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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 professional often makes major errors in calculating percentages?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Math teacher.
(c) Salesman.
(d) Doctor.

2. What makes Paulos crazy about major math mistakes.
(a) No one cares.
(b) It is accepted.
(c) People don't notice.
(d) No one corrects the offender.

3. What is another name for those not proficient in math?
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Innumerates.
(c) Morons.
(d) Illiterates.

4. People seem to have the most trouble when dealing with what area of numbers?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Tens.
(c) Millions.
(d) Thousands.

5. What is the name of the mathematician who sees everything in numbers?
(a) Paulos.
(b) Ramanujan.
(c) Euclid.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mathematician is from what country?

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

3. What type of academic would most likely cringe over a misused word?

4. What percentage of rain is referenced?

5. What percentage of possible fatality is almost always incorrect?

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