Aldersgate College Mathematics in the Modern World

College of Arts, Sciences and Education

PRE-TEST
Answer the given activities below in a short bond-paper.
A.
1. What is mathematics?
 Mathematics is a useful way to think about nature and our world. Mathematics is an integral
part of daily life; formal and informal. It is used in technology, business, medicine, natural and
data sciences, machine learning and construction.
2.What is the nature of mathematics?
 The nature of mathematics underscores the exploration of patterns. Mathematics relies on both
logic and creativity, and it is pursued both for a variety of practical purposes and for its intrinsic
interest. For some people, and not only professional mathematicians, the essence of
mathematics lies in its beauty and its intellectual challenge.
3.Where is Mathematics?
 The origin of mathematics can be traced to the history and significance of patterns and
numbers. It deals with ideas translated to objects and concepts created by humans. They are
invented to link the meaning of pattern which result experiences associated with the counting,
sequences, and regularities.
4.What role does mathematics play in your world?
 It helps organize patterns and regularities in the world, predict the behaviour of nature and
phenomenon in the world, control nature and occurrences in our world for our end.
Mathematics has numerous applications in the world making it indispensable. Mathematics
exists everywhere and it is applied in the most useful phenomenon. Even looking by just at the
ordinary part of the house, the room and the street, mathematics is there. This is one subject
thought as the sole objective language that people in the modern world understand each other

B. Read the following statements given below and write TRUE if the statement is correct and
FALSE if it is incorrect on the given space provided after the item number.
TRUE 1. Mathematics is a useful way to think about the nature and our world.

FALSE 2. Mathematics is just for the books, confined in the classroom.

FALSE 3. Mathematics is just about numbers.

TRUE 4. Mathematics exists everywhere and it is applied in the most useful phenomenon.
FALSE 5. Mathematics has no place in my life.

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STEFFANY MARQUEZ
BSHM

Post – Test
Activity 1: In a short bond – paper (encoded or handwritten), cite the mathematical application that you
commonly do in each of the following stations and state your appreciation. (30 points)
Stations Application of Mathematics (2 Appreciation for Mathematics (1
points each) point each)
1. Market Analyze statistical data on In Market we use a lot of
past sales to predict future mathematics that makes
sales. ourshopping more efficient, one of
these are the
mathematicaloperations that we
use for calculatinghow much we
willpay for our purchases, next the
ratio and proportions, usedfor
measuring the right amount of the
stuff that we willbuy.
2. Bus/Jeepney Estimation on Mathematical I used estimation when I am
Operations transporting, I used it forestimating
on how many minutes/hours do I
travel until Ireach my destination.
And for the
mathematicaloperations, it helps
me on paying the right amount of
fareor if my change are exact or
not.
3. Church Estimations, Ratios and This kind of applications used in
Proportions estimating on howmany people will
attend the mass and by using ratio
andproportions, used for preparing
the exact amount ofcommunion
bread that will be served in mass.
4. Club Meeting Critical Thinking To develop students’ level of Math
skills and knowledge. This will be
accomplished by using games,
activities, and mock competitions.
Students will cooperatively work to
complete Logic and Math Puzzles.
5. Clinic Applied Mathematics To clarify, by patient-disease-drug
level, I mean the mathematical
work is approved to be used as
part of a decision making process
to prescribe a specific treatment
for a specific patient

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6. Court Calculating Justice Judges also use math as evidence

in cases where they — and not the
jury — are the ultimate arbiters of
an issue.
7. Laboratory Mathematical Calculations It is a place where anyone can
generate problems and struggle to
get a answer. It is a space to
explore and design new
mathematical activities. So, the
maths lab should not be used to
assess students’ knowledge of
mathematics.
8. Birthday Party Planning Solutions This unit supports students
developing important skills around
reading a calendar and identifying
specific dates.
9. Watching games Calculating Math is everything when it comes to
games. From having the ability to
calculating the trajectory of an Angry
Bird flying through the sky, to
ensuring that a character can jump
and come back down to the ground.
Without the help of mathematics,
games simply wouldn’t work.
10. Police Station Calculating Police officers use math to assist
them in conducting thorough
investigations of traffic accidents.

