MATHEMATICS HISTORY 2023
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- Q1
Who first proposed the Prime Number Theorem?
Gauss
Euler
Aristotle
Newton
60s - Q2
Who is credited with the sequence:
Euler
Aristotle
Gauss
Newton
30s - Q3
Who defined zero?
Brad Pitt
Brahmagupta
John von Neumann
Archimedes
60s - Q4
Who is the only woman in history to win the Fields Medal?
Julia Robinson
Ada Lovelace
Marjorie Lee Browne
Maryam Mirzakhani
60s - Q5
Who developed the theory of probability?
Wallis & Descartes
Pascal & Fermat
Cavalieri & Newton
Bernoulli & Desargues
60s - Q6
How many zeros are in 1 septuagintillion?
157
213
424
635
60s - Q7
The mathematician Pythagoras was born on which Greek island?
Rhodes
Samos
Crete
Santorini
60s - Q8
Who gave the solution to cubic equations?
Lodovico Ferrari
Niccolo Fontana
Scopione del Ferro
Girolamo Cardano
30s - Q9
In which number system where there is no symbol for zero?
Egyptian
Roman
Indian
Babylonian
60s - Q10
This number’s irrationality property was first discovered by Pythagoras. What is its value?
2
5
3
4
30s - Q11
Who is famous for the line, "I think, therefore I am"?
Rene Descartes
Pierre de Fermat
Jacob Bernoulli
Euclid
60s - Q12
Who is the mathematician behind the equality “=” sign?
Rudolf
Recorde
Euler
Descarte
60s - Q13
It is a prehistoric time when people developed ideas of trade, private property and quantity.
Paleolithic Age
Ancient Orient Age
Neolitic Age
Prehistory
30s - Q14
What is a decimal number system? a. Base 5 number system b. Base 10 number system c. Base 20 number system d. Base 60 number system
Base 8
Base 60
Base 10
Base 20
60s - Q15
What were some of Leonardo DaVinci's interests (must apply to both)?
Engineering, Theater
Cooking, Archery
Botany, Cartography
Art, Cars
60s