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Math History
Far more interesting than one might first expect, the history of mathematics is filled with bitter rivalries, political machinations, and incredible innovations by some of the most amazing minds in history. Post all questions concerning individual mathematicians, the development of mathematical theories, and the sociological impact that resulted into this category.
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The sum of the numbers 1 - 99?
4950.
If you add the pairs
(1+99)+(2+98)...
You get 100 for each pair.
There are 49 pairs, and the 50 stands alone.
So 4900 +50 is
4950.
What is a 7 sided 3d figure called?
It's a pentagonal prism or a hexagonal pyramid. (maybe there are other answers)
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Who is the real person that invented the abacus?
No way to determine, they are present in different forms in many different civilizations and probably had prehistoric origins.
The abacus is simply a highly portable form of the much earlier counting board or counting table, that used pebbles or clay counters in grooves on a wood board or a table covered with a thin layer of sand.
A polygon that has 10 sides that are not all equal
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Got the right idea but wrong in the detail. It is a polygon with ten sides in which
- either at least two sides are unequal, or
- to angles are unequal.
Thus a polygon with ten equal sides, and 9 equal angles but the tenth angle being different, would be irregular.
Palindrome words: madam, peep, Otto, racecar, rotator
Palindrome numbers: 121, 265,562, 74,947, 8,030,308
What does a 5 foot ten inch butcher weigh?
He weighs meat. That's his job.
- I know that is true and i love this joke, but for the sake of calculating, if he had a healthy BMI, he would weigh around 146 to 150 pounds. :3
What Greek mathematician was one of the first to study conics and apply them to Greek astronomy?
Most of them, actually. Hero of Alexandria developed a steam-powered rotary engine, built a vacuum pump and wrote volumes on engineering, physics and hydraulics. Archimedes developed the principle of displacement, and wrote of a giant mirror that might be used to set wooden ships on fire by focusing sunlight onto the ship.
