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 Table of Contents

Lesson 1: Mathematics in Our World ................................................................................... 3

Lesson 1.1: Patterns and Numbers in Nature and the World ..................................... 4
Symmetry ............................................................................................................................. 5
Other Forms of Symmetry .................................................................................................. 6
Spirals ................................................................................................................................... 6
Spirals in Nature .................................................................................................................. 6
Meanders.............................................................................................................................. 7
Waves ................................................................................................................................... 7
Foams or Bubbles ............................................................................................................... 8
Tessellations (Tiling) ........................................................................................................... 8
Fractures or cracks ............................................................................................................. 9
Stripes and Spots ................................................................................................................ 9
Fractals ............................................................................................................................... 10
Affine Transformations...................................................................................................... 11
Lesson 1.2: The Fibonacci Sequence and Golden Ratio........................................... 13
What is a sequence? ........................................................................................................ 14
What is Fibonacci Sequence? ......................................................................................... 14
Examples of patterns involving Fibonacci sequence: ................................................... 16
What is a Golden Ratio?................................................................................................... 18
Lesson 1.3: Nature of Mathematics ................................................................................ 20
What is Mathematics? ...................................................................................................... 20
Where is Mathematics? .................................................................................................... 21
What is Mathematics for? ................................................................................................. 21
What is it about? ................................................................................................................ 21
How is Mathematics Done? ............................................................................................. 21
Who uses Mathematics? .................................................................................................. 22
Lesson 1.4 Appreciation of Numbers ............................................................................. 23
Mathematics in Our Everyday Life .................................................................................. 24
Mathematics in our World................................................................................................. 26

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 Lesson 1: Mathematics in Our World

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)

At the end of the lesson, the students can:

1. Identify the patterns in nature and regularities in the world;

2. Articulate the importance of mathematics in one’s life

3. Argue about the nature of mathematics, what it is, how it is expressed,

represented, and used

4. Express appreciation for mathematics as a human endeavor

Introduction

Maybe some of you think that math is just a bunch of numbers

with letters or always solving the value of “x” in high school.
However, in this lesson, we will explore the beauty of
Mathematics beyond what we known it for. Together we will
unfold what is math, where is math and why there is math.
Watch the 2 short videos below to KNOW & SEE what is math
and where we can see math in our world.

Watch the video in YouTube or use the URL below:

1. Is God a Mathematician?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qW-bl-a-
IXvYSSP_8v4FhQrH58Fu65wz/view?usp=sharing

2. Fractal Geometry of Nature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ijcTJhrC0

Did you see it? Did you see how nature forms? Did you see the beauty math in it?

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 Discussion

Lesson 1.1: Patterns and Numbers in Nature and the World

“Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.”
-Galileo Galilee

Have you ever thought about how nature likes to arrange itself in patterns
to act efficiently? Nothing in nature happens without a reason, all of these patterns
have an important reason to exist and they also happen to be beautiful to watch.
In the general sense of the world, patterns are regular, repeated, or
recurring forms or designs. We see patterns every day- from the layout of the floor
tiles, arrangement of the flower petals and leaves, the stripes and spots of animals,
and formations of the cloud. Patterns are commonly observed in natural objects.
Humans are hard hired to recognize patterns. By studying them we discover the
underlying Mathematical Principle behind nature’s design.

Studying patterns help students in identifying relationships and finding

logical connections to form generalizations and make predictions.
In this chapter, we will be looking at patterns and regularities in the world,
and how mathematics comes into play, both in nature and in human endeavors.

Photo credit: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Emergent-patterns-in-nature-A-lot-of-species-forms-a-different-low-level-rules-

complex_fig1_320756496

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 Symmetry
Symmetry comes from a Greek word meaning 'to measure together' and is widely
used in the study of geometry. Mathematically, symmetry means that one shape
becomes exactly like another when you move it in some way: turn, flip or slide. It
also refers to a sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance. For two
objects to be symmetrical, they must be the same size and shape, with one object
having a different orientation from the first. There can also be symmetry in one
object, such as a face. If you draw a line of symmetry down the center of your face,
you can see that the left side is a mirror image of the right side. Not all objects
have symmetry; if an object is not symmetrical, it is called asymmetric.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-symmetry-in-math-definition-lesson-quiz.html

Draw an imaginary line across an object and the resulting parts

are mirror image of each other.

