MATHEMATICS IN

THE MODERN
WORLD
(GE15)

SUBMITTED BY: BRENT TIWANG

SUBMITTED TO: MRS. CINDY DOLLETE
DAYAG
Activity 3.
Write an essay discussing the following ideas: what new ideas in
mathematics have you learned or changed or changed you
previous beliefs about mathematics? What Is the most useful for
humankind?

→ When I heard the word mathematics I Thought that was very difficult to
understand. But As I grow older mathematics encourage me to find pattern
things, While I was very much and acoustic when younger, now I’m almost
a Platonist. Maybe it’s my own head looking for patterns in noise and
finding them. But I am amazed at what appears to be the ‘unreasonable
power’ at mathematics to find answer and bring order to things which, on
surface, appear not to say anything at all. Math help us have better
problem-solving skills. Analytical thinking refers to the ability to think
critically about the world around us. Reasoning us our ability to think
logically about a situation. Analytical and reasoning skills are essential
because they help us solve problem and look for solutions. And it also
helped us know how to add, subtract, multiply and divide so that we are
able to solve all kinds of numerical problems by knowing all those
mathematical.
Activity 4.
The Golden Ration

Measures the following (in centimeter)

 Distance from the ground to your belly button
75cm
 Distance from you belly button to the top of your head
73cm
 Distance from the ground to your knees
42cm
 Distance A,B and C
 Length of your hand
71cm
 Distance form your wrist to your elbow
32cm

Now calculate the following ratios.

1. Distance from the ground to your bellybutton/distance from your
belly button to the top of your head.
•75x1.618=121.35cm/ 73x1.618=118.114cm
2. Distance from the ground to your belly button/Distance from the
ground to your knees.
•75cmx1.618=121.35cm/ 42cmx1.618=67.956cm
3. Distance C/ distance B
c d
d
=C+ c
φ =(1+1/5) φ l 2=φ +1
c c d φ−1−p−1
= +
d c c
φ 2= φ+ ¿ φ /φ
φ 2−φ−1=0
2
φ=−(−1 ) ∓ √ (−1 ) −4(1)(−1) 1± √ 5 1−√ −5
φ = φ=
2(1) 2 2
1+ √ 5
φ = 2 =1.618
 4. Distance B/ Distance A
2
a a φ=−(−1 ) ∓ √ (−1 ) −4(1)(−1)
=a+ = ( φ )=(1+b)φ φ 2=φ+1
b b 2(1)
a a a φ−1−p−1
= =+ = φ 2= φ+ ¿ φ /φ
b a b φ 2−φ−1=0
1+ √ 5
φ= =1.618
2

5. Distance from your wrist to your elbow Length of your hand

•28cmx1.618=45.304cm
•69cmx1.618=111.642cm
Ratio 1 Ratio 2 Ratio 3 Ratio 4 Ratio 5

121.35cm 121.35cm 1.618 1.618 •28cmx1.618=45.304cm

118.114cm 67.956cm •69cmx1.618=111.642cm

Can you see anything special about these ratios? Explain your
observation.

According to my observation the number phi(φ ¿, often known as

the Golden ratio, is a mathematical concept that people have
known about since the time of the ancient Greeks. Over the
centuries, a great deal of love has built up around phi(φ ¿, such
as the idea that it represents beauty or is uniquely found
throughout nature.
Activity 1:
Take a picture of a plant, a tree, a building, on an object
in your surroundings and discuss how mathematics is

embedded in you chosen object .

4

As you see there is a Clock, we all know that clock has a round shape,
number, a tangent, radius of a circle, diameter and circumference. In a
mathematics, A clock is general every time we go past 12 on
the clock we start counting the hours at 1 again. If we add numbers the
way we add hours on the clock, we say that we are doing clock
arithmetic. So, in clock arithmetic 8 + 6 = 2, because 6 hours after 8
o'clock is 2 o'clock. And also in angle the hour hand of normal 12-hour
analogue clock turns 360 degrees in 12 hours (720 minutes) or 0.5 per
minute. The minute hand rotates through 360 degrees in 60 minutes or
6 degrees per minute.