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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 is the best way to improve math skills?
(a) Practice.
(b) Reading math books.
(c) Teach another.
(d) Study underlying philosophy.

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

3. What is another name for those not proficient in math?
(a) Innumerates.
(b) Uneducated.
(c) Illiterates.
(d) Morons.

4. Which of the following is not in the list of things over which people become obsessed?
(a) Synchronicity.
(b) Coincidence.
(c) Irony.
(d) Fate.

5. Who was a giant in psychiatry?
(a) Curie.
(b) Salk.
(c) Jung.
(d) Koop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paulos denies that the personality is closely tied to which of the following?

2. What percentage of possible fatality is almost always incorrect?

3. The author believes people need to learn how to understand _______.

4. What is one of the most common mistakes in math?

5. What does the man carry to help with the problem?

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