Rizal Technological University

Mathematics in the Modern World (FINALS)

Name: Althea Jane S. Duran Professor. Ulysses Lim 0

Section: PCBEA-18-202A Schedule: MONDAY/10:30AM-12AM

Questions:
1. What is Mathematics for you?
Growing up and realizing that mathematics is not just about numbers. Pretty much of it is
problem solving and reasoning which are basically inseparable. Just like reasoning, we are so fond of
using lots of reasons either to hide something or to defend something. In this subject, I realize that the
art of reasoning is very important in mathematics. This is the skill needed in exemplifying critical
thinking and problem-solving ability. Truth is Logic and Reasoning are very useful tools in decision
making. We, students, could also do deductive reasoning extensively to show that certain conjectures are
true as these follow the rules of logic. The language we thought, we only have? Mathematics also has its
own. It surprised me, to be honest, and gave me a lot of ideas and realizations. Since the language of
mathematics is used by mathematicians to communicate mathematical ideas among themselves. It just
proved to me that every person can find the right people with whom they could understand themselves.
The symbols we see everywhere also have mathematics on their own where they express formulas or
represent a constant.
In order to appreciate mathematics much better, every person including me should have gone through an
understanding of the discipline as a human endeavor. Mathematics brings impact to the life of a learner,
worker, student, or ordinary man in society. The influence of mathematics affects anyone for a lifetime.
Even after we graduate, for sure mathematics works even in the life of all professionals. Indeed,
mathematics exists everywhere in any program, course, or subject. It is something that we can never get
away with. It is always a part of human endeavor as I mentioned a while ago. Mathematics is universal.

2. Where do you apply the principle of mathematics?

I will and already apply/applying mathematics in everything, especially every day even in
myself. For instance, Surfing on the internet. Ultimately, without mathematics, how would I be reading
this article online at this exact moment? How would I be able to tweet your friends or post an Instagram
from last night? We have math to thank for establishing technology and the social media that consume
our lives. Another example, Computing my test scores. It is towards the end of May, and for all 1st year
college students like me, the school year is coming to an end very soon. That also means final report
cards will be coming out. In order to finish with an A in that tough class, you need to know what to get
on that test score (and maybe even to ace the test) to know what your final grade can be.
3. Do you need mathematics every day? Why?
I do believe that mathematics is spectacular as it doesn't just matter in the universe but also in
our daily lives. It is the most underrated subject in this world, a lot don't even realize that math is already
there even before they knew it. mathematics is reliable as it helps us in setting up an alarm before we
wake up, we calculated the time we sleep. when we calculate the bills, watch movies, track careers, do
exercise, handle or save money, make countdowns, bake and cook, and so many to mention.
To add all up, math is a subject that makes students either jump for joy or rip their hair out. However,
math is inescapable as you become an adult in the real world. From calculating complicated algorithms
to counting down the days till the next series of you are watching episodes, math is versatile and
important, no matter how hard it is to admit.

4. What have you learned from school regarding mathematics so far?

Doing something because of the payoff I get as a result, is the highlight of the learnings I get
from mathematics in the modern world. You may ask why? but for me the things I have learned the most
in this subject are not new information, they are from the past. They are part of my childhood that I
forgot. I would be lying if I say that I don't have any idea of the topics we had for the past weeks. It is
the experience that I achieved while listening to my block mates' reporting, either virtual or face-to-face.
The excitement is always there as I get to remind myself that "Oh I know this!", at somehow point I am
enjoying myself inside a classroom, for the first time.
Amusing, it must be. The lessons we had in each chapter are already been taught to us since grade
school. Personally, I am not a fan of math. I don't hate it, I just don't get it how the numbers, formulas,
and data work. But as I grow older, It come to me that, it wasn't actually hard, it was just me who doesn't
want to understand mathematics purely. Before, I barely pass this subject way back in high school, but
when I entered Senior High and college, I was shocked that I could do well. That I understand every
problem and equation on the board that was written and discussed. I was happy. It gave me fulfillment
and I was proud of myself for excelling in a subject that I find the hardest among all that I have taken in
my childhood days.

