Babylonians

a) They invented a number systemb) They used base 6c) They could only count up to 60d) They loved astronomye) They invented a zerof) They were the first ones to use

place value

Babylonians

a) They invented a number systemb) They used base 6c) They could count up to 60

They used base 60 but could count beyond 60

d) They loved astronomye) They invented a zerof) They were the first ones to use

place value

Archimedes

a) Discovered the radius of a circleb) He realised the change in the water

level when he got into a bathtub told him the mass of an object

c) Invented hydraulicsd) He was an engineere) Came up with an accurate value of pi

using other shapesf) If he had a long enough ruler he could

pick up the worldg) He worked on volumeh) Died because he was too into his

maths to realise the Romans came

Archimedes

a) Discovered the radius of a circleDiscovered pi – a way to measure the radius of a circle

b) He realised the change in the water level when he got into a bathtub told him the mass of an object

c) Invented hydraulicsd) He was an engineere) Came up with an accurate value of pi

using other shapesf) If he had a long enough ruler he could

pick up the worldg) He worked on volumeh) Died because he was too into his maths to

realise the Romans came

Pythagoras

c) x² + y²=z²d) x=ye) 3²+4²=5²f) He made a theoremg) Also a philosopherh) Little proof he existedi) Square diagram on trianglesj) Lots of maths on squares and

finding areask) Wrote a book of all theories

a)

b)

Pythagoras

c) x² + y²=z²d) x=ye) 3²+4²=5²f) He made a theoremg) Also a philosopherh) Little proof he existedi) Square diagram on trianglesj) Lots of maths on squares and

finding areask) Wrote a book of all theories

a)

b)

Euclid

a) Wrote a book about Elementsb) His book was used for a

thousand yearsc) Used compassesd) Put his theories in the book of

Elementse) Philosopher as well as a

mathematicianf) Wrote the ideas of other

mathematiciansg) Wrote proofs

Euclid

a) Wrote a book about Elementsb) His book was used for a thousand

yearsMore!

c) Used compassesd) Put his theories in the book of

Elementse) Philosopher as well as a

mathematicianf) Wrote the ideas of other

mathematiciansg) Wrote proofs

Thales

a) The first philosopher and mathematician we know by name

b) He found out pic) He taught othersd) He made a theorem about

diameters and 90 degreese) He copied another mathematicianf) He learned from the Babyloniansg) He inspired other mathematiciansh) He discovered the area of circles

Thales

a) The first philosopher and mathematician we know by name

b) He found out pic) He taught othersd) He made a theorem about

diameters and 90 degreese) He copied another mathematicianf) He learned from the Babyloniansg) He inspired other mathematiciansh) He discovered the area of circles

Hypatia

a) Her parents didn’t allow her to study maths

b) The first ever female mathematician

c) She was courageous

Hypatia

a) Her parents didn’t allow her to study maths

We don’t know this.

b) The first ever female mathematician

c) She was courageous

Plato

a) 400 BCb) He wrote a book about mathsc) A philosopherd) Had an idea about perfect formse) Thought the world was made out

of shapesf) Wrote the Elementsg) Don’t have that much evidence

he existedh) Platonic solidsi) Found out about square numbers

Plato

a) 400 BCb) He wrote a book about mathsc) A philosopherd) Had an idea about perfect formse) Thought the world was made out of

shapesThought all elements were made out of Platonic solids

f) Wrote the Elementsg) Don’t have that much evidence he

existedh) Platonic solids

Platonic solids what?

i) Found out about square numbers

The Islamic Empire

a) They valued learningb) They loved mathsc) Their trading networks gained

and spread knowledged) Baghdad was the capitale) They were very successful in

medicinef) They invented the water wheel

The Islamic Empire

a) They valued learningb) They loved mathsc) Their trading networks gained

and spread knowledged) Baghdad was the capitale) They were very successful in

medicineSort of – yes compared to Europe at the time, but not compared to now

f) They invented the water wheel

The House of Wisdom

a) A place where scholars went to learn

b) A place to share ideasc) A place in Baghdadd) Al Kwarizmi invented algebrae) Sons carried on the work of fathersf) Looked at different topics like

maths, astronomyg) They invented the zeroh) The library had 10,000 booksi) They translated texts there

