Pythagoras Scavenger Hunt

 


  1. When was Pythagoras born?
    http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/pythagor.htm 

 

  1. Why did Pythagoras leave Samos? http://plato.evansville.edu/public/burnet/ch2a.htm#38

 

  1. Give the significant mathematical theorem named for Pythagoras, and give the figure in which it is  used.  http://www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/index.shtml

 

  1. Why was Pythagoras described as the first “pure mathematician”?
    http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.html

 

  1. Pythagoras is credited with defining the basis of music.  Explain.
    http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.html

 

 

  1. Where did Pythagoras live most of his life?
    http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/pythagoras.htm