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How long was the period of the days the emperor had sex?
15 HAHAHA! lol. . . <--- grow up >.>
When was the Rhind Papyrus recorded?
1650 BCE
The system of solving equations didn't appear in the west until the
19th century
When was the Great Wall of China built?
215 BCE
How many geometric solids are there according to The Elements?
5
What number was the ancient Babylonian number system based on?
60
The Chinese used the Abucus to do complex calculations. What do modern day people use instead of the abucus?
A calculator
How was Qin Juishao described?
A corruptass imperial administrator
Each part of the eye represented what?
A fraction
What was used to represent 60
A large cone
How did Egyptians represent 1000?
A lotus flower
What did the flooding of the Nile represent
A new begining
Scribe schools existed from around 2500 BCE, which allowed children to learn how to: a) Read b) Write c) Work with numbers d) all of the above
All of the above
Who were the masters at managing and manipulating numbers? a) Egyptians b) Babylonians c) Russians d) All of the above
All of the above
Why is the number 60 so important? a) We have 60 seconds in a minute b) We have 60 minutes in an hour c) the earth spins 360 degrees d) there used to be 360 days e) all of the above
All of the above
What did the number zero represent?
An Imprint of the missing stone
Archimedes used early calculus to approximate ________
Area and volume of irregular shapes using known shapes.
How were crop fields measured?
Arms and palms
Where was Hypatia killed?
At church
Who discovered irrational numbers?
Babylonians
How did peasant Russians develop a way of calculating?
By doubling and dividing
How did Brahmagupta start to write down his mathematical question?
By using the initials of different colors to represent the unknown numbers
Who was the first to use a decimal system?
Chinese
Who taught the indians the decimal system?
Chinese merchants
What did the Indian's call negative numbers?
Decks
How does music relate to Pythagoras
Discovery of the harmonic series
The _____ of 60 makes it a perfect base in which to do arithmetic.
Divisibility
Who was the first group of people that showed evidence of math?
Egyptians
What are the problems in the Rhind papyrus based on?
Everyday problems like bread and beer
True or false: Archimedes only tried to mathematize day-to-day situations because he was lazy.
False
True or False: Qin Juishao used quadratic equations to figure out how big Chairman Mao's mausoleum was...
False!!!!
What gender was Hypatia?
Female
What do some of the oldest counting systems rely on?
Fingers and Toes
What was an important event throughout Egyptian times?
Flooding the Nile
What was invented to split food equally between the people?
Fractions
What was the ancient Babylonian measure of weight?
Gin
13th century China is the ________
Golden Age of Chinese Math
What did the number 8 represent?
Good fortune
Who discovered the concept of infinite series?
Greek Mathematicians
How did Archimedes die?
He was killed finishing a math problem on te beach.
How did ancient Egyptians represent numbers?
Hieroglyphic
What is the name of this class?
History of Math
Which culture invented the number zero?
Indians
Who created the modern counting systems?
Indians
What did Plato say about geometry?
It is the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe
Who created algorithms?
Kharamzi
What math was used in relation to the Nile?
Lunar patterns
What is the language of the Universe?
Math
Carl Friedrich Gauss is the prince of
Mathematics
The chinese remainder theorem was used in chinese astronomy to
Measure planetary move movement.
Archimedes used ___ to set fire to the Roman ship.
Mirrors
Where did Pythagoras leave his work?
No work was found
What did the Egyptians use to record fractions?
Notations
What was the number that the Egyptians gave the first accurate value of?
Pi
The most important feature of the Babylonian's number system was that it didn't recognize _____.
Place value
What was the evidence given to prove there was math in that area?
Pyramids
What theorem was included in the making of the pyramids?
Pythagorean theorem
Who is the most important mathematician?
Qin Juishao
What mathematical concept was first used in ancient Babylon in order to measure land?
Quadratic equations
What was the greatest legacy of the Babylonian mathematics?
Quadratic equations
In which mathematical document was the first hint of calculus found?
Rhind Papyrus
Indians contribute to the development of the
Right triangle
What would the Egyptians use to make 3-4-5 right triangles?
Rope
Why was math important to the chinese emperor?
Scheduled his sex life
How were results recorded in ancient Egypt?
Sculpted on clay
What is the chinese magic box a predecesor to?
Soduku
What did Indians use to calculate numbers?
Stones
What hint is hidden in the Pyramids that make them the same as each other
Symmetry
Hypatia was brilliant and ______ and thoerist of mathematics
Teacher
The Chinese needed something to help solve more complex equations. They came up with what?
The Remainder Theorem
What was the name of the hieroglyphic that was one of the first representations of fractions?
The eye of Horus
Why was religion important in theoretical math for indians?
The idea of infinity
What confused The Egyptians and Babylonians?
The property of right angle triangles
What did Pythagoras conclude?
The whole universe was made up of numbers
What made the Arabian mathematics so complex?
They used multiplication, subtraction, and addition
Why did acient mesopotamians use quadratic equations?
They were perfect for measuring flat 2 dimensional shapes
Why was math created?
To make sense of natural patterns
In the Rhind Papyrus what shape's area is mostly written about?
Triangle
Indian mathematicians were responsible for contributing to
Trigonometry
True or False: The Babylonians invented their number system using their finger and knuckles.
True
Brahmagupta solved quadratic equations with how many unknown numbers?
Two unknown numbers
When was the Library of the Alexandria destroyed?
When the muslims conquered Egypt in the 7th century
In order to mark an empty place in a middle of a number, Babylonians would leave an empty space. To represent nothingness, they would use a mark that would be later recognized as what number?
Zero
What number did the indian's invent that changed the number system that exists today?
Zero
In the 7th century the Indian mathematician brahmagupta discovered what essential properties of zero? a) 1+0=1 b) 1-0=1 c) 1x0=0 d) all of the above
all of the above
Why did we develop a numbering system? a) For solutions in building homes b) measuring space c) keeping track of seasons d) all of the above
all of the above
What did Plato think about math?
the bedrock of knowledge
What made Pythagoreans not popular?
they included women
The Indians discovered zero
when calculating with stones on the ground and through cultural reasons
