Mathematics Appreciation

Mathematics in Nature and Arts

Patterns
Patterns
 Are regular, repeated or recurring forms or designs.
 It is an arrangement which helps observers anticipate
what might see or what happen next.
Patterns in Nature
1. SYMMETRY

- "proportion," "perfect, or harmonious proportions,"

and "a structure that allows an object to be divided into
parts of an equal shape and size."
2. SPIRAL

- winding in a continuous and gradually widening (or

tightening) curve, either around a central point on a flat
plane or about an axis so as to form a cone.
3. FRACTALS

- a never-ending pattern that repeats itself at different

scales
4. TESSELATION

- is a repeating pattern of polygons that covers a flat

surface with no gaps or overlaps
Patterns in Logic
Examples :
Patterns in Numbers
Examples:
3, 6, 9, 12, …. Find the 9th term.

8, 13, 18, 23,…. Find the 50th term.

Find the values of the last two numbers in the sequence

448, 224, 112, 56, 28, _______, ________.
Word Patterns
Examples:
1. Knife : Knives Life : lives
Wife : _______

2. Battery : flashlight :: hard drive: ______

3. Mother: Home :: Teacher: ______