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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. Why do people notice the coincidences?
(a) Focus on bad things.
(b) Someone points them out.
(c) Focus on wins.
(d) Look for patterns.

2. What did the doctor invent?
(a) Poisson's Formula.
(b) The rat's maze.
(c) Slide rule.
(d) Biorhythmic analysis.

3. Paulos believes that the theory may seem:
(a) Superfluous.
(b) Elementary.
(c) Illogical.
(d) Stupid.

4. What is one of the most common mistakes in math?
(a) Calculating diameter.
(b) Estimating probability.
(c) Solving word problems.
(d) Remembering the value of pi.

5. When a student reaches college it is impossible to take the time to teach ________.
(a) Basic algorithms.
(b) Subtraction.
(c) Multiplication.
(d) Fractions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Each person knows approximately how many people?

3. What did the Italian scientist discover?

4. Many are innumerate because they cannot connect math to:

5. What did the explorer discover?

(see the answer key)

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