WorksheetsGreek mathematicians
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of them were philosophers?
Archimedes and Eratosthenes
Thales and Pythagoras
Thales and Archimedes
Euclid and Pythagoras
Who was born in 4th century BC, but we don't know when exactly?
Pythagoras
Eratosthenes
Archimedes
Euclid
Thales used his knowledge in daily life. How?
He measured distances between ships at sea.
He made a machine that was able to raise water efficiently.
He measured pyramids' heights.
He built constructions based on isosceles triangles.
Sieve of Eratosthenes is a...
simple algorithm for finding even numbers
simple algorithm for finding odd numbers
simple algorithm for finding integers
simple algorithm for finding prime numbers
Eratosthenes calculated circumference of the Earth. He did it...
with low accuracy.
based on the time it took him to travel around the whole world.
with high accuracy.
based on his average velocity during his round the world trip.
Which Euclid's work was NOT lost?
"Porisms"
"Pseudaria"
"Stomachion"
"Catoptrics"
Who was able to use infinitesimals?
Archimedes
Euclid
Archimedes and Pythagoras
Pythagoras
Where and how did Eratosthenes invent leap day?
In Athens; using his predictions about the ecliptic of the Earth
In Alexandria; using his predictions about the roundness of the Earth
In Library of Alexandria; using his predictions about the ecliptic of the Earth
In Cyrene; using his predictions about the roundness of the Earth
What did "7" in Pythagoreans' numerology mean?
marriage
The number of planets
it was an ideal number
The number of strings on a lyre
Who was one of the Seven Sages of Greece?
Euclid
Eratosthenes
Thales of Miletus
Archimedes
"Elements" were written by ... and were used for teaching mathematics until ...
Euclid; late 19th or early 20th century
Archimedes; early 19th or late 20th century
Euclid; late 18th or early 20th century
Eratosthenes; early 16th or mid-16th century
Eratosthenes was a polymath. It means, that...
he had knowledge in 2 fields of mathematics
he had knowledge in many fields of mathematics
he had knowledge in 5 fields of science
he had knowledge in many fields of science
Archimedes stated, that numer of grains of sand required to fill the universe is...
8 x 1063
80 x 1064
10 x 863
8 x 1064
Archimedes was NOT a/an...
engineer
philosopher
physicist
astronomer
Which of them were Ionian mathematicians?
Thales of Miletus
Pythagoras
Archimedes
Eratosthenes
Who was said to be the first one to call himself a philosopher?
Thales of Miletus
They didn't call themselves philosophers
Pythagoras
Someone I didn't mention today
