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ASSIGNMENT WORKSHEET 1
GEC 4: Mathematics in the Modern
World 1st Semester, 2022 - 2023
Nature by Numbers The Magic of Fibonacci Numbers
WEEK 1: Appreciating the Grandeur of Mathematics

Name Ivy James B. Avenido (Diocese of Libmanan) Section:

General instructions:
Watch the two crash courses titled Nature by Numbers by Cristobal Vila and The Magic of Fibonacci Numbers by
TEDtalks. After, write a one paragraph insight with at least 5-7 sentences.

Links: (You may also scan the QR code, using your phone camera/ QR scanner app, found at the upper right corner of this worksheet for fast
access.) Nature by Numbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkGeOWYOFoA
The magic of Fibonacci Sequence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjSHVDfXHQ4&t=111s

You may edit this document and encode your answers directly. After, submit this to our google classroom either in pdf,
png, jpg, or docx file type. Follow the given file format (e.g.: Assgn1_Balaquiao.pdf)

Post-viewing Activity (5 credits)

What are the key insights you were able to generate after watching the two crash courses? Below are
guide/process questions to help you consolidate your answers. Your work will be graded based on the content and
relevance of your writeup to the two videos you watched. Encode your answer on the space provided below.

• What is Mathematics?
• What is Mathematics for?
• What is Mathematics about?
• How is Mathematics done?
• Who uses Mathematics?
• Why is it important to learn Mathematics?

We study mathematics, the science of patterns, to develop our critical, logical, and creative thinking skills. For
these three reasons alone—calculation, application, and inspiration—we study mathematics. The Fibonacci
Numbers are one example of this; in fact, the man who is often known as Fibonacci was actually named
Leonardo of Pisa, these numbers can be found in his work "Liber Abaci," which introduced the Western world
to the modern methods of mathematics. Calculating them makes them simple to understand: one plus one
equals two, one plus two equals three, two plus three equals five, and so on. Applications of Fibonacci numbers
can be seen in nature; for example, a pineapple typically has a Fibonacci number, as can the number of petals
or spirals in a flower. While we devote a great deal of effort to acquiring mathematical concepts, we should also
remember applications, among which understanding how to think is arguably the most crucial. In mathematics,
it is not about numbers, equations, computation, or algorithms: it is all about understanding.

Prepared by: Ely Christian Balaquiao

IV College of Arts and Sciences