10 Questions
What do ordinal numbers indicate?
Exact position of something or someone at a place
What are the adjective terms used to denote the order of something or someone?
1st – First, 2nd-Second, 3rd-Third
What are the counting numbers called?
Cardinal numbers
What type of number is used to represent the position or rank of an object or a person?
Ordinal number
What do ordinal numbers vary depending on?
Parameters like size, weight, marks, etc.
What pattern did Gauss notice when finding the sum of the numbers from 1 to 100?
Gauss noticed that he could split the numbers into two groups (1 to 50 and 51 to 100), and then add them together vertically to get a sum of 101 for each pair. He realized that the final total would be 50(101) = 5050.
What is the special formula to find the sum of a series of numbers, as mentioned in the text?
The special formula to find the sum of a series is given by $S = \frac{n(n+1)}{2}$, where S is the sum of the series and n is the number of terms in the series.
What type of sequence is the series of numbers from 1 to 100?
The series of numbers from 1 to 100 is an arithmetic sequence.
What is the sum of the first 100 whole numbers according to the pattern observed by Gauss?
The sum of the first 100 whole numbers is 5050.
Who was the mathematician who discovered the pattern to find the sum of the first 100 whole numbers?
The mathematician who discovered the pattern to find the sum of the first 100 whole numbers was Gauss.
Test your knowledge of ordinal numbers with this quiz! Practice identifying the position of objects and people in a list from 1 to 100, understand the concept of ordinal numbers, and learn through examples and charts.
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