PRACTICE SET 1

MATHEMATICS IN OUR WORLD

SCORE
Name: EDMALYN R. CANTONDate : Jan/18/21 College/Program : College of

Accounting Education Time / Schedule :

ULO A- Let’s Analyze Activity

Item #4 (page 3)

Answer:

To get the 12th term (since 12th term represents 12 months in a year), let n be the number of
pairs during month by adding starting with any two numbers. As can be seen, the sequence
is formed by adding the previous two numbers. Obviously, it was stated in the problem that
one new pair (one male, one female) every month from the second month. Consider it so,
new "baby rabbit pairs" at the end of year. They must be equal in number to the pairs of
rabbits that are mature enough to give birth to baby rabbits.

Months 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
n 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144

1 + 1 = 2 → 3rd month
1 + 2 = 3 → 4th month
2 + 3 = 5 → 5th month
3 + 5 = 8 → 6th month
5+ 8 = 13 → 7th month
8 + 13 = 21 → 8th month
13 + 21 = 34 → 9th month
21 + 34 = 55 → 10th month
34 + 55 = 89 → 11th month
55 + 89 + 144 → 12th month

Therefore, at the end of the year, the mother rabbit produces 144 new pairs of baby
rabbits.
Item #11 (page 6)

Answer:

The florets of a sunflower have a clockwise and anti-clockwise spiral that follows the
Fibonacci number. Fibonacci has a sequence of 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233,
377, 610, 987, and so on. Moreover, the florets spirals calculate the sum of the two previous
numbers for each number.

Item #12 (page 7)

Answer:

Any sequence or series in Fibonacci creates a numerical pattern. Every number has its own
possibilities to become an integer that can be either divisible or not. These pattern it goes
forever, because numbers are infinite. We cannot say when the numbers will end? Definitely,
Fibonacci sequence/series was able to pull a specific pattern from his knowledge of numbers
and prove it could, conceivably, go on forever.