MUHAMMAD IBN MUSA AL-KHWARIZMI: MUSLIM MATHEMATICIAN

What is the name of the Persian mathematician who oversaw the translation of major Greek and Indian mathematical and astronomy works into Arabic?

• Adelard of Bath

• Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi

• Fibonacci

• Brahmagupta

Which word is derived from the Latinization of Al-Khwarizmi's name?

• Algebra

• Quadratic

• Algorithm

• Polynomial

What is the title of the mathematical text published by Al-Khwarizmi in about 830?

• Liber Abaci

• The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing

• The Geographia

• Al-Kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab al-jabr wa’l-muqabala

What method did Al-Khwarizmi develop for systematically solving quadratic equations?

• Balancing the equation

• Completing the square

• Lattice multiplication

• Long division

What is the name of the astronomical instrument developed by Al-Khwarizmi to determine time by observations of the Sun or stars?

• Astrolabe

• Quadrant

• Sextant

• Telescope

What is the number of coordinates of cities throughout the known world listed in Al-Khwarizmi's revised and completed version of Ptolemy’s “Geography”?

• 4,402

• 1,402

• 3,402

• 2,402

What method of multiplying large numbers was introduced into Europe by Fibonacci, which was algorithmically equivalent to long multiplication?

• Completing the square

• Balancing the equation

• Lattice multiplication

• Long division

In addition to mathematics, what other field did Al-Khwarizmi make important contributions to?

• Physics

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Astronomy