Math 4109 Exam 1 Form B 2025
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Which of the following early Numeration systems had a symbol for zero? - ✔✔Mayan
Numerals
Why is the rhind papyrus significant in the history of mathematics? - ✔✔It is the source
of most of our knowledge of Egyptian Mathematics
where do we get most of our information about the Babylonian mathematics - ✔✔Clay
tablets
What was unique about the Egyptians' work with fractions? - ✔✔Their refusal to deal
with fractions that were not unit fractions.
Who was the first prominent woman mathematician? - ✔✔Hypatia
What was the city in present-day northern Egypt that was the center for learning back
in the Greek-day? - ✔✔Alexandria
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? -
✔✔3 1/8
What is a Postulate? - ✔✔A statement that is accepted to be true without any proof
what was the Pythagorean crisis in mathematics? - ✔✔The discovery of irrational
numbers
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Which of the following early Numeration systems had a symbol for zero? - ✔✔Mayan
Numerals
Why is the rhind papyrus significant in the history of mathematics? - ✔✔It is the source
of most of our knowledge of Egyptian Mathematics
where do we get most of our information about the Babylonian mathematics - ✔✔Clay
tablets
What was unique about the Egyptians' work with fractions? - ✔✔Their refusal to deal
with fractions that were not unit fractions.
Who was the first prominent woman mathematician? - ✔✔Hypatia
What was the city in present-day northern Egypt that was the center for learning back
in the Greek-day? - ✔✔Alexandria
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? -
✔✔3 1/8
What is a Postulate? - ✔✔A statement that is accepted to be true without any proof
what was the Pythagorean crisis in mathematics? - ✔✔The discovery of irrational
numbers
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY SOPHIA BENNETT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
