Mathematics in Our World

MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN

WORLD
Prayer before class
Lord of light and wisdom,
grant us bright intellect,
sound judgement and retentive memory.
Help us to study patiently, orderly and diligently,
to develop our gifts and make good use of them,
according to Your will,
as we commit ourselves to
Veritas et Fortitudo, Pro Deo et Patria.
Amen.
Mathematics in Our World
Patterns and
Numbers in The Fibonacci Mathematics for
Nature and the Sequence Humankind
World
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 In your perspective,

Questions to a. What is mathematics?

Ponder b. Where is mathematics?

c. What are some visible
occurrences of mathematics
inside this class?
 • This is about (but not limited to):
Mathematics • Numbers and counting
(operations)
• Numeric and geometric patterns
• Patterns of movement
 A formal system of thought for
Mathematics recognizing, classifying, and
exploiting patterns (Stewart)
 The science of numbers and their
operations, interrelations, combinations,
Mathematics generalizations, and abstractions of space
configurations and their structure,
measurement, transformations, and
generalizations (Merriam-Webster)
 • All about language in different forms
like patterns, shapes, music and so on.
Mathematics • All about what our eyes can see, what
our ears can hear and even what we
can perceive in our physical
environment
Mathematics • All about the unbelievable patterns of
numbers formed by nature and of the
universe.
 • Outside this classroom, do we

Questions to “see” mathematics? Give examples.

Ponder • Do we also see hints/clues of math

in nature and the world, in general?
• Is mathematics discovered or
invented?
Patterns in Patterns in nature are visible regularities

Nature and found in the natural world.

the World e.g. spirals, symmetries, mosaics,

stripes, spots, etc.
Numbers in a. bird’s two wings

Nature and b. clover’s three leaflets

the World c. deer’s four hooves

d. buttercup’s five petals
Fibonacci
Sequence
• Leonardo Pisano Bogollo
• “Fibonacci” means “Son of Bonacci”
• He helped spread Hindu Arabic numerals
through Europe in place of Roman
numerals.
Fibonacci
Sequence
Fibonacci
Sequence
Fibonacci
Sequence
 Fibonacci
Sequence in
Pascal’s
Triangle
1. How will you apply mathematics
for humankind?
2. How useful is mathematics to
humankind?
Mathematics 1. It helps us organize patterns and
regularities in the world. It helps us
for predict the behavior of nature and
Humankind phenomena in the world. It helps
control nature and occurrences in the
world for our own end.
Mathematics
for 2. It provides tools for calculation. It

Humankind provides new question to think about.

Mathematics Many experts agree that without
for strong math skills, people tend to
Humankind invest, save, or spend money based
on their emotions.
Prayer after class
Lord, thank you for giving us
the opportunity to learn
and the capacity to understand.
Let our knowledge be of service
not only for the attainment of our goals
but also for the benefit of others.