I. Choose from (A-J) the one which best fits each of (1-7). There are two choices you do not need to use

A. Some problems may present a challenge even to modern students; e.g. ‘Find the volume of a cylindrical granary of diameter 9 and height 10 cubits.’

B. One ought not to underestimate the contributions of these ancient civilizations to the development of geometry.

C. The ancient Indians and Chinese, however, used very perishable writing materials (bark bast and bamboo) and due to the lack of primary sources we know nothing about Mathematics in ancient India and China.

D. Babylonian Maths refers to any Maths of the people of Mesopotamia from the days of the early Sumerians until the beginning of the Hellenistic period.

E. The Rhind papyrus is a collection of arithmetical, geometrical and miscellaneous problems, including some area and volume applications.

F. Nevertheless, early Egyptians surveyors realized that a triangle with sides of lengths 3, 4 and 5 units is a right triangle.

G. The solution is expressed only in terms of the necessary computational steps for the given numerical values: height of 6 and the bases of sides 4 and 2.

I. Babylonian Mathematics merged with Greek and Egyptian Maths to give rise to Hellenistic Mathematics.

J. Although it contains only 25 problems, it is similar to the Rhind papyrus.