Famous Mathematicians
Also known as Leonardo of Pisa, this famous Italian mathematician is best known for discovering a sequence where each number is the sum of the two previous numbers.
Fibonacci
The smallest prime number
2
The number of sides on a dodecagon
12
The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs whose lengths are 8 and 15
17
This field of mathematics is concerned with the sines, cosines, and tangents of angles
This famous Greek mathematician, and author of The Elements, is known as the “Father of Geometry.”
Euclid
True/False: 91 is a prime number
False: 7*13 = 91
The only number with the same number of letters as its value
Four
210
1024
The study of codes and how to break them
Cryptography
This famous mathematician and philosopher developed the Cartesian coordinate system in the 17th-century.
René Descartes
Sum of the first 5 prime numbers
2+3+5+7+11 = 28
The name of the number system using two digits, often used in computer programming
Binary
Sum of the first three perfect cubes
36 = 1+ 8 + 27
The collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of masses of numerical data
Statistics
This famous British computer scientist and mathematician is known for leading the team of cryptographers who broke the German Enigma Code during World War II.
Alan Turing
25
Number of faces of a tetrahedron
4
The remainder when 391 is divided by 4
3
This field of mathematics has a fundamental theorem that connects its two main branches: differentation and integration
Calculus
This famous German mathematician has a rival claim to Sir Issac Newton as the inventor of calculus.
(Gottfried Wilhelm) Leibniz
The largest prime factor of 2024
23
eiπ + 1 = 0
The sum of the interior angles of a pentagon
540
This field of mathematics studies the geometric properties of an object as it is deformed
Topology