Who Wants To Be A Mathematician - Trivia
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Transcript of Who Wants To Be A Mathematician - Trivia
MATHEMATICIAN SCOREBOARD
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What is the top number of a fraction called?
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� A: Numerator � B: Denominator
� C: Operator � D: Fractoid
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What is a polygon with four unequal sides called?
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� A: Square � B: Quadrilateral
� C: Rhombus � D: Pentagon
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What do you call an angle more than 90 degrees and
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� A: Reflex � B: Right
� C: Obtuse � D: Left
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What word describes a number system with a base of two?
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� A: Natural � B: Doublary
� C: Normal � D: Binary
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What do mathematicians call a regular polygon with eight sides
� A: Quadrilateral � B: Octagon
� C: Nonagon � D: Decagon
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What number is an improper fraction always greater than ?
� A: One � B: Zero
� C: 1/2 � D: -∞∞∞∞
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What mathematical symbol did Ferdinand von Lindemann determine to be a transcendental
number in 1882?
� A: e � B: ππππ
� C: 0.1234567… � D: 0
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What number does "giga" stand for?
� A: Billion � B: Million
� C: Thousand � D: Trillion
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How many equal sides does an icosahedron have?
� A: Fifteen � B: Twenty-Five
� C: Twenty � D: Twelve
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What digit did Arab al-Khwarizmi give to the West
around 800 B.C.?
� A: -1 � B: ∞∞∞∞
� C: 1/2 � D: 0
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What two letters are symbols for 1,000?
� A: K, M � B: T, Z
� C: R, P � D: S, L
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What century did mathematicians first use plus and minus signs in?
� A: Nineteenth � B: Thirteenth
� C: Sixteenth � D: Seventeenth
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The English mathematician C.L. Dodgson wrote which book?
� A: A Tale of Two Cities � B: Flatland
� C: The Man who Counted
� D: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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The division sign / is known by what name?
� A: Vinculum � B: Virgule
� C: Obelus � D: Octothorpe
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Who was the first mathematician to represent an unknown
variable with “x”?
� A: Pythagoras � B: Euler
� C: Descartes � D: Leibniz
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