Female Mathematicians
an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The number of continents in the world
what is seven?
the number of molecules in ten drops of water is the same as the number of stars in the universe (T/F)
What is true?
The moon moves between the sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth.
What is a solar eclipse?
the two elements that make up water
what are hydrogen and oxygen?
the world's first computer programmer
who is Ada Lovelace?
the number of people in the world
what is 8.2 Billion?
The highest global average temperature recorded on 22 July 2024.
what is 17.16 °C (62.89 °F).?
the smallest unit of matter
what is an atom?
the number of states of matter
what is four?
one of the first mathematicians to study what is now known as chaos theory
who is Mary Cartwright?
the number of bones in the human body
what is 206?
The Number Of Sand Grains On Earth
what is 7.5 x 10^18 grains of sand
the name of Earth’s supercontinent
what is Pangea?
Spiders are insects (T/F)
What is false?
she was the first woman, and first Iranian, to be awarded a Fields Medal (also known as the International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics) for “her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces”.
Who was Maryam Mirzakhani?
number of elements in the periodic table
what is 118?
the number of stars in the universe
what is one septillion stars (1* 10^24)
This female scientist helped with the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA
Who is Rosaline Franklin?
The largest organ in the human body
What is the skin?
Russian mathematician who made monumental contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics. She was the first woman to obtain a doctorate in the field of mathematics
who was Sofia Kovalevskaya?
Height (ft) of the tallest mountain
What is 29,029 feet?
the number of computers produced so far this year
what is around 192,000,000 computers?
The first person to be called a scientist
Who is Mary Somerville?
The height (ft) of a mark on a tree after 3 years. The mark was made 2 ft above ground on the tree that was 10 yards tall. The tree grows 1 foot per year.
What is 2 ft? (trees grow at the top)