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1. What is the chief characteristic of an isosceles triangle?
 
Sides are in the ratio 1:2:3
Three sides are equal
Two angles are obtuse
Two sides are equal
 
 
2. In a right-angled triangle what is the side opposite the right angle called?
 
Adjacent
Congruence
Hypotenuse
Opposite
 
 
3. In mathematics, how many distinct families of conic sections are there?
 
3
4
5
6

Ellipse (including the circle), Parabola, Hyperbola
 
 
4. In which year did Isaac Asimov write "The Realm Of Numbers"?
 
1949
1954
1959
1964

This influential work was re-issued in 1981
 
 
5. In geometry, what line joins two points on a circle's circumference?
 
Chord
Radius
Tangent
Vector

A diameter is a kind of chord which passes through the circle's centre
 
 
6. In trigonometry, what is calculated as "Opposite Over Hypotenuse"?
 
The cosine of an angle
The secant of an angle
The sine of an angle
The tangent of an angle
 
 
7. Which work by Euclid had an outstanding impact on geometry students?
 
Elements of Geometry
Foundations of Geometry
Principles of Geometry
Standards of Geometry

Euclid also wrote on astronomy & optics (and perhaps mechanics & music)
 
 
8. What is the mathematical study of rates of change of continuous functions?
 
Abstraction
Binomial Theorem
Calculus
Non-Euclidean Geometry
 
 
9. What formula is used to calculate the length of a circle's circumference?
 
3.142 x radius squared
5 x radius
2 x 3.142 x radius
2 x radius squared

Where 3.142 is assumed to equal pi
 
 
10. What is a number called which is divisible only by itself and one?
 
Improper number
Ordinal number
Prime number
Whole number
 
 
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