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1. Amongst the ideas of the early mathematics philosophers, which statement is NOT true?
A) Aristotle uses empirical study emanating from experiments and observations.
B) Plato reasoned that mathematics is based on experimentation and abstraction.
C) Hilbert believed that mathematics can exist in the formal having concrete representations in the
mind.
D) Aristotle said that we can understand mathematics through experimentation,
abstraction, and observation
2. Aristotle's beliefs on the nature of mathematics are based on the following:
A) The objects of mathematics had an existence on their own
B) The physical, the mathematical, and the theological into which knowledge could be divided.
C) Ideas of mathematics could be viewed as a subset of the ideas
D) Logicism, intuitionism, and experimentation.
3. In the "modern" view of mathematics, the following is true:
A) Mathematics exists in human creativity only.
B) Mathematical objects are not invented or created by humans.
C) A mathematics activity is not strictly governed by any one school of thought
D) Learning mathematics is restricted to real-life connections, signs, symbols, definitions, and
rules
4. People have different views about Mathematics and that it is important to be learned at
school. Which of the following is not how people view mathematics.
A) Without special brains you cannot do Mathematics
B) Mathematics is made up of symbols and not words.
C) Mathematics does not require a good memory.
D) Mathematics' goal is to find answers.
5. The Egyptians realised or practiced this content area first:
A) Arithmetic
B) Volume and area
C) Geometry
D) Measurement
6. Pictographs were discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from 3 000BC. The best definition of
a pictogram is:
A) A form of abstract symbol used to represent quantities
B) A graph that displays complex statistical data
C) An ancient form of writing using abstract shapes
D) A visual representation using pictures that stand for quantities.