Patterns and

Numbers in
Nature and the
World
LEARNING OUTCOMES
o Identify patterns in nature and
regularities in the world
o Articulate the importance of
Mathematics on one’s life
o Argue about nature of mathematics,
what it is, how it is expressed,
represented and used
o Express appreciation for mathematics as
 WHAT IS MATHEMATICS?

“We have developed a formal system of thought for

reorganizing, classifying, and exploring patterns called
mathematics.” ( Stewart, Edward )

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 ✘ Most of us have a skewed
relationship with math: we hate it
for its drudgery or love it for its
consistency, but usually we don’t
have a sense of the whole picture. In
truth, MATHEMATICS IS AN
ART. It’s easy to lose sight of the
elegance in the midst of technical
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Mathematics is the art of
patterns and connections
embedded in nature and in our
environment. We can use the
following concept map in
defining Mathematics.
 
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 STUDY OF PATTERNS

ART Mathematics is a/ an …. LANGUANGE

SET OF PROBLEM- PROCESS OF

SOLVING TOOLS THINKING

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Pattern
Define as:
✘  repeated design or recurring sequence.
✘ an ordered set of numbers, shapes, or other
mathematical objects,
arranged according to a rule.

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