notation
Notation can represent math, music, science, and more. This topic is part of Symbols within Language. This page currently draws on 17 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
notation trivia questions
Notation is a system of symbols used to represent what?
Answer: Information
Bonus fact: Notation can represent math, music, science, and more.
What notation uses staffs, notes, and clefs?
Answer: Musical notation
Bonus fact: Music notation records pitch and rhythm.
In scientific notation, 3.2 × 10^4 equals what?
Answer: 32,000
Bonus fact: Moving the decimal four places right gives 32,000.
What is midnight at the start of a day in 24-hour notation?
Answer: 00:00
Bonus fact: 00:00 is the conventional 24-hour notation for the start of a day.
In American English, what is another name for a period in numerical notation?
Answer: Decimal point
Bonus fact: The dot separating whole and fractional parts is called a decimal point.
In a simple Mendelian trait, what notation often represents a dominant allele?
Answer: Capital letter
Bonus fact: For example, A may represent a dominant allele.
What notation often represents a recessive allele?
Answer: Lowercase letter
Bonus fact: For example, a may represent a recessive allele.
Musical notation is a system for writing what?
Answer: Music
Bonus fact: Notation records pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and other musical information.
What five horizontal lines are used in standard Western musical notation?
Answer: Staff
Bonus fact: Notes are placed on and between the staff lines.
How is mass number usually written in isotope notation?
Answer: As a whole number associated with the element symbol
Bonus fact: Carbon-14, for example, has a mass number of 14.
The decimal number system is based on how many digits?
Answer: 10
Bonus fact: Decimal notation uses the digits 0 through 9.
What term describes juggling patterns using numbers such as 3, 441, or 531?
Answer: Siteswap
Bonus fact: Siteswap notation encodes throwing sequences.