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

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 G

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 item in the structure is referenced?
(a) Windows.
(b) Bricks.
(c) Doors.
(d) Nails.

2. How many bricks are in the wall?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 8,000.

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

4. What is the term for knowing something before it happens?
(a) Lucky guess.
(b) Deja vu.
(c) Precognition.
(d) Coincidence.

5. Where was the inventor from?
(a) Germany.
(b) US.
(c) France.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which phrase is often used incorrectly?

2. The mathematician is from what country?

3. What great writer is mentioned in this chapter?

4. The student mistakenly assumed that his professor believed in what?

5. What is another name for those not proficient in math?

(see the answer key)

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