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Math History

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What mathematician is known for the x/y coordinate plane?
a)
Rene Descartes
b)
Pythagoras
c)
Stephen Hawking
d)
Euclid
2.
Issac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz are credited with both working on what popular Advanced Placement math topic?
a)
Calculus
b)
Differential Geometry
c)
Linear Algebra
d)
Economics
3.

who was the father of mathematics and music?

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Einstein

c)

Edison

4.

How many zeroes are in a googol?

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

d)

10,000

5.

Who is the father of Geometry?

a)

Euclid

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Descartes

d)

Leibniz

6.

Which Mathematician created a numerical pattern in the shape of a triangle?

a)

Pascal

b)

Euler

c)

Fermat

d)

Gauss

7.

Who is quoted as saying "Do not worry too much about your difficulties in mathematics, I can assure you that mine are still greater.

a)

Fibonacci

b)

Einstein

c)

Descartes

d)

Pythagorus

8.

Which mathematician of the Middle Age discovered the mathematical sequence in nature?

a)

Descartez

b)

Braumagupta

c)

Fibonacci

d)

Ramanujan

9.

Which woman mathematician was denied warm clothes and fire to prevent her from studying by her parents?

a)

Sophia Kovelaskaya

b)

Audrey Maclean

c)

Hypatia of Alexandria

d)

Sophia Germain

10.

Which mathematicians work for NASA checking their math calculations for space flights in the 1960's?

a)

Annie Easily

b)

Audrey Maclean

c)

Sophia Germain

d)

Katherine Johnson

11.
What mathematical tool did Blaise Pascal invent in 1642?
a)
Slide Rule
b)
Protractor
c)
Compass
d)
Mechanical Calculator
12.

Was an Italian mathematician. He is best known for the number sequence named after him: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, …

a)

Leonardo Pisano, Fibonacci (1175 – 1250)

b)

Leonhard Euler (1707 – 1783)

c)

Johann Lambert (1728 – 1777)

d)

François Viète (1540 – 1603)