Tamara Dominas
Maths is for smart people. Mathematics is so much more than addition and subtraction. It is a beautiful world in itself which is explored and exposed by genius mathematicians. Let’s test how many of these interesting facts about mathematics do you know. I bet you won’t score 15/15. . Want to prove me wrong?
Maths is for smart people. But it’s almost impossible to get 15/15 in this quiz
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- Question of
How many zeroes are in a googol?
- 10,000
- 1,000
- 100
- 10
- Question of
In poker, what are the odds of drawing a royal flush?
- 1,243,961 to 1
- 1,704,199 to 1
- 327,123 to 1
- 649,740 to 1
- Question of
What is the best way to represent a subset?
- exploding diagram
- table
- pie chart
- Venn diagram
- Question of
In Roman numerals, what is represented by the letter C?
- 10
- 1,000
- 50
- 100
- Question of
What unit of measurement is used to measure the height of horses and ponies?
- Hands
- shoulders
- feet
- yards
- Question of
What set of positive integers satisfies the equation, a squared + b squared = c squared?
- trigonometric identities
- Cartesian coordinates
- Pythagorean triples
- Fibonacci sequences
- Question of
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
- Question of
Who deduced the heights of the pyramids from the lengths of their shadows and measured the distance to a ship from shore by the method of similar triangles?
- Plato
- Galen
- Thales
- Pericles
- Question of
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
- Question of
The 360-degree circle and the 60-minute hour were developed by the…
- Greeks
- Mayans
- Romans
- Babylonians
- Question of
August F. Mobius was a founder of what branch of mathematics?
- Calculus
- topology
- probability
- game theory
- Question of
Which field of mathematics was developed first?
- Algebra
- Trigonometry
- deductive logic
- analytic geometry
- Question of
The development of differential and integral calculus is attributed to…
- Kepler and Fermi
- Maxwell and Gauss
- Russell and Wiener
- Newton and Leibnitz
- Question of
The means of graphically representing functions of variables occurred with the introduction of coordinates by what mathematician?
- Isaac Newton
- Rene Descartes
- Norbert Wiener
- Leonhard Euler
- Question of
A device called ENIAC, was the first…
- abacus
- compass
- electronic computer
- mechanical slide rul
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