STEFFANY MARQUEZ
BSHM

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Activity 3: (25 points)

1. Write an essay focussing on the following questions. What new ideas about
mathematics did you learn? What is it about mathematics that might have changed
your thoughts about it? What is most useful about mathematics for human kind?

- THE NEW IDEAS I LEARN ABOUT MATHEMATHICS IS THAT MATH IS THE

SUBJECT OF LONG -TERM INVESTMENT. TO SUCCEED YOU HAVE TO HAVE
THE MINDSET THAT YOU WILL TRY TO RETAINWHAT YOU LEARN AS YOU GO
AND THAT YOU CANNOT LOSE CONCEPTS AS YOU LEARN.
- THE THING ABOUT MATHEMATICS THAT HAVE CHANGED MY THOUGHTS
ABOUT IT, IS THAT MATHEMATICS IS REALLY BETTER IF IT HAS AN RIGHT AND
CLEAR EXPLANATION, EXAMPLES. THE PROOFS WHICH PRESENTED ALWAYS
TURNS ME OFF, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I MAY HAVE BEEN INTERESTED
BEFORE. THIS IS MADE WORSE WHEN PROFESSORS OR OTHER PRESENTER
EXPLAIN CONCEPTS IN SIMILAR WAY.
- MATHEMATICS IS ALWAYS AROUND US. MATH ALSO HELPS US WHEN IT
COMES TO COMPUTATION ,COUNTING, AND OTHER THINGS THAT IS RELATED
IN USING MATHEMATICS. MATHEMATICS MAKES OUR LIFE ORDERLY AND
PREVENTS CHAOS. CERTAIN QUALITIES THAT ARE NURTURED BY
MATHEMATICS ARE POWER OF REASONING, CREATIVITY, ABSTRACT OR
SPATIAL THINKING, CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY AND
EVEN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILL. MATHEMATICS ALSO HELPS MANY
CARREERS , PROFESSION BECAUSE AS WELL KNOW WE CANNOT LIVE
WITHOUT KNOWING ABOUT MATHEMATICS, BECAUSE MATHEMATICS IS
EVERYWHERE.

2. Do you think the subject Mathematics in which you are enrolled is important? Yes/No?
Why? Cite five (5) situations.
- MANY OF USE THINKS THAT MATHEMATICS IS JUST A SUBJECT BUT THEY ARE
WRONG BECAUSE IT NOT JUST LIKE THAT. WE ENCOUNTER MATH WHEN IT COMES
TO COMPUTING OUR BUDGETS, COUNTING ETC. MATH IS USED EVERYWHERE.
LEARNING THE IMPORTANCE OF MATHEMATICS CANHELP YOU APPRECIATETHINGS
THAT YOU HAVENT DISCOVERED YET.
- MATHEMATICS HELPS US TO COMPUTE OUR BUDGET, BEACAUSE YOU WILL
KNOW THE IMPORTANCE ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS YOU WILL BUY AND
THE MONEY YOU WILL SPENT IS LESS THAN THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE.
- MATH CAN ALSO HELP YOU A BETTER COOK OR BAKER. WHY? BECAUSE IN
COOKING OR BAKING WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE USING MEASURINGTOOLS AND
THAT MEASURING TOOLS ONLY BE A RIGHT MEASURE WHEN YOU APPLY
MATHEMATICS. ANOTHER ONE IS WHEN YOU USE MATH IN COUNTING ON HOW MANY
GUEST WILL YOU FEED YOU WILL COUNT IT RIGHT BECAUSE OF MATH.
-YOUR SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE IN MATH CAN REALLY HELP YOU WHEN YOU SHOP
BACAUSE MANYSCENARIOUS IN SHOP , MALLS IS THAT THEY HAVE MANY
DISCOUNTS IN EASH ITEMS AND IN THAT SITUATION FOR YOU KNOW IF HOW MANY

