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Mathematics Trivia Quiz

A collection of three sets of general information of mathematics trivia quiz with answers for you to use at home or at school. Have fun!

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Number Symbolism

Let us look on the symbolic roles that numbers have played in different cultures, religion, beliefs and human thoughts.

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George Boole

George Boole was a mathematician who helped to establish modern symbolic logic. The design of modern digital computer circuits is based on his algebra of logic called Boolean Algebra. He was born in the...

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John Napier

John Napier, Laird of Merchiston, was born in Merchiston Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1550. Logarithms is the greatest of his invention. he began working on his computational method a early as 1594.

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Leonardo Fibonacci also known as Leonardo Pisano. His most famous work  “Liber abaci’ or book of the abacus was written in 1202.  It was the first European work on Indian and Arabian mathematics 75

Leonardo Fibonacci

Leonardo Fibonacci was the greatest European mathematician of the Middle ages. He was born in Pisa in Italy circa 1170 and died some time after 1240. He introduced the Fibonacci numbers and the Fibonacci sequence for which he s best remembered today.

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Blaise Pascal

Mathematician, physicist, religious philosopher and writer. Blaise Pascal was born in Clermont-Ferrand France, in June 19, 1623 and died aged 39 in Paris in August 19, 1662. As a child he was tutored by...

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His discovery of analytic geometry - a means of applying to geometric problems - was hailed as one of the most remarkable feats in mathematical history. 64

Rene Descartes

French mathematician, scientist and philosopher, Rene Descartes was born in La Haye, Tourine in France on 30 March 1596. He was also known as Renatus Cartesius. He developed an early interest in mathematics...

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Female Mathematicians

Information about 5 women who have made a remarkable contributions in the field of mathematics, the list includes Hypatia, Emy Noether, Sonya Kovalevskaya, Maria Gaetana Agnesi and Mary Fairfax Sommerville.

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