History of Zero
This man, whose "principle" is described in our book as being used to solve quadratic equations, also created the < and > signs and is also believed to have first brought potatoes to Britain.
Who is "Thomas Harriot"?
This word describes the Pythagorean diet accurately.
What is vegetarian?
The Pythagorean Theorem states that the sum of the squares of the legs of a right triangle equals the square of this remaining longer side.
What is the hypotenuse?
This Greek mathematician is responsible for the most famous theorem in trigonometry.
Who is Pythagoras?
What can you do if someone sues you for selling them a bad watermelon?
You can "수-박."
This civilization was the first to use a symbol for zero, the "holy hand grenade" shape.
What is Egypt?
The Pythagoreans notably included this group of people, otherwise often marginalized in academic communities, as equals in their secret society.
Who are women?
This common Pythagorean triple was used as the basis for ancient Egyptian right angle construction, and it was also used in China's first proof of the "Gougu Theorem."
What is the 3/4/5 triangle?
This Greek mathematician was the first "true thinker" and the earliest on our list.
Who is Thales?
"해-안!"
This Central American civilization used a shell as their placeholder for zero, and they also left the first existing evidence of human use of chocolate.
Who were the Maya?
Pythagoreans used concepts of harmony and balance to describe this academic discipline, one of their Big Seven.
What is justice?
The Babylonian cuneiform tablet Plimpton 322 gave 15 examples of Pythagorean triples using this many sides of the right triangles.
What is 2? (The shorter leg and the hypotenuse)
The last of the "big three" of Greek philosophy, this teacher at the Academy also taught virtually every academic subject in the ancient world, but is mostly known for logic and science.
Who is Aristotle?
How do you greet your school chef, Lisa?
"요-리사!"
This counting system uses only the symbols 0 and 1 to write all other numbers and is often used for computer coding.
What is binary?
Pythagoreans formed the basis for music theory, including stringed and wind instruments and chords, by using this "R" math concept to describe how tensions compared to each other.
What are ratios?
This common quadrilateral was used by U.S. President James Garfield in his proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.
What is the trapezoid?
This great mathematician discovered ways to solve problems similar to algebra and integral calculus using his "method of exhaustion"; he also turned Greek math back towards geometry and was a student of Plato.
Who is Eudoxus?
What is the most popular puzzle in Seoul?
"수도"-쿠.
This Hindu temple in India contains the earliest existing evidence of the modern symbol for zero.
What is Chaturbhuj Temple?
The Pythagoreans studied 7 disciplines in depth; name at least four of them.
What are numbers, geometry, music, outer space, justice, the body, and the soul?
This common abbreviation for an algebraic technique, an extension of the Distributive Property, is used in modern versions of the square-based Pythagorean proofs crafted by China and India to expand (a+b)2.
What is FOIL?
This "great experimenter" and inventor was also known for his formula, which can calculate area of a triangle without knowing its height.
Who is Hero of Alexandria?
What did the girlfriend do when her boyfriend gave her a bad haircut?
그녀는 그와 "헤어-졌어."