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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. In how many books that Archimedes sent to his friends, did he make deliberate errors?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

2. If you took a sphere and made a cylinder whose base was the greatest circle of the sphere and whose height was the diameter of the sphere, how much larger would the surface of the cylinder be than the surface of the sphere?
(a) 8 times.
(b) 1 1/2 times.
(c) 6 times.
(d) 2 1/2 times.

3. What is the meaning of the Greek word "mathema" from which mathematics is derived?
(a) Methods.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Science.
(d) Material.

4. Which branch of mathematics had the groundwork for its development laid by Archimedes?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Calculus.

5. Which branch of mathematics studies numbers?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Arithmetic.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Computation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of mathematics do architects needs to plan buildings?

2. What is the solid of a circle?

3. What is the formula to find the volume of a cube?

4. What field of mathematics is necessary to create rockets and space travel?

5. What dimensions does a plane figure have?

(see the answer key)

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