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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Sphere and the Cylinder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the solid of a triangle?
(a) Box.
(b) Sphere.
(c) Cube.
(d) Cone.

2. What is the solid of a circle?
(a) Box.
(b) Sphere.
(c) Cone.
(d) Cube.

3. Which branch of mathematics deals with distances to directions?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Calculus.

4. How many miles long would Archimedes' lever have had to be if he had tried to move the earth?
(a) 66 billion.
(b) 88 sextillion.
(c) 95 trillion.
(d) 100 million.

5. What is the formula to find the volume of a cube?
(a) Add all the sides together.
(b) Multiply length by width.
(c) Multiply length by width by height.
(d) Two times the length plus the height.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Archimedes sketch his diagrams when he was sitting by the fire in the evening?

2. What is the point on which the lever turns or moves?

3. In what book did Archimedes give mathematicians a logical way to start any problem and an orderly way of setting things down?

4. Which branch of mathematics deals with motion and change?

5. What did Archimedes claim he could move if he had a place to stand?

(see the answer key)

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