Exploring Mathematics Chapters 1-4

Question 1

A pint is a ___ the world around.

Answer 1

pound

Question 2

A scruple was a standard of weight for measuring

Answer 2

drugs

Question 3

Choose the larger: cup or quart

Answer 3

quart

Question 4

Choose the larger: fathom or yard

Answer 4

fathom

Question 5

Choose the larger: foot or yard

Answer 5

yard

Question 6

Choose the larger: nautical mile or statue mile

Answer 6

nautical mile

Question 7

Daniel Fahrenheit set the boiling temperature of water on his thermometer at

Answer 7

212 degrees

Question 8

day

Answer 8

earth rotates on its axis once

Question 9

Military time has hours numbered from 0000 to

Answer 9

2400

Question 10

month

Answer 10

moon revolves around the earth once

Question 11

Most early measures of distance were based on the

Answer 11

human body

Question 12

NASA’s Climate Orbiter to Mars failed because …

Answer 12

engineers used two different measures of force

Question 13

season

Answer 13

due to the tilt of the earth’s axis, equal to three months

Question 14

The first calendar with a leap year every four years was the one …

Answer 14

authorized by Julius Caesar

Question 15

The inventors of the hourglass

Answer 15

Romans

Question 16

The length of a mile in feet is

Answer 16

5,280

Question 17

Time zones were introduced when it became common to travel by …

Answer 17

trains

Question 18

Until 1960, the meter was considered

Answer 18

the distance between two scratch marks

Question 19

week

Answer 19

seven days

Question 20

What is the main reason to have leap days?

Answer 20

So the calendar will match the seasons or so the calendar year will be the same length as the solar year.

Question 21

year

Answer 21

earth revolves around the sun once