Math 4109 Midterm UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Thales of Miletus - CORRECT ANSWER - A Greek philosopher "father of geometry". 1st
to provide and expect rational explanations for all phenomena.
Pythagoras - CORRECT ANSWER - "Numbers are all". Made important discoveries in the
areas of mathematics, music, astronomy, and medicine.
Pythagoreans - CORRECT ANSWER - Strict rules:
never urinate toward the sun
never marry a woman who wears gold jewelry
never pass an ass lying on the road
vegetarian (no beans)
10 was divine
Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER - Founder of formal logic.
Euclid - CORRECT ANSWER - Square root of 2, the Elements (23 definitions, 10
postulates/axioms)
Archimedes - CORRECT ANSWER - Approximation of pi, Archimedes death ray, greatest
mathematician of antiquity
Eratosthenes - CORRECT ANSWER - First accurate measurement of the circumference of
the Earth.
Apollonius - CORRECT ANSWER - Conic sections (parabola, hyperbola, and ellipse)
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Thales of Miletus - CORRECT ANSWER - A Greek philosopher "father of geometry". 1st
to provide and expect rational explanations for all phenomena.
Pythagoras - CORRECT ANSWER - "Numbers are all". Made important discoveries in the
areas of mathematics, music, astronomy, and medicine.
Pythagoreans - CORRECT ANSWER - Strict rules:
never urinate toward the sun
never marry a woman who wears gold jewelry
never pass an ass lying on the road
vegetarian (no beans)
10 was divine
Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER - Founder of formal logic.
Euclid - CORRECT ANSWER - Square root of 2, the Elements (23 definitions, 10
postulates/axioms)
Archimedes - CORRECT ANSWER - Approximation of pi, Archimedes death ray, greatest
mathematician of antiquity
Eratosthenes - CORRECT ANSWER - First accurate measurement of the circumference of
the Earth.
Apollonius - CORRECT ANSWER - Conic sections (parabola, hyperbola, and ellipse)