Vitruvian Man.

One of the famous art

called the the Vitruvian
man shows the perfect
proportion and
symmetry of the human
body. This is drawn by
Leonardo da Vinci
.
Get a mirror and observe the
parts of your body.

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 Other Forms of Symmetry

Snowflakes
Snowflakes follows the pattern of Order
of Rotations. It can be observed that the
patterns on a snowflake repeats six
times, indicating that there is a six-fold
symmetry. Magono and Lee devised a
classification of freshly formed snow
crystals that includes 80 distinct shapes.

Imagine these intricate patterns

falling from the sky!

Spirals
A spiral is a curve which emanates from
a point, moving farther away as it
revolves around the point. It also
describes as a curve which emanate
from a point, moving farther away as it
revolves around a point. In the natural
world, we find spirals in the DNA double
helix, sunflowers, the path of draining
water, weather patterns (including
hurricanes), vine tendrils, phyllo taxis
(the arrangement of leaves on a plant
stem), galaxies, the horns of various
animals, mollusk shells, the nautilus shell, snail shells, whirlpools, ferns and algae.

Spirals in Nature
Have you wondered why the
sunflower designed such a way?

The patterns of this is clockwise and counterclockwise arcs

or spirals extending outward from the center of the flower.
This is another demonstration of how nature works to
optimize the available space. This arrangement allows the
sunflowers seeds to occupy the flower head in a way that
maximize their access to light and necessary nutrients.

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 Snail’s Shell
As the snails grow, their shells also expand
proportionately so that they can continue to live inside
their shells. This is another example of how nature seems
to follow a certain set of rules governed by mathematics.
Just like our body, when we grow older our muscles
and bones also grow with us. Imagine if it didn’t?

Meanders
The term ‘meander’ is one which refers
to a winding curve or bend in a river.
Meanders are typical landforms at the
middle and lower courses of a river.
Meander gradients are usually more
gentle and they experience lateral
(sideways) erosions which widen the
channel of the river at the middle and
lower courses of a river. It also describes
as a series of regular sinuous curve,
bends, loops, turns, or winding in the channel of a river, stream, or other
watercourse. https://www.eartheclipse.com/geography/meander-definition-formation-facts.html

The water paves paths wherever it goes. You also pave your own path in
every decision you do.

Waves
A wave is a physical phenomenon characterized by its frequency, wavelength, and
amplitude. A disturbance that transfers
energy through matter or space. In
general, waves transfer energy from one
location to another, in which case they
have a velocity. Wave, propagation of
disturbances from place to place in a
regular and organized way. Most familiar
are surface waves that travel on water,
but sound, light, and
the motion of subatomic particles all
exhibit wavelike properties.

Maybe that’s why people send waves in messenger...>.<?

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 Foams or Bubbles
A foam is a substance made by
trapping air or gas bubbles inside a
solid or liquid. Examples of foams
formed by gases in liquids include sea
foams, fire retardant foam, and soap
bubbles. Rising bread dough may be
considered a semisolid foam. Solid
foams include dry wood, polystyrene
foam, memory foam, and mat foam (as
for camping and yoga mats).
https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-foam-605140

Tessellations (Tiling)
A tessellation is tiling that uses shapes to
cover a surface with no gaps or overlaps.
Picture a kitchen floor with tiles and you are
looking at a tessellation. This particular
kitchen floor tessellation is made up of all
squares. But, tessellations aren't limited to
just squares. They can be any shape or any
combination of shapes. And the shapes
don't have to follow a particular pattern.
You can have a random tessellation of random shapes if you wanted. And,
tessellations don't always have to be flat. They can also be three-dimensional. Like
when you take some building bricks and you make a wall or other solid structure
with no gaps. https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-tessellation.html
Honeycomb is an example of tessellation in nature.

Why are the honeycombs

hexagonal in shape? Who taught
them to do that?

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 Which of the packing system allows the bees to maximize the use of space?

It is observed that the formation enables the bee colony to maximize

their storage of honey using the smallest amount of wax.

Fractures or cracks
The separation of an object or material
into two or more pieces under the action of
stress.
Fracture occurs when the applied stress
is sufficient to break the atomic bonds of
the solid (Anderson,1995; Scholz,
2002). Furthermore, crack is a line on the
surface of something along which it has
split without breaking into separate parts.

