Samuel Christian College of General Trias, Inc.

Navarro, General Trias City, Cavite

GE 04: Mathematics in the Modern World

Week 1. Nature of Mathematics

Created by: Presented by:

Jerickson C. Bautista Raymart B. Esguerra
Administrator, HED Instructor, HED
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 Topic Outline:
1. Nature of Mathematics
2. Numbers and Patterns

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At the end of the chapter, the student will be able
to:
 identify patterns in nature;
 use Mathematics to think about the world
and nature;
 articulate the importance of mathematics
in their lives; and
 express appreciation for mathematics as a
human endeavor.

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 Mathematics is like the elephant in the
poem in the Sense that depending on
which part of mathematics you study,
you get a very different idea of what
mathematics is.

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 What is Mathematics for you?

What roles does it play in your life?

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 Mathematics is a diverse discipline that
deals NOT ONLY with Arithmetic and
Geometry BUT ALSO with :
• Data and Measurement with
inference deduction and proof.
• Mathematical Models of natural
phenomena of human behavior and
of social systems.
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 What is mathematics?

• Mathematics is all about the unbelievable

patterns of numbers formed by nature
and of the universe;
• Mathematics is all about the language in
different forms like patterns, shapes,
music, among others;
• Mathematics is all about what our eyes
can see, what our ears can hear and even
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 What is mathematics?

A formal system of thought for

recognizing, classifying, and exploiting
patterns (Stewart, 1995)

Nature’s pattern are NOT JUST THERE to

be admired, BUT they hold vital clues to
the rules that govern natural processes.
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 What is mathematics?

Common notions associated with

mathematics:
• Counting numbers and counting
(operations)
• Numeric and geometric patterns
• Patterns of movement

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 Where is mathematics?
Mathematics is DEFINITELY everywhere!

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 Where is mathematics?
Mathematics is DEFINITELY everywhere!

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 Where is mathematics?
Mathematics is DEFINITELY everywhere!

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 Where is mathematics?
Mathematics is DEFINITELY everywhere!

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 What is mathematics for?

• To help us unravel the puzzles of nature,

and to serve as a useful way to think
about nature.
• Organize patterns and regularities as well
as irregularities.
• To be able to predict.
• To help control weather and epidemics.
• Provides tool for calculations.
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• Provides new question to think about
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 What is mathematics all about?

• Numbers, symbols, notations

• Operations, equations, function
• Study of processes and giving concrete
representations to concepts that are
actually abstract in form.
• Proving theorems, principles, and
mathematical laws.

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 How mathematics is done?

• With curiosity
• With a penchant for seeking patterns
and generalities
• With a desire to know the truth
• With trial and error
• Without fear of facing more questions
and more problems to solve.

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 Why mathematics is important?
• Puts order in disorder
• helps us become better persons
• helps make the world a better place to live in

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 Numbers and Pattern
 Patterns are regular, repeated, or recurring
forms or designs.

 Studying patterns help students in identifying

relationships, and finding logical connections
to form generalizations and make predictions.

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What number comes next in

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, ___?

What number comes next in

1, 5, 8, 11, 14, ___?
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What number comes next in

27, 21, 15, 9, ___?

What number comes next in

4, 12, 35, 108, ___?
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What number comes next in

1, 4, 9, 16, ___?

What number comes next in

8, 27, 64, 125, ___?
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What number comes next in

4, 6, 9, 13, 18, ___?

What number comes next in

7, 9, 13, 19, 27 ___?
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 The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio

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 The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio

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 The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio

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 The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio

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What does have to do

with everyday life?

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Excellence Growing and expanding to the rate of golden ratio spiral allows the maximum amount
of rain to be directed down to the roots of many plants.
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When you study nature, you see the golden fibonacci numbers like

3 5

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Fibonacci Sequence

Is a series of numbers in which a given number is the result of

adding the number before it.

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Fibonacci Sequence

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Proportions of the Human Body

"Vitruvian Man" is a world-renowned

drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci
circa 1487. Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of

a male figure perfectly inscribed
in a circle and square, known as
the "Vitruvian Man," illustrates
what he believed to be a divine
connection between the human
form and the universe. Beloved

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Proportions of the Human Body

What are the “perfect” proportions?

Two blocks of backwards-written text
accompany the drawing. In the first,
Leonardo notes that, according
to Vitruvius, these are the
measurements of the ideal body:

 four fingers equal one palm

 four palms equal one foot
 six palms make one cubit
 four cubits equal a man's height
 four cubits equal one pace
 24 palms equal one man

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 Mathematics for our World
 Mathematics for Organizations
 Mathematics for Predictions
 Mathematics for Control

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 Mathematics for Organizations
A lot of events can happen around us in a blink of an
eye:
• Several children have already been born;
• Liters of water have been consumed
• Thousands of tweets have been posted,
• And many more….

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 Mathematics for Organizations

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 Mathematics for Prediction
• weather,
• occurrence of meteor
showers, or eclipses
• And many more,…

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 Mathematics for Control
Through the use of mathematics,
• Man is able to exert control over himself and
the effects of nature,
• While the photographers could capture a single
moment through a snapshot, videographers
could record events as they unfold,
• Painters and sculptors could create
masterpieces in interpreting their surroundings,
• Poets could use beautiful words to describe an
object,
• And many more…
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 Mathematics for Control

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 Mathematics for Control

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God bless.

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