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GEO125 Report 6
GEO125 Report 6
a. 90
b. 15
c. 60
d. !40
2. The proof for the Chinese Remainder Theorem used in Number Theory was NOT
developed by its first publisher, Sun Tzu.
a. False
b. !True
3. If you could fold a piece of paper in half 50 times, its039; thickness will be
34th the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
a. False
b. !True
4. To the nearest whole number, how many radians are in a whole circle?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 3
d. !6
9. The French mathematician Eacute;variste Galois is primarily known for his work
in which?
a. Abelian Integration
b. Galois039; Continued Fractions
c. Galois039; Method for PDE039;s
d. !Galois Theory
10. The set of all algebraic numbers is countable.
a. !True
b. False
11. Which greek mathematician ran through the streets of Syracuse naked while
shouting quot;Eurekaquot; after discovering the principle of displacement?
a. Eratosthenes
b. Homer
c. Euclid
d. !Archimedes
12. Which of the following mathematicians made major contributions to game theory?
a. Stefan Banach
b. Leonhard Euler
c. Carl Friedrich Gauss
d. !John Von Neumann
6. What stage of development do the majority of eukaryotic cells remain in for most
of their life?
a. Prophase
b. Telophase
c. Stasis
d. !Interphase
8. Which desert is the only desert in the world where the quot;Saguaroquot; cactus
grows indigenously?
a. The Gobi Desert
b. !The Sonoran Desert
c. The Yuma Desert
d. The Arabian Desert
10. Not including false teeth; A human has two sets of teeth in their lifetime.
a. !True
b. False
11. A plant that has a life cycle for more than a year is known as an annual.
a. True
b. !False
6. The surface area of Russia is slightly larger than that of the dwarf planet
Pluto.
a. !True
b. False
7. The mountainous Khyber Pass connects which of the two following countries?
a. India and Nepal
b. Pakistan and India
c. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
d. !Afghanistan and Pakistan