Stripes and Spots

Stripes are made by series of bands or strips,
often of the same width and color along the
length. Nature’s love of stripes and spots
extends into the animal kingdom like tigers and
leopards, zebras and giraffes.
Spots

What is the pattern of zebra? Is it white

skin with black stripes or black skin with
white stripes?

Hyena, a predator from Africa, are covered in patterns of spots.

A spot is a small round or roundish mark, differing in color or
texture from the surface around it.

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 Animal’s Stripe & Spot Patterns
The random designs in animal stripes or
spots are believed to be governed by
Mathematical Equations. There are no
two animals with the same patterns!

Alan Turing (Famous for breaking the

enigma code) said that chemical reactions
and diffusions processes in cells
determines these growth patterns.

Fractals
A fractal is a never-ending pattern. Fractals are
infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar
across different scales. They are created by
repeating a simple process over and over in an
on-going feedback loop. For example: trees,
rivers, broccoli, cauliflower, blood vessels and
snowflakes. The term fractal was coined by the
mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot in 1975. He
defines a fractal as “a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into
parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole.”

Fractals in Nature

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 Affine Transformations
Affine transformation is a linear mapping method that
preserves points, straight lines, and planes. Sets of
parallel lines remain parallel after an affine
transformation. The processes involved in affine
transformations are rotation, reflection and scaling.
Examples are broccolis and cauliflowers.

Rotation of an image.

You can see on the leaves at the left side that the red
highlighted leave is the same with the rest of the
leaves. It only differs in its positioning and size. The
process involved are reflection, rotation and scaling
using the same image.

Activity

Nature Photography.

Take a picture of plants, flowers, trees, leaves, landscapes, etc. that you see
around you that has patterns, recurring shapes, and repeating forms. Emphasize
the patterns in the image taken. The picture can be enhanced, however the picture
should be original, not taken from the internet. Rename the image to
LastName_FirstName_NaturePhotography. Place your name in the image as
watermark. Submit only one (1) picture in the google classroom under the title
“Nature Photography”.

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 These are some of the photos taken by students in the previous semester.

References

• Aufmann, et al. (2013). Mathematical excursions. Cengage

• Aufmann, et al. Mathematics in the Modern World published by Rex
Bookstore, Copyright 2018
• Daligdid, Romeo M. 2019. Mathematics in the Modern World. Lorimar
Publishing Inc.. Manila
Website Reference:
• https://www.diygenius.com/fractals-in-
nature/#:~:text=Trees%20are%20perfect%20examples%20of,and%20pla
nts%20throughout%20the%20ecosystem.

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 Lesson 1.2: The Fibonacci Sequence and Golden Ratio

Introduction

In the previous lesson you observed the different patterns in

nature. We can also generate patterns using objects, shapes
and numbers. Now, you are going to observe the patterns
below. Count the number of petals in each flowers. Write
your answer on your lecture notebook.

1 3

4 5

What have you notice in the number of petals? How many petals do you think
comes after the 5th flower?

In mathematics patterns are generated by performing one or

several mathematical operations repeatedly.

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 Generating sequence. Determine the patterns in the sequence below and
predict the next number in the sequence. Write your answer in your lecture
notebook:
1. 1, 10, 100, 1000, ____
2. 2, 5, 9, 14, 20, ___
3. 16, 32, 64, 128, ___
4. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ____

Discussion

What is a sequence?
• A sequence is the ordered list of numbers, called terms.
• The arrangement of terms is set by a definite rule.

http://limmaths.blogspot.com/2015/02/arithmetic-progression-and-sums.html

What is Fibonacci Sequence?

As we have seen in the previous section, the human mind is attracted and
can easily recognize patterns. Another beautiful pattern manifested in this world
is the Fibonacci Sequence. These patterns appear everywhere in nature, from
the bracts of pinecones, the scales of pineapple or the seed heads of sunflowers.

The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers:

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...

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 The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it:
 the 2 is found by adding the two numbers before it (1+1),
 the 3 is found by adding the two numbers before it (1+2),
 the 5 is (2+3),
 and so on!

