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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pythagoreanism developed into two separate schools of thought. What group was called “the learners” in Greek?
(a) The omnimatioi.
(b) The Hippasusikoi.
(c) The akousmatikoi.
(d) The mathēmatikoi.

2. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that Indian mathematicians first learned of zero from the Babylonians by way of what?
(a) The Spanish Inquisition.
(b) The Roman conquest.
(c) The Greek conquest.
(d) The British Empire.

3. Where does the author say early medieval Jews took up residence and discovered that Aristotle’s aversion to zero contradicted Jewish theology in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
(a) South America.
(b) Ancient Egypt.
(c) Muslim Spain.
(d) Rome.

4. What term refers to an argument that produces an inconsistency?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Quantization.
(c) Dividend.
(d) Reprimand.

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing,” the ratio of zero to any number is what?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) ∞.

Short Answer Questions

1. Any number multiplied by zero equals what?

2. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that for the Indians, numerals without geometric significance gave birth to what field of mathematics?

3. The ancient Egyptians used math to create what type of calendar?

4. The system that equipped the USS Yorktown in 1996 and 1997 was predicted to save $2.8 million per year by reducing the ship’s complement by what percentage?

5. What refers to the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers?

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