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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Probability and Coincidence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What professional often makes major errors in calculating percentages?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Math teacher.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

2. What word does the author use to describe mathematical errors?
(a) Irritating.
(b) Erroneous.
(c) Nonsensical.
(d) Egregious.

3. Paulos refers to which Italian scientist?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Newton.
(c) Fermi.
(d) Einstein.

4. How many seats are there in the stadium?
(a) 962.
(b) 1,058.
(c) 1,104.
(d) 1,259.

5. What is the name of the mathematician who sees everything in numbers?
(a) Paulos.
(b) Ramanujan.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Euclid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made one of the most important and yet simple mathematical discoveries?

2. How does the business man travel?

3. What city is mentioned in one of the examples?

4. What would make math easier for people?

5. What theory states that any number, no matter how large, can be achieved by adding smaller numbers together?

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