When we make squares with those widths, we get a nice spiral:

Fibonacci’s spiral can be easily spotted on pine cones, seashells, sunflowers,

flower petals, and countless other life forms.

Furthermore…
• Leonardo Fibonacci came up with the sequence when calculating the ideal
expansion pairs of rabbits over the course of one year. (See rabbit chart below)
• Today, its emergent patterns and ratios (phi = 1. 61803..) can be seen from
the micro scale to the macro scale.
• The Fibonacci sequence is one of the most famous formulas in
mathematics.
• It's been called "nature's secret code," and "nature's universal rule."

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 Examples of patterns involving Fibonacci sequence:

Seed Heads
The head of a flower is also a subject to
Fibonaccian process. Sunflowers have a spiral
seed arrangement. This provides a biological
advantage because it maximizes the number of
seeds that can be packed into a seed head. In
order to optimize the filling, it is necessary to
choose the most irrational number there is, that
is to say, the one the least well approximated by
a fraction.

Pine Cones
The seed pods on a pinecone are arranged
in a spiral pattern. Each cone consists of a
pair of spirals, each one spiraling upwards
in opposing directions. There are 8 spirals
go in the clockwise direction (green lines).
There are 13 spirals go in a counter-
clockwise direction (yellow lines). The
number of spirals in each direction, 8 and 13, are Fibonacci numbers.

Tree Branches and Roots

The Fibonacci sequence can also be seen in
the way tree branches form or split. A main
trunk will grow until it produces a branch,
which creates two growth points. Then, one of
the new stems branches into two, while the
other one lies dormant. This pattern of
branching is repeated for each of the new
stems. A good example is the sneezewort. Root systems and even algae exhibit
this pattern.

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 Shells
The unique properties of the Golden Rectangle provide
another example. This shape, a rectangle in which the
ratio of the sides a/b is equal to the golden mean (phi),
can result in a nesting process that can be repeated
into infinity — and which takes on the form of a spiral.
It’s call the logarithmic spiral, and it abounds in nature.
Snail shells, nautilus shells, as well as the cochlea of
the inner ear, follow this spiral. So do the horns
of some goats, and the shape of certain spider’s webs.

Spiral Galaxies and

Hurricanes
Spiral galaxies also follow the
Fibonacci pattern. The Milky Way
has several spiral arms, each of
them a logarithmic spiral of about
12 degrees. Hurricane Sandy
which devastated the East Coast
in 2012 is another example of the
golden spiral.

Flower Petals
Flower petals always follow the sequence, for
example, the lily has three petals, buttercups
have five of them, the chicory has 21 of them,
the daisy has often 34 or 55 petals. Each petal
is placed at 0.618034 per turn (out of a 360°
circle) allowing for the best possible exposure
to sunlight and other factors.

We have seen in the preceding sections how evident mathematics is in the

natural world, specifically in how the patterns we observe in nature follow logical
and mathematical structures. As Ian Stewart said “We live in a universe of
patterns.”

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 What is a Golden Ratio?

• Golden Ratio is the ratios of successive Fibonacci Numbers that

approaches the number (Phi) which is approximately equals to 1.618.

• Mathematicians, scientists, and naturalists have known about the Golden

Ratio for centuries.
• The golden ratio is derived from the Fibonacci sequence.
• It describes predictable patterns on everything from atoms to huge stars in
the sky.
• Nature uses this ratio to maintain balance, and the financial markets seem
to as well.

Geometrically it can be visualized as a rectangle formed by square

and another rectangle. The Golden Ratio is most commonly
represented as the Golden Rectangle

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 Shapes and figures that bear this proportion are generally considered as
aesthetically pleasing. (nindot tan-awon!)

Golden Ratio in Nature…

DNA

https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-
design/golden-ratio-designers/ https://jaejohns.com/how-to-use-the-golden-ratio-in-interior-design/

How to Use the Golden Ratio in Interior Design?

Last thought…
The Fibonacci sequence and Golden Ratio doesn’t account for
every structure or pattern in the universe, but it is certainly a
major player.
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 Lesson 1.3: Nature of Mathematics

Discussion

What is Mathematics?
According to Stewart “We have developed a formal systems of thought for
recognizing, classifying, and exploiting patterns called MATHEMATICS”
• Counting
• Geometric patterns
• Patterns in water and land
• Patterns of movement
• Fractals
• Science of irregularity – a never ending pattern
• Testing conjectures
• Estimating results
• Data management
• A tool to quantify, organize, predict phenomena
• Means of measurement
• Modeling natural phenomenon including human behavior and social
system

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 Where is Mathematics?
We see it all around us:

• In nature
• In our daily routine
• In our work
• In people and communities
• In events
• In building structures
• In school

What is Mathematics for?

