TIME-LINE

1. Make a time line on a piece of drawing paper. Include the years B.C. and A.D.
2. Cut out the boxes and place the names of the Mathematicians on the time line
according to the date of their birth.
3. Write a paragraph explaining how a number line and a time line are similar
mathematically.
4. Find which two mathematicians were alive at the same time. Write the answer on a
piece of paper.
5. Determine the age each of the mathematicians was when he or she died. Write the
names and ages on a piece of paper in table form.
6. List the mathematicians in order from youngest to oldest by age at the time of death.

Ten Famous Mathematicians

Euclid (325 265 B.C.)
Al-Khwarizmi (780 850 A.D.)
Best known for his book The Elements
Considered one of the first users of
Algebra.
Omar Khayyam (1048 1131 A.D.)
Archimedes (287 212 B.C.)
The first mathematician to deal with
Best known for his practical applications
every type of cubic equation that yields to physics topics such as the lever and
a positive square root.
water displacement.
Plato (429 348 B.C.)
Mandelbrot (1924 Present A.D.)
Known to the world as a Greek
The father of fractal geometry
philosopher
Pythagoras (570 500 B.C.)
Thales (624 547 B.C.)
Established a school in Croton, in
He is considered the Father of
Southern Italy and one of the most
Geometry for his early discoveries and
interesting figures in the history of
proofs of geometric relationships.
mathematics.
Hypatia (370 415 A.D.)
Descartes (1596 1650 A.D.)
Known as the first woman
Inventor of analytic geometry
mathematicians in history

Time Line

Paragraph
Comparing
Number Line
and Time Line

Novice
(7)
Less than 6 of
the
mathematician
s are in
correct order
and/or it is
messy.

Explanation

neglects to
mention the
positive and
negative
aspects of the
comparison

Ages of
Less than 6 of
Mathematicians the ages are
calculated
correctly
Listed in Order
of Ages

Apprentice
(8)
6 to 10 of the
mathematicians
are in the
correct order
The time line is
neat.

Less than 6 of
the
mathematicians
are listed in the
correct order
Mathematicians The names of the
alive at the
two
same time
mathematicians
who were alive at
the same time
was not included

Practitioner
(9)
All ten
mathematician
s are in the
correct order.
Time line is
neat

Explanation
mentions the
positive and
negative
numbers but
doesnt
mention the
relationship of
the numbers
6 to 10 of the
ages are
calculated
correctly

Paragraph
fully explains
the
comparison of
the time line
and the
number line

6 to 10 of the
mathematicians
are listed in the
correct order

All of the
mathematicians
are listed in the
correct order

One or both of
the
mathematicians
names are
incorrect

The names of the

two
mathematicians
who were alive at
the same time
was included

All ages are

calculated
correctly

Expert
(10)
All practitioner
plus:
Computer
graphics
or
included other
mathematician
s
All practitioner
plus:
picture
or diagram used
to aid in the
explanation

All of
practitioner and
the information
is printed on the
computer
All practitioner
and the list is
printed on the
computer
All practitioner
and the names
are printed on
the computer