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

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

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

4. What dimensions does a plane figure have?
(a) Length and height.
(b) Depth and height.
(c) Length and width.
(d) Length, width and thickness.

5. What is the study of shapes in space?
(a) Arithmetic.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Applied Mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Archimedes enjoy arguing with regarding whether pure reason was better than practical knowledge?

2. What is the solid of a triangle?

3. What is the solid of a rectangle?

4. What did the King order after Archimedes moved his ship?

5. Which branch of mathematics studies numbers?

(see the answer key)

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