• To help us unravel the puzzles of nature
• To organize regularities and irregularities
• To be able to predict
• To help us perform daily tasks
• To provide tools for calculation
• To provide new questions to think about
• To get things done
• To put order in disorder
• To help us become better person
• To help make the world a better place to live in
• To make decisions like buying wisely
• To make better choices in life (work, insurance, career and betting game)

What is it about?
• Number, symbols, notations
• Operations, equations and functions
• Process and “thingfication’ of processes (abstractions)
• Proof – a story rather than a sequence of statements

How is Mathematics Done?

• With curiosity, because they can be directly related to human experiences
• With a penchant (fondness) for seeking patterns and generalities
• With a desire to know the truth
• With trial and error

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 • Without fear of facing more questions and problems to solve

Who uses Mathematics?

• Mathematician: pure and applied
• Scientists: natural and social
• Practically everyone

“But different people use different Mathematics at

different times for different purposes using
different tools with different attitudes.”

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 Lesson 1.4 Appreciation of Numbers

Introduction

Mathematics definitely is a useful way to think about nature, to understand

how they happen, to understand why they happen, to organize the underlying
patterns and regularities in the most satisfying way, to predict how nature will
behave, to control nature for our own ends, and to make practical use of what we
have learned about our world.

Discussion

Mathematics plays a vital role in all aspects of life, whether in everyday

matters such as time tracking, driving, cooking, or jobs such as accounting,
finance, banking, engineering, and software. These functions require a strong
mathematical background, and scientific experiments by scientists need
mathematical techniques. They are a language to describe scientists' work and
achievements.

As for mathematical inventions, they are numerous throughout the ages.

Some of them were tangible, such as counting and measuring devices. Some of
them are not as tangible as methods of thinking and solving. The symbols that
express numbers are also one of the most important mathematical inventions.

Mathematics helps in analytical thinking. While solving math problems, data

are collected, disassembled and then interconnected to solve them.
• Mathematics helps to develop the ability to think.
• It helps explain how things work.
• It helps to develop wisdom.
• It increases the speed of intuitive.
• It helps to make the child smarter.
• Money can be collected in mathematics when used as a profession.
• It is important in a constantly evolving world.
• It provides the child with an opportunity to get to the world.

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 Mathematics in Our Everyday Life

Mathematics is the pillar of organized life for the present day. Without
numbers and mathematical evidence, we cannot resolve many issues in our daily
lives. There are times, measurements, rates, wages, tenders, discounts, claims,
supplies, jobs, stocks, contracts, taxes, money exchange, consumption, etc., and
in the absence of these sports data, we have to face confusion and chaos.

Thus, mathematics has become the companion of man and his helper since
the beginning of human existence on earth. When man first wanted to answer
questions such as "How many?" he invented math. Then algebra was invented
to facilitate calculations, measurements, analysis, and engineering.

The science of trigonometry emerged when humans wanted to locate high

mountains and stars.

Mathematical rapprochement is necessary for any process, so if anyone

wants to reach the height of his life, he should not fail to believe in the role of
mathematics in his life, starting with the ordinary citizen. Every day has a daily
interest in mathematics.

Mathematics is deeply related to the natural phenomenon, the way to solve

many secrets of nature.

Mathematics is necessary to understand the other branches of knowledge.

All depend on mathematics in one way or another. There is no science, art, or
specialty except mathematics was the key to it. The discipline and mastery of any
other science or art are very much related to the size of mathematics.

The Most Important Uses of Mathematics

I think it is impossible to limit the uses of mathematics in everyday life so we will
suffice with some of them:
 Can you use any entertainment game without using numbers?
 Can you practice any sport without using numbers to learn if you are
a winner or a loser?
 Can you do your work without using the numbers? If you are a
teacher, collect your students' marks or a doctor, estimate the
amount of medicine for the patient or an engineer, estimate the
amount of raw material to be added to complete the work or even a
leader in a battle.

