"Math Figures"
Isaac Newton
or
Gotfried Leibniz
What branch of mathematics concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures?
Geometry
Give the number pi accurate to four decimal places
3.1415
What number represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter?
pi
Which mathematician wrote the book Elements?
Euclid
Who is credited with first representing known and unknown numbers by letters, nowadays called variables?
François Viète
what is an elementary part of mathematics that consists of the study of the properties of the traditional operations on numbers—addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponentiation, and extraction of roots.
Arithmetic
Calculate (3x22 - 1)2
121
What number is the multiplicative identity?
1
What are the name of the 7 unsolved math problems that can earn someone 1 million dollars if they can solve one?
Millennium Prize Problems
What mathematician is referred to as the "father of geometry"?
Euclid
The branch that deals with solving generic algebraic expressions and manipulating them to arrive at results.
Algebra
Which is bigger?
78 or 87
78
What number is the additive identity and the only value which cannot be used for division.
0
Which American University has a math sculpture called The Octacube?
Penn State University
This mathematician's result gives a relationship between the lengths of sides in a right triangle.
Pythagoras
What is the branch of mathematics concerned with relationships between angles and ratios of lengths.
Trigonometry
Diane is 23 years older than her daughter Amy. In 6 years, Diane will be twice as old as Amy. How old is Diane now?
52
What number is called the natural base?
Give its symbol and decimal to three places
e
2.718
Who wrote the book Principia?
Isaac Newton
Maryam Mirzakhani
The branch that is concerned with the properties of a geometric object that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting, crumpling, and bending; that is, without closing holes, opening holes, tearing, gluing, or passing through itself.
Topology
What is the smallest prime number less that 200?
199
What number is the solution to x2=-1
i
What operation represents repeated exponentiation?