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Showing posts with label mathematics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mathematics. Show all posts

19 November, 2007

(123) X, Y, Z

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In 1600's, Rene' Descartes, a French philosopher and mathematician detailed what is known as the 'Cartesian Coordinate System'. Which animal inspired Descartes to invent his famous coordinate system ?

ANSWER: A fly / learn more...

09 November, 2007

(106) Roman Numbers

Ancient Romans used 7 letters to express numbers. What's the biggest number you can make using all 7 Roman numbers once?

ANSWER: 1666 (MDCLXVI)

04 October, 2007

(48) I, II, III, IV...

In roman numerals what does the letter M with a bar over it stand for?

ANSWER: one million