was a mystery, and then that one little line made it obvious. I couldn’t see, and then all of a sudden I could. How?
trial and error
pure luck
talent, patience, and love
inspiration, experience, trial and error, dumb luck.
By removing the creative process and leaving only the results of that process, you virtually guarantee that no one will have any real engagement with math. How should we treat the subject?
by solving problems with pen and pencil exercises
by having an idea, being inspired with idea that could lead breakthroughs
by knowing the facts and realizing that it will work somehow, someday
by being inspired to do things
What is the author complaining about in mathematics classes?
lack of mathematics
lack of problem solving
lack of understanding
lack of science
By concentrating on what, and leaving out why, mathematics is reduced to an empty shell. The art is not in the “truth” but in the explanation, the argument. Using this premise, Mathematics is what by definition?
the art of dialogue
the art of numbers
the art of explanation
the art of problem solving
