Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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 | Four Week Quiz B

John Allen Paulos
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Statistics, Trade-Offs, and Society, Close.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can severely affect one's poll?
(a) Sample size is too small.
(b) Incorrect questions.
(c) Skewed age range.
(d) Unvaried demographic.

2. In what year did the Italian scientist make this discovery?
(a) 1349.
(b) 1618.
(c) 1573.
(d) 1942.

3. What does the man carry to help with the problem?
(a) Parachute.
(b) Gum.
(c) Bomb.
(d) Thermometer.

4. Which doctor was the inventor's good friend?
(a) Freud.
(b) Wellby.
(c) Oppenheimer.
(d) Jung.

5. Which two presidents are discussed in reference to coincidence?
(a) Adams and Jefferson.
(b) Washington and Cleveland.
(c) Lincoln and Kennedy.
(d) Nixon and Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the rain supposedly going to take place?

2. Which book in the Bible is quoted by Paulos?

3. Which/whose formula is discussed?

4. Who is the first doctor mentioned?

5. What age is the child mentioned?

(see the answer key)

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