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By the Numbers, In Their Names
100

This mathematical constant shares its name with a baked dish, often filled with apples or cherries.

What is Pi

100

This polyhedron, often used as a die in board games such as Dungeon and Dragons, and is also the ancient Greek word for "twelve sided". 

What is a 'dodecahedron'?

100

This word refers to any living creature, from domestic pet to wild predator.

What is 'animal'?

100

You’ll hear this mathematician’s name in physics class, but also when discussing how much a grocery bag weighs.

Who is 'Newton'?

200

This poultry product is often in the shape of an ellipsoid. 

What is an egg? 
200

This term describes a coordinate system useful for circular symmetry, but it also refers to the Arctic-dwelling bear that loves the cold.

What is 'polar'?

200

This classical language, once spoken in Ancient Rome, is the root of many modern European Languages.

What is 'Latin'? 

200

You’ll see this mathematician’s name in probability theory—or on a French restaurant’s seafood menu.

Who is "Poisson"?

300

Honeycombs take the form of this 2D shape. 

What is a hexagon? 

300

In mathematics, this term describes a 3D curve that spirals around a central axis, but in biology, it’s also the shape of DNA’s famous double structure.

What is 'helix'?

300
A linked series of metal loops or a sequence of events both go by this name.

What is 'chain'?

300

His sequence appears in spirals and nature, but you might also see his name in an Italian marketplace.

Who is 'Fibonacci'?

400

This chip takes the shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid. 

What are pringles?

400

In calculus, this object appears in volume integration problems as a thin disk, but in a toolbox, it’s a common piece of hardware used to distribute pressure.

What is a 'washer'?

400

The Panama one is famous, but Venice is full of these man-made waterways.

What is 'canal'?

400

His rule helps with tricky 0/0 limits, but his name might also be on a sign above an emergency room in Paris.

Who is 'L’Hôpital'?

500

Bagels, donuts, and some cereals are shaped like this three dimensional ring.

What is torus

500

In math, this term describes a sum of infinitely many terms, but in literature, it’s a set of books or movies following a common storyline.  

What is a series?

500
A person with extreme enthusiasm for a subject-whether it sports, music or finance-can be called this.

What is 'fanatic'? 

500

You might hear this mathematician’s name when discussing complex numbers, or when asking how well a boat turns,

Who is 'Euler'?

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