Famous Mathematicians
Who is known as the “father of geometry”?
Euclid
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven.
Solve: 2x+3 = 9
x = 3
Sum of the angles in a triangle?
180 degrees
A line passes through (0, 3) and has slope 2. What is its equation?
y=2x+3
Which mathematician formulated the laws of motion and invented calculus (independently of Leibniz)?
Isaac Newton.
What number do you get when you multiply all the digits on a telephone keypad?
0 (because it includes 0).
Solve: x^2 - 49 = 0
(x= +/- 7)
Interior angles of a hexagon sum to?
720 degrees
What is x?
This female mathematician was a pioneer in computer programming and worked on the Analytical Engine.
Ada Lovelace.
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 die. How many are left?
9
72 x 11
A triangle has a side length of 25 and 24. WHat is the length of the last side?
7
A store discounts an item by 20% and then applies an additional 10% discount. What is the final price multiplier?
This mathematician introduced the concept of imaginary numbers and contributed to complex analysis: last name begins with "E."
Euler.
I am a 3-digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is 8 less than my tens digit. What number am I?
194.
15% of 200
30
What is the area of a circle with a radius of 6?
36 pi
If f(x)=2x^ - 3x + 1
What is f(4)?
Which mathematician solved Fermat’s Last Theorem after 350+ years?
Andrew Wiles.
I am a three-digit number. The product of my digits is 242424, and if you add 297297297 to me, my digits are reversed. What number am I?
164
512/ 2^3
64
A square and a circle have the same perimeter. Which has greater area?
The circle
A rectangle has perimeter 50. If the length is 5 more than twice the width, find the dimensions.
Width = 5, Length = 15