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AMOUNT YOU WILL SAVE IF YOU BUYIT AND IF YOU WANT TO ALREADY KNOW THE
PRICE OF THE ITEMS JUST COMPUTE IT USING THE SKILLS AYOU LEARNED ABOUT
MATHEMATICS.
- PEOPLE WHO DEALS WITH MONEY NEED MATH SKILL. THESE JOBS INCLUDES
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN BANKS, STORES, AND BUSINESSES. WORKERS WHO BUILD
OR FIX THINGS USE MATH IN THEIR JOBS.

Activity 4:
Go to the garden or park, and start counting leaves and petals. Select only 1 plant with leaves and
flowers and take a photo on it. Write the results on your answer sheet.

Plant Name or Description:

a. Do the leaves grow in spirals? (Yes/No) YES . What is the pattern of the leaves?
SPIRAL
b. Are there flowers? (Yes/No) YES. What is the arrangement of the petals? SPIRAL

Activity 6:

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Find the following terms of the Fibonacci sequence with your complete solutions. (15 points)
a. 35th term:
Answer: 9227465 is the 35th term
How did I solve the 35th term?
Answer: To get the 35 th term which is 9227465, the fourth and third terms are added.
So, 3524578 + 5702887 = 9227465. Therefore, the consecutive terms will result to another
term of Fibonacci Sequence.
Solution:

b. 47th term: 2,971,215,073

SOLUTION: Fn= ( 1.618034) ^n (1- 1.618034)^ 47
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F47= (1.618034) ^47 - (1- 1.1618034) ^47
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F47= 6643841050.1306 + 0. 0000000000002
2.23607
F47= 2.971,215,073
c. 56th term: 225,851, 433, 717
SOLUTION: Fn= ( 1.618034) ^n - (1 – 1.1618034) ^n
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F56= (1.618034) ^56 - (1-1.1618034) ^56
2.23607
F56= 225,851,433,717

d. 68th term: 72,723, 460,248,141

SOLUTION: Fn= (1.618034) ^n (1-1618034) ^n
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F68= (1.618034)^68 - (1.1618034) ^68
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F68= 162614677558116 + 6149516917081810
2.23607
F68=

e. 89th term: 1,779,979,416,004,714,189

SOLUTION: Fn= (1.618034) ^n – 1.1618034) ^n
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F89= (1.618034) ^89- (1- 1618034) ^89
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F68= 1,779,979,416,004,714,189

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Activity 7:

A. Identify the following sequence below whether they have a Repeating pattern, Growing pattern
or Shrinking Pattern. (5 points)

1. 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, . . . REPEATING PATTERN

2. 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, . . .
3. 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, . . . GROWING PATTERN
4. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . .
5. 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, . . . REAPEATING PATTERN

B. Write the next three terms of the following sequences.

1. 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, 29, 37, . . . 46,56,67

2. 6, 10, 22, 58, 166, 490, . . . 1462, 4378, 13126
3. 2, 3, 8, 63, . . . 2926,15745023,2479057493000
4. 100, 99, 97, 94, 90, 85, 79, . . . 72,64,55
5. 151, 149, 145, 137, 121, . . . 89,25,-103

C. After learning about the types of number pattern, how will you categorize Fibonacci sequence?
Give at least 1 paragraph response.
Answer: THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE IS ONE OF THE MOST KNOWN SEQUENCES AND
NOT INTERESTING NUMBER PATTERNS IN MATHEMATICS. WE ALSO RECOGNIZETHAT IT
IS ALREADY A SEQUENCE WHEN IT HAS A LIST OF NUMBERS WHICH FORM A PATTERN.

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