Famous Mathematicians Scavenger Hunt
Search, Find, and Learn

 The goal of this scavenger hunt is to give each of you an opportunity to explore the Internet to learn about math's history and the people who developed their ideas into the math we have today.  Keep a piece of paper handy so that you can be writing down your answers.  Also, keep track of each mathematician's year of birth because you will need that information for a later activity.  Bring your answers to school for some extra credit on the next test!! (I will tell you what test this can be added to when we get to it.  You are welcome to do this hunt at any time and then hold onto it until the right time.)
Good Luck!!!
 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 Question 
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1.       Find the mathematician who lived from    1823-1852.  What was his name?  How many brothers and sisters did he have?  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/1820_1829.html
2.     Name 3 inventions of Archimedes.  http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html
3.       Who was the mathematician who worked with primes and ultimate ratios?  http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/HistMath.html
4.       Gauss was born in what country?  He coined what term that is still used in math today?  http://www.siue.edu/~dcollin/mathfame.html
5.       Which mathematician's first name was Pierre?  What did he publish in his lifetime?  http://www.bomis.com/rings/Mmathematicians-famous_people-science/
6.       What is Fibonnacci's Sequence?  Where can it be found?  http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/vy/vymath.htm
7.      What is Pythagoras' Theorem?  http://www.sp.org/Science/Math/Mathematicians/Famous_People/
8.      Read a biography about Blaise Pascal.  What did he invent and sell first?  In what year did this happen?  http://www.yahooligans.com/school_bell/math/Mathematicians/
9.      Name a Dutch mathematician whose major field of study was Geometry.  http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4360.html
10.    Eratosthenes was born in what country?  http://math.about.com/cs/mathematicians/

 
 


 
 
 
 

NOW CHALLENGE YOURSELF:
 
 

  List all 10 mathematicians from above in order of their birthdays, from oldest to youngest.

     Use links from the chart to match these pictures with the correct mathematician named above.
 
 

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Congratulations!! You have now completed this scavenger hunt.  Don't forget to turn your answers in for some extra points...