MATH 4109 Final Exam Questions and
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Why is it difficult to determine the unique value of a Babylonian numeral? - ✔✔The
lack of a zero makes it difficult to determine the place values of the digits.
Which system employed a subtractive principle in which the symbol for a smaller
number is placed in front of the symbol for a larger number? - ✔✔Roman
What strategy did the Romans use to represent numbers that were multiples of 1000? -
✔✔A bar was drawn over the necessary symbols.
What symbols did the ancient Mayans use to represent the numbers from 1 to 19? -
✔✔Dots and horizontal bars
What number does the symbol L represent in the Roman numeral system? - ✔✔50
What number did the Babylonians use as the base for their numeration system? - ✔✔60
True or False: It is commonly accepted that mathematics originated with problems
related to solving equations. - ✔✔False
Which style of writing did the Babylonians use? - ✔✔Cuneiform
What number is the base for a sexagesimal numeration system? - ✔✔60
According to our notes and discussion, which civilization employed a symbol for zero?
- ✔✔Mayan
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, What was the most important rule that the Egyptians used when they wrote sums of
unit fractions? - ✔✔They could never use the same unit fraction twice.
Egypt is on which continent? - ✔✔Africa
What was unique about the Egyptians' work with fractions? - ✔✔Their refusal to deal
with fractions that were not unit fractions or (2/3)
For the Egyptians, the multiplication of two numbers was accomplished by successively
doubling one of the factors. After that was done, what operation was used? -
✔✔Addition
What was the only fraction used by the Egyptians besides unit fractions? - ✔✔(2/3)
Why is it generally accepted that geometry originated in the ancient Egyptian empire? -
✔✔The yearly floods of the Nile required that land had to be remeasured for tax
purposes.
Most of our knowledge of early mathematics in Egypt comes from two papyri. One is
known as the Moscow Papyrus. What is the other one called? - ✔✔The Rhind Papyrus
The method of false position is most similar to which problem-solving strategy? -
✔✔Guess and Check (also know as trial and error)
Whose army uncovered the Rosetta Stone in 1799? - ✔✔Napoleon
True or False: The Egyptians had a symbol for zero. - ✔✔False
To find the length of a diagonal of a given square, the Babylonians used an
approximation of what irrational number? - ✔✔sqrt(2)
What was the Babylonian style of writing called? - ✔✔Cuneiform
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Answers 100% Pass
Why is it difficult to determine the unique value of a Babylonian numeral? - ✔✔The
lack of a zero makes it difficult to determine the place values of the digits.
Which system employed a subtractive principle in which the symbol for a smaller
number is placed in front of the symbol for a larger number? - ✔✔Roman
What strategy did the Romans use to represent numbers that were multiples of 1000? -
✔✔A bar was drawn over the necessary symbols.
What symbols did the ancient Mayans use to represent the numbers from 1 to 19? -
✔✔Dots and horizontal bars
What number does the symbol L represent in the Roman numeral system? - ✔✔50
What number did the Babylonians use as the base for their numeration system? - ✔✔60
True or False: It is commonly accepted that mathematics originated with problems
related to solving equations. - ✔✔False
Which style of writing did the Babylonians use? - ✔✔Cuneiform
What number is the base for a sexagesimal numeration system? - ✔✔60
According to our notes and discussion, which civilization employed a symbol for zero?
- ✔✔Mayan
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, What was the most important rule that the Egyptians used when they wrote sums of
unit fractions? - ✔✔They could never use the same unit fraction twice.
Egypt is on which continent? - ✔✔Africa
What was unique about the Egyptians' work with fractions? - ✔✔Their refusal to deal
with fractions that were not unit fractions or (2/3)
For the Egyptians, the multiplication of two numbers was accomplished by successively
doubling one of the factors. After that was done, what operation was used? -
✔✔Addition
What was the only fraction used by the Egyptians besides unit fractions? - ✔✔(2/3)
Why is it generally accepted that geometry originated in the ancient Egyptian empire? -
✔✔The yearly floods of the Nile required that land had to be remeasured for tax
purposes.
Most of our knowledge of early mathematics in Egypt comes from two papyri. One is
known as the Moscow Papyrus. What is the other one called? - ✔✔The Rhind Papyrus
The method of false position is most similar to which problem-solving strategy? -
✔✔Guess and Check (also know as trial and error)
Whose army uncovered the Rosetta Stone in 1799? - ✔✔Napoleon
True or False: The Egyptians had a symbol for zero. - ✔✔False
To find the length of a diagonal of a given square, the Babylonians used an
approximation of what irrational number? - ✔✔sqrt(2)
What was the Babylonian style of writing called? - ✔✔Cuneiform
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