Pedro and Arc Length - POSTTEST

Which of these could be measured using the concept of "arc length"?

• The volume of a Pepsi can

• The distance between two fenceposts of a circular fence

• The area of a cardboard box

• The distance between Mr. Spear's classroom and the parking lot

Arcs lengths are used to measure the area of a circle

• True
• False

Who assisted in determining the shape of the Earth using a type of arc length?

• Matthew Kenyon

• Pedro Peralta y Barnuevo

• Luca Mario Moretti

• Carlos Carlisle

You can only be really good at one subject in school

• True

• False

Math is only applicable in Mrs. Caldwell's classroom, not in real life

• True

• False

Pedro Peralta y Barnuevo, with other mathematicians, determined that the Earth is shaped like...

• A perfect sphere

• An imperfect sphere

• A rectangle

• An imperfect hexagon

Pedro Peralta was considered a "polymath" by the people of his time. What is a polymath?

• A person who really loves math

• A person who is really good at academics

• A person who is really good at multiple things

• A person of Peruvian descent

Pedro Peralta y Barnuevo spoke which of these languages?

• English

• Spanish

• Latin

• Portuguese

• Greek