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  Can you enter the store without using the numbers?
 Can prayers be organized without the use of numbers, and what is
left of the time for the next prayer?
And much more, whatever you try, you cannot get rid of the use of this
important science.

The importance of mathematics is that it is a method based on research and

analysis, to reach the desired results, and is used for calculation and presentation
of data; not only the use of this science in a particular field but the use of all areas
of life and different sciences.

The Importance of Mathematics to Individuals

Mathematics is one of the most important sciences that cannot be
dispensed with, and the individual's need for mathematics is no less than the need
of society. When studying an individual or a person of mathematics, this will
develop his thinking and scientific tendencies. Mathematics also works to express
the most accurate and objective, and it helps us to manage time and planning
things, economics and others.

The Importance of Mathematics to Society

Mathematics is an innate approach to research and analysis to reach a
solution to mathematical problems.

The Importance of Mathematics in Scientific Studies

The conduct of studies and scientific research requires many skills in sports,
which help in the development of studies and progress, for example, the study of
physics or chemistry depends heavily on mathematics, including mathematical
skills and mathematical matters, and lies the role of mathematics in the accuracy
of conducting social research through the statistics branch.

The Importance of Mathematics in The Development of Social

Values:
It helps mathematics in the development and refinement of personality, through
the organization and accuracy, research and investigation and study, and helps to
detect.

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 The Importance of Mathematics in Cultural Development:
Like other sciences, mathematics influences civilization's development. Cultural
development depends on the achievements of scientists and innovators,
especially athletes. No one neglects the role of Arab and Muslim scientists in the
development of civilizations.

A great mathematician, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi who created

the theory of algebra and laws of arithmetic that helped develop modern science
and technology.

Mathematics in our World

A. Mathematics for Organizations

To make sense of all available information, we need mathematical tools

to help us make sound analysis and better decision. We use math to make
sense of the data gathered like in research, surveys and your grades!

B. Mathematics for Predictions

Applying the concept of probability, experts can calculate the chance of an

event occurring. Like the meteorologist (a person who studies the weather),
they predict the weather so that people will be prepared during calamities

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 C. Mathematics for Control
• There seems to be an underlying Mathematical Structure in the way that
the natural object and phenomenon behave. Like how videographer takes
videos and musician capture the sound they hear.
• Though the use of Mathematics, man is also able to exert control over
himself and the effects of nature.

The effects of global warming causes the people to exert control on

his/her actions to refrain damages done to nature.

D. Mathematics is Indispensable

• Mathematics plays a huge role in the underpinnings of our world.

• We have seen it in living creatures and natural phenomena.
• We see how mathematical concept could be applied.
• All courses, engineering, chef, HRM, police, education, fisheries use Math.
• Logical reasoning and critical thinking are crucial skills that are needed in
any endeavor.

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 • Study of mathematics should be embrace as it paves the way for more
educated decisions and in a way, brings us closer to understand the
natural world.

“How is it possible that mathematics, a product of

human thought that is independent of experiences,
fits so excellently the objects of reality?”
~ALBERT EINSTEIN

Reference

1. Cengage Learning.2018. Mathematics in the Modern World. Rex

Bookstore, Manila.
2. Daligdid, Romeo M. 2019. Mathematics in the Modern World. Lorimar
Publishing Inc. Manila
3. Stewart (1995). Nature’s Numbers. Basic Books

Websources:
1. https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fibonacci-sequence.html
2. https://www.learning-mind.com/fibonacci-sequence/
3. https://sciencevibe.com/2015/06/04/the-fabulous-fibonacci-sequence-in-
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4. https://www.dreamgains.com/fibonacci-sequence-golden-ratio-in-nature/
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op,opportunity%20to%20get%20to%20the%20world.%20More%20
6. https://mathigon.org/applications

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Generating sequence Answer:

a. What is the pattern in the sequence below?
b. What do you think is the next number?
1. 1, 10, 100, 1000, ____ 10 000 *multiplied by 10
2. 2, 5, 9, 14, 20, ___ 27 *pattern increased by adding 3, then 4, 5, 6, 7…
3. 16, 32, 64, 128, ___ 256 * Multiplied by 2
4. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ____ 13 *adding the two preceding terms

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