Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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 | Eight Week Quiz D

John Allen Paulos
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Pseudoscience.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Paulos jokes about how many hamburgers?
(a) 300.
(b) 9.
(c) 800.
(d) 120.

3. Which/whose formula is discussed?
(a) Pythagorean Theorem.
(b) Poisson.
(c) Theory of Relativity.
(d) Newton.

4. What theory states that any number, no matter how large, can be achieved by adding smaller numbers together?
(a) Pythagorean Theorem.
(b) Theory of Relativity.
(c) The Archimedes Principle.
(d) Euclid's Law.

5. This doctor was fond of which topic?
(a) Synchronicity.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Fate.
(d) Vaccines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not in the list of things over which people become obsessed?

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

3. In what year was the discovery made?

4. What is the term for knowing something before it happens?

5. What item in the stadium is used as an example?

(see the answer key)

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