Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

John Allen Paulos
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 80 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

John Allen Paulos
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Chapter 1 - Examples and Principles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item of clothing is used in an example?
(a) Coat.
(b) Skirt.
(c) Shoe.
(d) Sock.

2. Who made one of the most important and yet simple mathematical discoveries?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Paulos.
(c) Freud.
(d) Newton.

3. Where is the stadium located?
(a) New York.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Pittsburgh.

4. What percentage of rain is referenced?
(a) 40%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 50%.

5. What restaurant is referenced?
(a) Taco Bell.
(b) Savoy.
(c) Four Seasons.
(d) McDonalds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item in the structure is referenced?

2. What number is used in the joke about the population of the city?

3. Notation makes more sense than?

4. Paulos believes that the theory may seem:

5. What is the name of the mathematician who sees everything in numbers?

(see the answer key)

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