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1
The term "arithmetic" was used in ancient Greece to describe theory of numbers.
True
False
2
Who was the author of
Sphaerica
?
Pythagoras
Hipparchus
Menelaus
Hippocrates
3
Angles and chords were used by astronomers to find distances and sizes of objects in space.
True
False
4
Which of Ptolemy's works is most famous?
Tetrabiblos
Geography
Almagest
Megiste
5
The period from Hipparchus to Ptolemy had advances but not in
trigonometry
optics
geography
mathematics
6
How many books were there in
The Collection
by Pappus?
8 books
10 books
7 books
9 books
7
According to Pappus, to trisect an angle you draw a hyperbole with an eccentricity of _______?
3
1/2
1
2
8
The system of measurement Ptolemy used in his tables was sexagismal.
False
True
9
Heron of Alexandria is best known for...
Chords
Area of triangle formula
trigonometry formulas
The Elements
10
Eratosthenes was known for...
His Roman architecture
His trigonometric table
Finding the size of the earth
His work "Arithmetica"
11
Nicomachus is considered the father of algebra.
False
True
12
What was Pappus known as, The Father of ________?
Algebraic Geometry
Projective Geometry
Linear Geometry
Analytic Geomtry
13
According to Pappus, how do you derive the volume of a cone?
V= 2∏r÷3
V= 1/3∏r2h
V= bh3
V= hr÷2
14
The Romans were very interested in Theoretical mathematics.
False
True
15
Ptolemy was the first to state the universe was
pluto-centered
dark
earth-centered
sun-centered