The House of Wisdom

a) A place where scholars went to learnb) A place to share ideasc) In Baghdad, the Muslim capitald) Al Kwarizmi invented algebrae) Sons carried on the work of fathersf) Looked at different topics like maths,

astronomyg) They invented the zero

Passed it on from India to the West

h) The library had 10,000 booksLots, lots more (but not sure the number)

i) They translated texts there

Contacts between Muslims and Christians

a) Muslims had better scholars and more books than the Christians

b) Ideas spread from Muslims to Christians

c) The Crusades led to knowledge spreading from the Islamic World to Europe

d) They traded inventionse) They didn’t connect together much

except through warf) Muslims had more knowledge

about maths than the Christians who were studying the Bible

Contacts between Muslims and Christians

a) Muslims had better scholars and more books than the Christians

b) Ideas spread from Muslims to Christiansc) The Crusades led to knowledge spreading

from the Islamic World to Europed) They traded inventions

It wasn’t really a ‘trade’ – the Christians copied Muslim ideas more

e) They didn’t connect together much except through war

Lots of war, also lots of trade and peaceful connections

f) Muslims had more knowledge about maths than the Christians who were studying the Bible

Pierre de Fermat

a) Had a Little, Last and Big Theoremb) Did maths in his spare timec) Worked with Pascald) He was a lawyere) His Little Theorem included clock

arithmeticf) He came up with Pascal’s Triangleg) He worked with clocksh) He had a few theorems but he didn’t

prove themi) Descartes attacked his ideasj) He made a lot of questions that people

are trying to answerk) He invented infinity

Pierre de Fermat

a) Had a Little, Last and Big TheoremNot a Big Theorem

b) Did maths in his spare timec) Worked with Pascald) He was a lawyere) His Little Theorem included clock arithmeticf) He came up with Pascal’s Triangle

Pascal

g) He worked with clocksClock arithmetic, not clock

h) He had a few theorems but he didn’t prove themi) Descartes attacked his ideasj) He made a lot of questions that people are

trying to answer All solved

k) He invented infinity

Blaise Pascal

a) His father hid maths from him until he found out for himself

b) He worked out how shapes rotate around each other

c) He constructed an early form of calculator

d) He worked with Fermate) Made a triangle full of mathsf) He created the basis for a theory

of probability

Blaise Pascal

a) His father hid maths from him until he found out for himself

b) He worked out how shapes rotate around each other

c) He constructed an early form of calculator

d) He worked with Fermate) Made a triangle full of maths

He did – but this sentence doesn’t really explain it!

f) He created the basis for a theory of probability

Napier

a) Napier’s Bones help you solve multiplication sums

b) He was Frenchc) He invented theoremsd) He was interested in astronomy,

which meant he had to do a lot of sums

e) He invented the idea of the decimal fraction

Napier

a) Napier’s Bones help you solve multiplication sums

b) He was FrenchBritish/Scottish

c) He invented theoremsd) He was interested in astronomy,

which meant he had to do a lot of sums

e) He invented the idea of the decimal fraction

Isaac Newton

a) He discovered gravityb) Forces are measured in Newtonsc) An apple fell on his headd) He worked at Cambridge

Universitye) He worked out how Calculus

workedf) He published a book called the

‘Principia Mathematica’g) He discovered weighth) He realised and made theorems

about gravity

Isaac Newton

a) He discovered gravityb) Forces are measured in Newtonsc) An apple fell on his head