5. Do you appreciate mathematics? Why or why not?

I do appreciate mathematics a lot. I admire the beauty of it as I grow older. Mathematics either
benefited me or reminded me of stuff I had forgotten. In truth, a positive relationship with mathematics
increases students' critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, making it much easier to traverse the
academic and "real" worlds. The significance of understanding mathematics and its function in history,
culture, and society in general. Mathematics is increasingly being used to characterize societal problems
and generate possible solutions. We must never forget, or fail to recognize, that every one of us is
involved in something far more important than our everyday chores of instruction, curriculum, and
assessment. We are working to empower our students so that they may better understand and evaluate
the world around them as well as enhance their own lives.
6. Did you ever perform well in mathematics? How?
Looking back on my grade school days, I really am not a fan of mathematics as I find it hard to
understand so basically, I did not perform well in the subject math until I graduate High School.
Unbelievably, when I entered SHS I realized that math is simple to understand as long as your intentions
are pure and you really want to learn and understand the subject. That is when I started performing well
in math and as a college student now, it is mathematics that builds the linking bridges and gives the ever
more reliable forms. I could still remember how our probability and statistics professor shamed me in
front of the class, as he suspected I let my seatmate copy my answer. Regardless of my experiences, it is
evident that I learned a lot, even though it is late. Mathematics either benefited me or reminded me of
stuff I had forgotten. It not only helped me but also my classmates by providing them with additional
knowledge and abilities on how to calculate probability values and solve problems with normal
distributions.

7. Who is Fibonacci and what did he do?

Leonardo of Pisa, better known by his pseudonym Fibonacci, was the most accomplished
Western mathematician of the Middle Ages. Little is known about his life aside from the fact that he was
the son of a customs official and that, as a boy, he traveled around North Africa with his father, where he
acquired Arabic mathematics. When he returned to Italy, he helped to distribute this knowledge
throughout Europe, igniting a revival in European mathematics that had been dormant for ages
throughout the Dark Ages. He came up with the sequence calculating the ideal extension pairs of rabbits
over the course of one year.

8. Why did Fibonacci become famous?

Fibonacci Sequence became famous since it has captivated mathematicians, artists, designers, and
scientists for centuries. Also known as the Golden Ratio, its ubiquity and astounding functionality in
nature suggests its importance as a fundamental characteristic of the universe. Today, its emergent
patterns and ratios (phi = 1.61803…) can be seen from the microscale to the macroscale, and right
through to biological systems and inanimate objects. While the Golden Ratio doesn’t account for every
structure or pattern in the universe, it’s certainly a major player.

9. Around what year was the Fibonacci Sequence invented?

Around 1202 in Liber Abaci (also spelled as Liber Abbaci; "The Book of Calculation") is a
historic 1202 Latin manuscript on arithmetic by Leonardo of Pisa, posthumously known as Fibonacci.
Liber Abaci was among the first Western books to describe the Hindu–Arabic numeral system and to use
symbols resembling modern "Arabic numerals". 0
10. Draw/identify the flower:3 petals, 5 petals, 8 petals, 13 petals, 21 petals, 34 or 55, or 89 petals.

11. What is the 9th term? And how did you solve the 9th term?

Term(fn) 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 ?

Term 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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12. What is the pattern of the Fibonacci Sequence?

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Find the 11th to 15th term of the Fibonacci Sequence.

Sol.

13. 11th term = _________ 15th term = _________

14. 11th term = _________
15. 12th = ________
16. 13th = ________
17. 14th = ________

Find the following terms of the Fibonacci Sequence 35th term.

Sol.

18. 35th term = ______________

19. 30th term = _______________
20. 47th term = _______________