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Question 1 of 10
What is the correct mathematical name of this: - (it is a division bar)
A
Vinculum
B
Virgule
C
Obelus
D
Octothorpe
Question 2 of 10
What is the correct mathematical name of this: # (a hash or number sign)
A
Vinculum
B
Virgule
C
Obelus
D
Octothorpe
Question 3 of 10
What is the correct mathematical name of this: / (division slash)
A
Vinculum
B
Virgule
C
Obelus
D
Octothorpe
Question 4 of 10
What is the correct mathematical name of this: ÷ (division sign)
A
Vinculum
B
Virgule
C
Obelus
D
Octothorpe
Question 5 of 10
What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West around 800 B/B.?
A
Zero
B
One
C
Two
D
Three
Question 6 of 10
What two letters are both symbols for 1,000?
A
K and T
B
T and M
C
K and M
D
M and O
Question 7 of 10
What century did mathematicians first use plus and minus signs?
A
Sixteenth
B
Seventeenth
C
Egighteenth
D
Fifteenth
Question 8 of 10
What number, a one followed by 100 zeros, was first used by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta in 1940?
A
Googol
B
Trillion
C
Zillion
D
Nillion
Question 9 of 10
How many equal sides does an icosahedron have?
A
Ten
B
Twenty
C
Twenty Five
D
Thirty
Question 10 of 10
What number does "giga" stand for?
A
A million
B
A billion
C
A googol
D
A trillion
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