True or False
The product of two positive numbers is NOT positive.
FALSE (positive * positive = positive)
Give me an example of sets.
Sets, in mathematics, are an organized collection of objects and can be represented in set-builder form or roster form. Usually, sets are represented in curly braces {}, for example, A = {1,2,3,4} is a set.
I am known as the Father of Mathematics.
Archimedes
-23 = (-2)3
TRUE
Give me an example of negative numbers.
When you count backwards from zero, you go into negative numbers.
Positive numbers are more than zero: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.
Negative numbers are less than zero: -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, etc.
I am a Greek philosopher who invented the Pythagorean theorem.
Pythagoras
30% of x is equal to 0.03x
FALSE (0.3x)
Give me an example of fraction.
A fraction has two parts. The number on the top of the line is called the numerator. It tells how many equal parts of the whole or collection are taken. The number below the line is called the denominator.
Example of fractions are: 1/2, 46/9, -4/5 etc .
I am the "Father of Algebra".
Al-Khwarizmi
1000/0 = 0
FALSE (division by 0 is undefined in mathematics)
Give me an example of integers.
An integer (pronounced IN-tuh-jer) is a whole number (not a fractional number) that can be positive, negative, or zero.
Examples of integers are: -5, 1, 5, 8, 97, and 3,043.
I am known, because I invented Geometry.
Euclid
0/1000 = 0
TRUE
Give me an example of numbers that are not integers.
An integer (pronounced IN-tuh-jer) is a whole number (not a fractional number) that can be positive, negative, or zero.
Examples of numbers that are not integers are: -1.43, 1 3/4, 3.14, .09, and 5,643.1.
Leibniz independently developed calculus in Germany at the same time _____ was developing it in England.
Sir Isaac Newton