TRIVIA

What mathematical symbol did math whiz Ferdinand Von Lindemann determine to be a transcendental number in 1882?

• Pi

• Angle

• Plus sign

• Square root

What do you call an angle more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees?

• Obtuse

• Right

• Straight

• Acute

What’s the top number of a fraction called?

• Denominator

• Numerator

• Mixed Number

• Whole Number

What Greek math whiz noticed that the morning star and evening star were one and the same, in 530 B.C.?

• Archimedes

• Aristotle

• Euclid

• Pythagoras

What’s a polygon with four unequal sides called?

• Triangle

• Rectangle

• Quadrilateral

• Pentagon

What’s a flat image that can be displayed in three dimensions?

• Triangle

• Hologram

• Pentagon

• Rectangle

What number does “giga” stand for?

• One Hundred

• One Thousand

• One Million

• One Billion

What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West around 800 B/B.?

• Five

• Three

• One

• Zero

What word describes a number system with a base of two?

• Decimal

• Binary

• Octal

• Hexadecimal

How many equal sides does an icosahedron have?

• Ten

• Twenty

• Thirty

• Forty