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What type of number is Pi?
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Archimedes
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How far are you with Paper #2?
halfway done
Haven't even started yet
Finished
Less than halfway done
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What type of number is Pi?
Transcendental
Normal Number
Irrational Number
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A transcendental number is a number that is not algebraic.
True
False
4
An Irrational Number is a real number that can be written as a simple fraction.
False
True
5
The Archimedes Screw takes water from a high elevation to a low elevation.
True
False
6
Which one of these things could be put on the boat that Archimedes made for Ptolemy?
Equipment
Cargo
Horses
People
7
The heat ray was a giant magnifying glass
False
True
8
Archimedes father was an astronomer.
True
False
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Eureka! translates to "I have found (it)".
True
False
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How many types of cow's were in the cattle problem?
5
7
6
8
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What was Archimedes doing when he solved the gold crown fiasco?
Making a sandwich
Waking up
Going to sleep
Taking a bath
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Where can we find Pi?
Sound & Light
Nature
Probability & Statistics
Genetics
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What type of person was a Archimedes?
Mathematician
Physicist
Engineer
Astronomer
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Where was Archimedes born?
Syracuse
Sicily
Cyprus
Storrs, CT
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Where was the cattle problem originally sent to?
Alexandria
Professor's UConn Email
Germany
Greece
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What was the total herd size from the cattle problem?
50,489,082
50,389,083
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50,389,082
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Who killed Archimedes?
Common Soldier
King Hieron
His friend
Zeus
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Which one of these did Archimedes NOT make?
Heat Ray
Archimedes Claw
Math 2720W
Archimedes Screw
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What is the number of pi?
8
3
3.14159265358979384626433832795
π
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When was King Hieron II born?
0 A.D.
1492 A.D.
306 B.C.
October 5th, 2021
