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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author mention that could be dropped into a pond?

2. What was the value of the largest number for which the Greeks had a name?

3. If two weights weigh the same, where will they balance?

4. What did Archimedes call the largest number that he worked with?

5. Which of these works of Archimedes exists today?

Short Essay Questions

1. What interests mathematicians regarding Archimedes and square roots?

2. What did Marcellus do while he held Syracuse in siege?

3. Why isn't the center of gravity always at the center of an object?

4. Before Archimedes, how did people find the area of a circle?

5. What calculations did Archimedes use to show how numbers were infinite?

6. What did Archimedes consider to be his most important work?

7. Describe Marcellus' fleet that he sent to attack Syracuse.

8. How do people know that some of Archimedes' writing have been lost?

9. How did Archimedes estimate the number of grains that would fill the universe?

10. Why did Archimedes not want to help King Hiero make plans to defend Syracuse from a possible attack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Archimedes worked with plane and solid figures. Discuss plane and solid figures and the work Archimedes did with them.

Essay Topic 2

A famous scientist once said that he was able to see so far because he stood on the shoulders of giants. Discuss what it means to stand on the shoulders of giants.

Essay Topic 3

Archimedes furthered his studies at the Museum in Alexandria. Discuss the library and Museum at Alexandria and Archimedes' studies there.

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