WorksheetsBRAHMAGUPTA: MATHEMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Complete Name
4 lines
2.
Student Number
4 lines
3.
Where was Brahmagupta from?
a)
Rajasthan
b)
Baghdad
c)
Ujjain
d)
Tigris
4.
Which work by Brahmagupta is often considered the earliest known text to treat zero as a number in its own right?
a)
Sulba Sutras
b)
Surya Siddhanta
c)
Brahmasphutasiddhanta
d)
Jiuzhang Suanshu
5.
Who showed, almost 500 years later, that division by zero should result in infinity?
a)
Bhaskara I
b)
Bhaskara II
c)
Aryabhata
d)
Madhava of Sangamagrama
6.
How did Brahmagupta refer to negative numbers?
a)
Assets
b)
Debt
c)
Properties
d)
Balance
7.
What type of equations did Brahmagupta consider when discussing the possibility of two solutions, one of which could be negative?
a)
Quadratic equations
b)
Linear equations
c)
Cubic equations
d)
Diophantine equations
8.
What did Brahmagupta use to represent unknowns in his equations?
a)
Initials of colors
b)
Symbols from the Greek alphabet
c)
Roman numerals
d)
Hieroglyphics
9.
What is the value of √10 (rounded to six decimal places) established by Brahmagupta as a practical approximation for π?
a)
Option 1
b)
3.162277
c)
3.141592
d)
3.141593
10.
What is the name of the formula for the area of a cyclic quadrilateral given by Brahmagupta?
a)
Brahmagupta's Approximation
b)
Brahmagupta's Rule
c)
Brahmagupta's Formula
d)
Brahmagupta's Theorem
11.
Which ancient Indian mathematician is credited with explaining the concept of negative numbers?
a)
Aryabhata
b)
Bhaskara I
c)
Brahmagupta
d)
Madhava of Sangamagrama
12.
What did Brahmagupta establish as the basic mathematical rules for dealing with zero in his mathematical work?
a)
1 + 0 = 0; 1 – 0 = 1; and 1 x 0 = 1
b)
1 + 0 = 0; 1 – 0 = 1; and 1 x 0 = 0
c)
1 + 0 = 1; 1 – 0 = 1; and 1 x 0 = 0
d)
1 + 0 = 1; 1 – 0 = 1; and 1 x 0 = 1
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