Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences Quiz | One Week Quiz A

John Allen Paulos
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 80 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences Quiz | One Week Quiz A

John Allen Paulos
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Whence Innumeracy?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What piece of office equipment is mentioned?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Copier.
(c) Typewriter.
(d) Computer.

2. Which book in the Bible is quoted by Paulos?
(a) Genesis.
(b) 1 John.
(c) Revelations.
(d) Gospel of Matthew.

3. How many days is a woman's cycle?
(a) 14 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 28 days.
(d) 23 days.

4. Who is the first doctor mentioned?
(a) Salk.
(b) Jung.
(c) Freud.
(d) Einstein.

5. Which skill is used daily?
(a) Rounding off.
(b) Estimation.
(c) Complex division.
(d) Factoring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What age is the child mentioned?

2. Where was the inventor from?

3. Which president is mentioned in the beginning of this chapter?

4. What is the probability of people being directly linked?

5. What is the probability of 2 people being linked by 2 intermediates?

(see the answer key)

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