Yes, but so what!d) He worked at Cambridge Universitye) He worked out how Calculus

workedf) He published a book called the

‘Principia Mathematica’g) He discovered weighth) He realised and made theorems

about gravity

Sophie Germain

a) She was Frenchb) She has inspired other women to

study mathsc) She was the first female

mathematiciand) Her family at first didn’t agree

with her teaching mathse) Her work helped to build the

Eiffel Tower

Sophie Germain

a) She was Frenchb) She has inspired other women to

study mathsc) She was the first female

mathematiciand) Her family at first didn’t agree

with her teaching mathse) Her work helped to build the

Eiffel Tower

George Boole

a) He made Boolean algebrab) He could speak a lot of languagesc) He opened a school at the age of

twentyd) He worked with Babbagee) He learnt Latin and Greek by

himselff) He was professor of Maths at

Queen’s Collegeg) His work is used in computers

today

George Boole

a) He made Boolean algebrab) He could speak a lot of languagesc) He opened a school at the age of

twentyd) He worked with Babbagee) He learnt Latin and Greek by

himselff) He was professor of Maths at

Queen’s Collegeg) His work is used in computers

today

Evarist Galois

a) He died aged 22b) He wrote bad stuff about the

Revolutionc) Made Galois Representationsd) He was Frenche) He wrote a theory on how to

solve equationsf) He was not involved in the

revolution

Evarist Galois

a) He died aged 2221

b) He wrote bad stuff about the Revolution

He was in favour of the revolution and got into trouble because of this

c) Made Galois Representationsd) He was Frenche) He wrote a theory on how to

solve equations

Charles Babbage

a) Britishb) He made the first computerc) He created the Difference Engined) His machines were very bige) He was inspired by errors in

multiplication tablesf) He influenced Hemsworth who

made IBMg) His machine was built by the

Science Museum in the 20th century

Charles Babbage

a) Britishb) He made the first computer

Designed, not made

c) He created the Difference Engined) His machines were very bige) He was inspired by errors in

multiplication tablesf) He influenced Hemsworth who

made IBMHollerith

g) His machine was built by the Science Museum in the 20th century

Andrew Wiles

a) Andrew Wiles used Taniyama-Shimura’s work

b) Wiles used Fry’s theoremc) He worked on elliptic curvesd) He went to a great universitye) He discovered Fermat’s theorem f) Gave up his work to finish

Fermat’s Last Theoremg) He was in isolation for 30 yearsh) He worked in secrecy and finally

solved Fermat’s Last Theorem

Andrew Wiles

a) Andrew Wiles used Taniyama-Shimura’s work

b) Wiles used Fry’s theoremc) He worked on elliptic curvesd) He went to a great universitye) He discovered Fermat’s theorem

Solved not discovered

f) Gave up his work to finish Fermat’s Last Theorem

g) He was in isolation for 30 years7

h) He worked in secrecy and finally solved Fermat’s Last Theorem

Four Colour Theorem

a) Only four colours are used to colour everything in

b) Every possible kind of map was used to check if it worked

c) Each colour can’t touch the same colour

d) It was solved by computers

Four Colour Theorem

a) Only four colours are used to colour everything in

b) Every possible kind of map was used to check if it worked

c) Each colour can’t touch the same colour

d) It was solved by computersIt was solved by Appel and Haken using computers!

Turing & Colossus

a) He made codesb) Alan Turing and Colossus made a

computerc) He worked for the Germansd) He helped to solve the Enigma

codee) He worked on a computer in

World War IIf) He used computers to work out

the answer

Turing & Colossus

a) He made codesb) Alan Turing and Colossus made a

computerTuring made the computer called Colossus

c) He worked for the Germansd) He helped to solve the Enigma

codee) He worked on a computer in

World War IIf) He used computers to work out

the answer

RSA Code

a) A code that involved maths sumsb) A code created from two prime

numbersc) Made by an Israeli

mathematiciand) The code is used on the internete) It is quite easy to break

RSA Code

a) A code that involved maths sumsb) A code created from two prime

numbersc) Made by an Israeli

mathematicianThree – Rivest, Shamir and Adleman

d) The code is used on the internete) It is quite easy to break

Nearly impossible!