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Week 1 focuses on the discussion of the nature of mathematics – what it is,

2 how it is expressed and where it is applied.

Keep track of your progress in this lesson by

(Mathe checking the box corresponding to each task.

_____ 1. Watch the Course Overview.

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_____ 2. Watch Module 1 Introduction

_____ 3. Read/Watch Module 1 Lesson 1 Lecture

in the _____ 4. Work out Week 1 HW Nos. 1-4

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_____ 5. Read/Watch Module 1 Lesson 2

_____ 6. Work out Week 1 HW Nos. 5 -8

_____ 7. Read/Watch Module 1 Lesson 3 Lecture

_____ 8. Work out Week 1 HW Nos. 9-10.

_____ 9. Read a one or two chapters of Ian Stewart’s “Nature’s Numbers”.

_____ 10. Write a synthesis essay of the reading in (9).

Lesson 1. Patterns and Numbers in Nature

Highlights

A. What are the three (3) types of pattern?

B. Give a practical value of the number set: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64,…

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C. What is the estimated value of the Golden Ratio?

D. What is a fractal?

Answer Week 1 HW Nos. 1 - 4

Lesson 2. Systemizing Patterns using Mathematics

Highlights

A. What is a Golden Ratio?

B. How do you construct a Logarithmic Spiral?

C. How do you construct a Golden Spiral?

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D. Enumerate and describe five (5) of the 17 equations that changed the world.

Answer Week 1 HW Nos. 5 – 8

Lesson 3. Systemizing Functionality of Mathematics

Highlights

How is mathematics utilized in the following areas?

A. Pharmaceutical Field

B. Agriculture
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C. Engineering

Answer Week 1 HW #9 and #10

Week 1 Homework
(to be deployed in BB)

1. Determine the next number in the sequence: 9, 4, 3, 121, 37, 84, ___ .

2. A Fibonacci prime is a Fibonacci number which is also a prime number. What

are the first five (5) Fibonacci primes?

3. Answer Exercise 1.1 No. 1 (page 10). [Refer to Mathematics in the Modern
World by Adina and Earnhart].

4. A diagonal of a regular polygon is a line segment that connects two non-

adjacent vertices. How many diagonals can be formed if the polygon has

a) 3 sides?
b) 4 sides?
c) 5 sides?
d) n sides?

5. Use the golden ratio to divide a line segment L with length of 25 meters into
two segments L1 and L2. Specify the lengths rounded off to 2 decimal places.
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6. Construct a golden spiral that involves a golden rectangle with length 4

meters.

7. Answer Exer. 2.1, No. 3 (page 22).

8. Answer Exer. 2.2, No. 4 (page 23)

9. Explain how mathematics can be used in music.

10. Explain how mathematics can be used in linguistics.