Mathematicians
Famous for his mass-energy equivalence formula (E=mc^2)
Who is Albert Einstein?
The mathematical study of shape.
What is geometry?
6 + 11 = 5. How is this possible?
The numbers represent the hours on a clock. (adding 6 hours to 11 o'clock gives you 5 o'clock)
Where the number zero primarily originated from. (6th-7th Century AD)
What is ancient India?
A rule that assigns each input value to exactly one output value
What is a function?
The first to apply calculus to general physics.
Who is Isaac Newton?
Generalizes arithmetic by using symbols (variables) to represent numbers.
What is algebra?
Multiply the number of thumbs that everyone has in the world. What is the result?
0 because there's at least one person with no thumbs.
Used a base-10 system with hieroglyphic symbols for powers of 10. (3000 BCE)
What is ancient Egypt?
An expression that contains constants, variables, and exponents (non-negative integers). Is combined using addition, subtraction, or multiplication
What is a polynomial?
Known for deriving an approximation of pi. Considered the "father of mathematical physics".
Who is Archimedes?
The mathematical study of continuous change. Uses limits, derivatives, and integrals.
What is calculus?
I am a number, but when you add ‘G’ to me, I go away. What number am I?
One (gOne).
Helped introduce the Indian system to the wider world (12th Century AD)
Who are Middle Eastern mathematicians?
The upward or downward curvature of a function's graph.
What is concavity?
Mostly known for the first rigorous formulation of the integral.
Who is Bernhard Riemann?
Mathematical science that collects, analyzes, and interprets data.
What is statistics?
What can you put between a 7 and an 8 so the number becomes greater than 7 and less than 8
A decimal point. 7.8 is greater than 7 and less than 8
Saw the rise of symbolic algebra, decimal fractions, and coordinate geometry. Layed the groundwork for modern science.
What is the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution?
Represents the instantaneous rate of change of a function.
What is a derivative?
Known as the "Prince of Mathematicians". Proved the fundamental theorem of algebra, and made revolutionary contributions in different branches.
Who is Carl Friedrich Gauss?
The oldest branch. Focused on numbers and basic operations.
What is arithmetic?
A grandmother, two mothers, and two daughters went to a basketball game together and bought one ticket each. How many tickets did they buy in total?
3. The grandmother is also a mother, and the mother is also a daughter.
Developed the first known positional system (base-60), which influenced modern time and circle measurements. (3000 BCE)
Who are the Sumerians (Mesopotamia), and Babylonians?
The derivative of 3x^2 + 5x - 8
What is 6x + 5?