Name that Sequence!
Famous Numbers
Mathematicians
Terms
Subjects
100
1,4,9,16....
What are the square numbers.
100
3.141...
What is pi.
100
As the discoverer of gravity, and three laws of motion, this mathematician also delved in calculus and optics.
Who is Isaac Newton
100
The sum of numbers/The # of numbers
What is mean
100
Math concerning shape, size, or relative position
What is geometry
200
1,3,6,10....
What are triangular numbers.
200
It would take an eternity to count this never-ending number.
What is infinity.
200
He made the famous formula, a^2+b^2=c^2. He had a cult like status with the Greeks, his followers obeyed his rules.
Who is Pythaoras.
200
A line that passes between a system of lines
What is a transversal
200
Math concerning numbers shown as letters
What is algebra
300
1,8,27,64....
What are cubes
300
-1^0.5
What is i.
300
He made the famous equation E=MC^2, investigated brownian motion and took the first steps in quantam mechanics. He also instigated some work in calculus.
Who is Albert Einstein.
300
The shape of a donut
What is a torus
300
Math concerning triangles
What is trigonometry
400
1,10,11,100....
What are binary numbers
400
1.618....
What is phi.
400
Although a theorem is named after him, we will remember him most by his triangle, calculus, and probability theory. He also sudied fluid mechanics and said the famous quote "The smallest effort can change the world, a grain of sand thrown in an ocean can change it completely"
Who is Blaise Pascal
400
A number whose irrationality is impossible to simplify
What is a transcendal number
400
Using this subject, a CD is equivalent to a mug
What is topology
500
1,1,2,3,5.....
What is the Fibonnachi sequence.
500
2.718...
What is e.
500
DAILY DOUBLE! For each answer you get right, you get 500 points! a) When the inventor of the lever found his principle, he reportedly streaked around saying "I've found it" in Greek. Bonus: What is "I've found it" in Greek: 500 points b) When he was young, he calculated the triangular number of 1000 in a few seconds. He also has math contests named after him. Bonus: What is the triangular number of 1000: 700 points c) He made the equation e^(pi*i)+1=0, and he made he equation F+V=E+2 Bonus: What does F, V, and E stand for. Bonus:300 d) He made the formula for Mersenne primes,showed that there are infinite primes , and he wrote the book Elements. Bonus: Who did he study under? 800 Points e) His last theory stymied everybody for centuries. Bonus: Who finally solved it? 1500 Points f) He discovered the Cartesian grid, while watching a fly zip around on spots on the ceiling. Hard:1200 points g) This astronomer discovered the moon and Venus. He also studied inertia, infinity, pendulums, and parabolic trajectories. h) He was the instigator of infinity, a philosper, and scientist. Bonus: Who did he mentor? 1100 Points ALL VALUES ARE DOUBLED i) He influenced the decimal system, and all of the signs we see today, he discovered a way to find the area of cylic quadrilaterals. B: What is a cylic quadrilateral 1700 points B2: What does his name mean? 3700 points. j) He made modern group theory, matrix algebra, higher dimensional geometry, and higher singularities. Hard 4100 points k)He made the Fibonnachi sequence, brought the decimal system to Europe, Egyptian Fractions, irrational numbers, and Pythagorean thereom. Bonus: What is his real middle name, before he changed it to Fibonnachi? 5300 points l) He instigated parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbola. Hard 3100 points B:What was his nickname? 6700 points m) He made the 365 day calendar, found out the height or the pyramids, made a theorem, predicted an eclipse, found north using the stars, and was the first to suggest evolution. n) He unified geometry and group theory. He made a whole book about icosahedrons, solved quintic equations and is most famous for his "bottle". o) He studied he optics of the eye, tides, elliptical orbits (which he got a formula from), showed how the Fibonnachi sequence occurs in nature, phi, calculus, continuincies, p) He was a cryptographer, and built computers. Using aglorithims that would help the world everywhere in a pinch. But must importantly he made a test... named himself. B: What must the computer do to pass the test. 7900 points
a)Archimedes B:Eureka b)Carl Friedrich Gauss B:500500 c)Leonhard Euler B: Face Vertice Edge d)Euclid B:Aristotle e)Pierre de Fermat B:Andrew Wiles f)Rene Descartes g)Galleiio Galleli h)Aristotle B:Plato i)Brahmahgupta B: A quadrilateral whose vertices will are share the circumference of a circle B2: The teacher j)Arthur Cayley k)Leonardo Fibonnachi Pissano B:Bigollo l)Apollonius B: The Great Geometer m)Thales n)Christian Felix Klein o)Johannes Kepler p)Alan M Turing B: Must fool humans into thinking it is talking to a computer and not humans.
500
When a number's # of factors is perfect and the sum of the factors is perfect. Bonus: Name one of the the two sublime numbers 3700 Points
What is sublime numbers B:12
500
The mathematical study of change
What is calculus