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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Archimedes and the Centers of Gravity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days were in the Greek year?
(a) 345.
(b) 354.
(c) 360.
(d) 334.

2. How much money would a laborer earn in Archimedes' day?
(a) 12 cents.
(b) 3 to 5 cents.
(c) 2 cents.
(d) 6 to 10 cents.

3. Who were the first people to have ideas about gravity?
(a) Greek scientists.
(b) Babylonian scientists.
(c) Egyptian scientists.
(d) Persian scientists.

4. When was Euclid born?
(a) About 425 B.C.
(b) About 330 B.C.
(c) About 400 B.C.
(d) About 375 B.C.

5. How many papers did Archimedes write about arithmetic?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the formula for the area of a circle?

2. What did Archimedes write about mathematics?

3. How many hours did the Greeks believe it took the earth to turn on its axis?

4. After Archimedes used a common Greek measure to estimate the number of grains of sand in the universe, what measure did he use?

5. What is the meaning of the Greek word "mathema" from which mathematics is derived?

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