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- 1. Multiple Choice
What set of positive integers satisfies the equation, a squared + b squared = c squared?
Trigonometric identities
Cartesian coordinates
Pythagorean triples
Fibonacci sequences
- 2. Multiple Choice
The numerals used by today's mathematicians were developed in ...
Rome
Arabia
France
Greece
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which ancient Egyptian unit of measurement was set as the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger?
cubit
stone
karat
quire
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who collaborated with Alfred North Whitehead in writing "Principia Mathematica" and later won the 1950 Nobel prize for literature?
Jean Wourier
Norbert Weiner
Leonhard Euler
Bertrand Russell
- 5. Fill in the Blank
The distance from the North Pole to the equator was measured along an arc of a great circle, and this unit was repeatedly divided by ten until what convenient unit was determined?
- 6. Multiple Choice
The 360-degree circle and the 60-minute hour were developed by the ...
Greeks
Mayans
Egyptians
Babylonians
- 7. Multiple Choice
August F. Mobius was a founder of what branch of mathematics?
calculus
topology
probability
symbolic logic
- 8. Multiple Choice
I invented the first calculating machine in 1645. My gambling led me to study probability. I am french. Who am I?
Blaise Pascal
Pierre de Fermat
Stephen Wolfram
Descartes
- 9. Multiple Choice
Some consider me the first of the modern school of mathematics. I am famous for the statement : I think therefore I am.
Descartes
Stephen Wolfram
Pierre de Fermat
Blaise Pascal
- 10. Fill in the Blank
What is the name for the study of triangles ?
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