Math 4109 Exam 1 Form B 2025/2026
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Which of the following early Numeration systems had a symbol for zero? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mayan Numerals
Why is the rhind papyrus significant in the history of mathematics? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔It is the source of most of our knowledge of Egyptian
Mathematics
where do we get most of our information about the Babylonian
mathematics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Clay tablets
What was unique about the Egyptians' work with fractions? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Their refusal to deal with fractions that were not unit fractions.
Who was the first prominent woman mathematician? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Hypatia
What was the city in present-day northern Egypt that was the center for
learning back in the Greek-day? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Alexandria
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, A Babylonian tablet found in 1936 shows that the Babylonians sometimes
used a more accurate value of pi than 3. They determined the area of a
circle by taking it as equal to 24/25 of 1/12 the square of the circle's
circumference. What value of pi does this yield? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3 1/8
What is a Postulate? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A statement that is accepted to be
true without any proof
what was the Pythagorean crisis in mathematics? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
discovery of irrational numbers
The number 5228 is equivalent to which of the following in sexagesimal
notion? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1, 27, 8
What does the Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic have to say about the
number 64? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔64 is a perfect square number
When you are using the Euclidean algorithm to fins the greatest common
divisor of two numbers, how do you know which is the greatest common
divisor? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It is the last non-zero remainder that you get when
you divide
Which of the following was the most famous of Archimedes' inventions? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Archimedean screw
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Which of the following early Numeration systems had a symbol for zero? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mayan Numerals
Why is the rhind papyrus significant in the history of mathematics? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔It is the source of most of our knowledge of Egyptian
Mathematics
where do we get most of our information about the Babylonian
mathematics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Clay tablets
What was unique about the Egyptians' work with fractions? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Their refusal to deal with fractions that were not unit fractions.
Who was the first prominent woman mathematician? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Hypatia
What was the city in present-day northern Egypt that was the center for
learning back in the Greek-day? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Alexandria
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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, A Babylonian tablet found in 1936 shows that the Babylonians sometimes
used a more accurate value of pi than 3. They determined the area of a
circle by taking it as equal to 24/25 of 1/12 the square of the circle's
circumference. What value of pi does this yield? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3 1/8
What is a Postulate? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A statement that is accepted to be
true without any proof
what was the Pythagorean crisis in mathematics? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
discovery of irrational numbers
The number 5228 is equivalent to which of the following in sexagesimal
notion? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1, 27, 8
What does the Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic have to say about the
number 64? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔64 is a perfect square number
When you are using the Euclidean algorithm to fins the greatest common
divisor of two numbers, how do you know which is the greatest common
divisor? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It is the last non-zero remainder that you get when
you divide
Which of the following was the most famous of Archimedes' inventions? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Archimedean screw
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