Mathematics Potpourri
Mathematical Terms
Geometric Shapes
Equations
Mathematics True/False
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Who is Fibonacci?
This Italian was considered the most talented Western mathematician of the Middle Ages
100
What is a Square?
The result of multiplying a number by itself
100
What is a Parallelogram?
This is a shape with two sets of parallel lines
100
What is x = 27?
The solution for x: x + 3 = 30
100
What is False (it has ten sides)
True or false: A nonagon has ten sides.
200
Who is Pythagoras?
This Greek mathematician devised the theorem that describes the relationship between the three sides of a right triangle
200
What is a Right Triangle?
The name of a triangle that contains a right angle
200
What is a Square?
This shape has two sets of equal parallel lines and four right angles
200
What is x = 50?
The solution for x: x = (6+4) * 5
200
What is True
True or false: The internal angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees.
300
Who is Archimedes?
This Greek mathematician proved that the area of a circle was pi times the square of the radius
300
What is an ordered pair?
The name for two points on a grid that identify a specific location
300
What is an Equilateral Triangle?
This shape has three equal sides and three equal angles
300
What is x = 50?
The solution for x: x= (8-4)/2 * 50
300
What is False (the area is 100 square inches)
True or false: the area of a square that is 10 inches on a side is 40 inches.
400
What is 27?
What is three cubed?
400
What is Pi (or 3.14)?
This number indicates the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter
400
What is a Rhombus?
This shape has four equal sides
400
What is x = 10?
The solution for x: x + 40 = (6 + 4) * 5
400
What is True
True or false: 20 - (-15) = 35
500
What is neither is larger--both are equal to one (any number raised to the zero power is one).
Which is larger: one to the zero power or ten to the zero power?
500
What is PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction)?
The acronym for the order of the procedure for solving an equation
500
What is a Cylinder?
This 3-D shape has two circular ends
500
What is x = 15?
The solution for x: 20 - x = 50 / (5 * 2)
500
What is False: Four cubed is 64.
True or false: Four cubed is 12
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