Math History
Who's that graph?
Base what?
Math Symbols
Math in the World
100
This Italian man discovered the Golden Ratio, which makes a spiral shape found in nature.
Who was Fibonacci?
100
This type of equation graphs in a distinct V shape.
What is an absolute value equation?
100
This number system, also called the Hindu-Arabic system, is the one we use today.
What is decimal / base 10 ?
100
This symbol used to show that values are the same was first invented by Robert Recorde in 1577 and was employed in his book The Whetstone of Witte.
What is the equals sign?
100
This long-lived cartoon show is peppered with math jokes. Its executive producer and head writer Al Jean graduated from Harvard with a degree in mathematics.
What is The Simpsons?
200
Also known as the counting frame, it uses rows of beads to aid in calculation. It was invented by the Chinese in the 500s.
What is the abacus?
200
When graphed, it can be reflected over y=x to get an exponential equation graph.
What is a logarithmic equation?
200
This ancient way of representing values employs 7 letters, each with a fixed value, and uses their placement relative to each other to determine the value of the number.
What is the Roman Numeral system?
200
The square root of -1, it is how imaginary numbers are represented.
What is i?
200
This day, which happens only once a century, celebrates a famous irrational number. The last one was on March 14th, 2015.
What is Super Pi Day?
300
Many historians think that concept of zero originated in this area.
What is India?
300
The axis of symmetry would pass through a specific part of a parabola with the equation -ax2+bx+c .
What is the maximum?
300
Because they rely in electrical signals, computers use this number system for everything they do.
What is binary / base 2 ?
300
This symbol represents the ratio 1.618..., also known as the Golden Ratio. When it is written in lowercase, the number is 0.6180...
Φ
What is Phi?
300
This day does not celebrate an animal, but Avogadro's number, which is a unit of measure in chemistry.
What is Mole Day?
400
In the 400s BC, his man discovered how to find the third side of the triangle given the measurements of the other two.
Who was Pythagoras?
400
This quadrant is in the bottom right of the graph.
What is Quadrant IV?
400
Used first by the Sumerians, we still see its significance when we measure time or divide a circle into 360 degrees.
What is base 60?
400
Its first few numbers are 2.718281828. This irrational number is the base of natural logarithms.
What is e?
400
This competition held in classrooms around the world is held on March 14th this year. Its name may sound a little funny to Americans.
What is World Maths Day?
500
Though others had tried to figure out the value of pi, this Greek man is said to be the first to find an accurate estimation of the number.
Who was Archimedes?
500
Of these two graphs, y=2 and x=2, this graph is not a function.
What is x = 2?
500
This number system is often used in computing and is associated with colors. It also uses letters in addition to numbers to represent values.
What is base 15 / hexadecimal ?
500
Things that are
have the same shape, but things that are
have the same shape and __.
What is size?
500
This crime drama television, involving an FBI agent and a mathematician. Many of the cases are based on real life ones that were solved with mathematics.
What is NUMB3RS?