MATH

Question 1

PERMUTATION

Answer 1

A way, especially one of several possible variations, in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged

120 permutations of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Question 2

QUINTILLION

Answer 2

a number equal to 1 followed by 18 zeros

Question 3

‘ASYMPTOTE

Answer 3

A line that a graph approaches but doesn’t intersect

Question 4

‘TANGENT

Answer 4

a straight line that touches but does not cut into a curve

Question 5

‘THE-O-REM

Answer 5

A formal statement that can be shown to be true by logic

Question 7

AXIOM

Answer 7

a formal statement in maths, from which other statements can be obtained