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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was Pythagoras' first name?
Peter
Sampson
He didn't have one
George
- 2. Multiple Choice
What island was Pythagoras born on?
Samos
Hawaii
Galapagos
Island of Pythagoras
- 3. Multiple Choice
Pythagoras started a secret brotherhood called __________.
Math Geeks
The Pythagoreans
Pupils of Pythagoras
Mu Alpha Theta
- 4. Multiple Choice
The symbol of his secret group was __________.
gold wreath
equilateral triangle
five-pointed star
right triangle
- 5. Multiple Choice
When Pythagoras discovered the Pythagorean Theorem, he offered __________ oxen to the gods.
1
10
100
1000
- 6. Multiple Choice
His brotherhood discovered __________ numbers.
integers
complex
rational
irrational
- 7. Multiple Choice
Pythagoras' first "unofficial" school consisted of __________.
a boy from the market place he paid to listen to him
Kings and wealthy people
his family
students from the local elementary school
- 8. Multiple Choice
His first "official" school taught four subjects: number theory, geometry, astronomy and __________.
history
music
grammar
chemistry
- 9. Multiple Choice
"__________ rule the universe" according to Pythagoras.
Numbers
Smart people
Oxen
Stars
- 10. Multiple Choice
One member of the brotherhood "leaked" a secret discovery and was later found __________.
hanged
put in jail
drowned
shot
- 11. Multiple Choice
These people also have proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem
Lewis Carroll
President Garfield
Leonardo da Vinci
President Lincoln
Albert Einstein
- 12. Multiple Choice
Pythagoras divided numbers into _______________.
even and odd
positive and negative
prime and composite
integers and whole numbers
- 13. Multiple Choice
Pythagoras taught _______________.
on a stage
by the river
in his house
in a church
- 14. Multiple Choice
Pythagoras used _______________ as visual aids.
colored pebbles
beads
sticks
pennies
- 15. Multiple Choice
The Pythagoreans
were very social.
were vegetarians.
hated animals.
wore wool robes.
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