The Joy of x: It Slices, It Dices, Part I p. 139-144; Stop at second paragraph, The infinite sums were too hard.

_______ 1. Isaac Newton chose the integral symbol, to symbolize an S, for summation.

_______ 2. The integral was first introduced in the field of geometry. _______ 3. The savior of calculus is infinity. _______ 4. The idea of an integral is that it makes quantities easier to multiply together. _______ 5. Algebra fails us when we start to consider changes that occur at changing rates. _______ 6. Archimedes was on the brink of discovering integral calculus about 1,000 years before Leibniz and Newton. _______ 7. Mathematicians like to use symbols that reveal the nature of their meaning.

The Joy of x: It Slices, It Dices, Part I p. 139-144; Stop at second paragraph, The infinite sums were too hard. _______ 1. Isaac Newton chose the integral symbol, to symbolize an S, for summation.

_______ 2. The integral was first introduced in the field of geometry. _______ 3. The savior of calculus is infinity. _______ 4. The idea of an integral is that it makes quantities easier to multiply together. _______ 5. Algebra fails us when we start to consider changes that occur at changing rates. _______ 6. Archimedes was on the brink of discovering integral calculus about 1,000 years before Leibniz and Newton. _______ 7. Mathematicians like to use symbols that reveal the nature of their meaning.

The Joy of x: It Slices, It Dices, Part I p. 139-144; Stop at second paragraph, The infinite sums were too hard. _______ 1. Isaac Newton chose the integral symbol, to symbolize an S, for summation.

_______ 2. The integral was first introduced in the field of geometry. _______ 3. The savior of calculus is infinity. _______ 4. The idea of an integral is that it makes quantities easier to multiply together. _______ 5. Algebra fails us when we start to consider changes that occur at changing rates. _______ 6. Archimedes was on the brink of discovering integral calculus about 1,000 years before Leibniz and Newton. _______ 7. Mathematicians like to use symbols that reveal the nature of their meaning.