The Nature of Mathematics

1. Mathematics in our World

2. Mathematical Language
and Symbols
3. Problem Solving and
Reasoning
Mathematics as a Tool
1. Data Management
2. The Mathematics of
Finance
3. Logic
 Nature of
Mathematic
s
Patterns and Numbers in
Nature of the World
 Patterns are regular,
repeated, or recurring
forms of designs.
What comes next?
a. b.
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, _____
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
 Patterns indicate a sense of
structure and organization
that it seems only humans
are capable of producing
these intricate, creative, and
amazing formations.
It is from this perspective
that some people see an
“intelligent design” in the
way that nature forms.
Snowflakes and Honeycombs
Leonardo da Vinci’s
Vitruvian Man
showing the
proportions and
symmetry of the
human body
Spiderwort with
three-fold
symmetry
 Starfish that has a
five-fold symmetry
Rotational symmetry is the
property a shape has when
it looks the same after
some rotation by a partial
turn.
 The smallest angle that a
figure can be rotated while
still preserving the original
formation is called the
angle of rotation.
A more common way of
describing rotational
symmetry is by order of
rotation.
 A figure has a rotational
Order of symmetry of order (-fold
rotational symmetry) if of
Rotation a complete turn leaves
the figure unchanged.
 360°
𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛=
𝑛
1.What is the order
of rotation?
2.What is the angle
of rotation?
Hyena

Tiger
Snail’s Shell
World
Population
 𝑟𝑡
𝐴= 𝑃 𝑒
where
Population Growth
The exponential growth model
describes the population of a city in
the Philippines in thousands, years
after 1995.
1. What was the population of the
city in 1995?
2. What will be the population in
2017?
Solution
1.

The population of the city in 1995 is 30.

Solution
1.

The population of the city in 2017 would be about 47,000.