Mathematics Quiz

                                                  FIRST THINGS FIRST
1)Which of the following is the first printed book on Mathematics?
    a.On the Sphere and Cylinder
    b.Arithmetica
    c.Treviso Arithmetica
    d.Leelavati
Ans: c.Treviso Arithmetica.

2)Which is the first composite number?
   a.2
   b.3
   c.4
   d.1
Ans:    c.4.  

3)Which of the following is the first irrational number to be discovered?

   a.√15

   b.√8

   c.√3

   d.√2

Ans:  d.√2.

4)Which  one of the following  number is the first abundant number?

     (An abundant number is less than the sum of its factors excluding itself.) 

   a.30

   b.22

   c.12

   d.16

Ans:  c.12.

5)  It is first book which contained algebra as we know it today and which led to the development of      symbolic algebra.Name it?

   a.Liner quadratoum

   b.Isagoge in artem amalyticam

   c.Mathematical collection

   d.Spherics

Ans:    b.Isagoge in artem amalyticam.

6) Which numbers first found scientific applications in Elecricity?

   a.Complex number

   b.Real number

   c.Imaginary number

   d.Irrational number

Ans:   a.Complex number

7) Name the computer which was employed for the first time to calculate the exact value of π ?

   a.Bush's Differential Analyser

   b.ENIAC
   c.MANIAC
   D.APPLE
Ans:  b.ENIAC.