Math Trivia (Bracket B-9&10)

EASY

An equilateral triangle has two of its sides equal. True or false?

• False

• True

• Neither True or false

• a. Somewhat false

Any number raised to the power of zero is equal to?

• zero

• negative

• one

• fraction then reciprocate

1. If x is the side of the cube, then the volume of the cube is:

• xyz

• x^3

• x^2

• lwh

What is the formula used for slope-intercept?

• y= x + a

• f(x)= 2xy + b

• m = xy +b

• y= mx+b.

To find the hypotenuse of a triangle, Pythagoras devise a formula to easily determine this. What is the formula?

• c= ½ bh

• c= lwh

• a²+b²=c²

• c=2 x pi x r

He also pioneered the use of analytic methods to solve number theory problems. In doing so, he united two disparate branches of mathematics and introduced a new field of study, analytic number theory.

• Euler

• Newton

• Leonhart

• Tao

Born in South Australia, this person was a child prodigy, the youngest person ever to win a medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad—he was ten.

• Albert Einstein

• Terence Tao

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Thales

In the late nineteenth century, the mathematician Georg Cantor (1845–1918) created and developed a mathematical theory of___. This theory emerged from his proof of an important theorem in real analysis.

• Theory of Sets

• Theory of Relativity

• Theory of Evolution

• Theory on Postulates

These two mathematicians were credited in developing Calculus and the forerunners for the title of the Father of Calculus.

• Albert Einstein and Marie Curie

• Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

• Archimedes and Galileo

• Leonardo Da Vinci and Isaac Newton

It refers to the number of times a number is multiplied by itself.

• Square root

• Fraction

• Exponent

• Inequalities