MCQ
Euclid divided his famous treatise $“$The Elements$”$ into:
- A$12$ chapters.
- B$11$ chapters.
- C$9$ chapters.
- ✓$13$ chapters.
✓
Answer
Correct option: D.
$13$ chapters.
Book $1$ contains Euclid's $10$ axioms.
Book $2$ is commonly called the $''$book of geometric algebra$''$.
Book $3$ deals with circles and their properties.
Book $4$ constructs the incircle and circumcircle of a triangle.
Book $5$ is a treatise on proportions of magnitudes.
Book $6$ applies proportions to geometry: similar figures.
Book $7$ deals with elementary number theory.
Book $8$ deals with proportions in number theory and geometric sequences.
Book $9$ applies the results of the preceding two books and gives the infinitude of prime numbers.
Book $10$ attempts to classify incommensurable $($in modern language, irrational$)$.
Book $11$ generalizes the results of books $1-6.$
Book $12$ studies volumes of cones, pyramids, and cylinders.
Book $13$ constructs the five regular Platonic solids.
Book $2$ is commonly called the $''$book of geometric algebra$''$.
Book $3$ deals with circles and their properties.
Book $4$ constructs the incircle and circumcircle of a triangle.
Book $5$ is a treatise on proportions of magnitudes.
Book $6$ applies proportions to geometry: similar figures.
Book $7$ deals with elementary number theory.
Book $8$ deals with proportions in number theory and geometric sequences.
Book $9$ applies the results of the preceding two books and gives the infinitude of prime numbers.
Book $10$ attempts to classify incommensurable $($in modern language, irrational$)$.
Book $11$ generalizes the results of books $1-6.$
Book $12$ studies volumes of cones, pyramids, and cylinders.
Book $13$ constructs the five regular Platonic solids.
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