Mathematics in the Modern World

JOHN PATRICK A. ANULAR

BSA-1E

Exercise 1
Mathematics in our World

Answer the following briefly. (Use 5 sentences or less)

1. Why are numbers important in your life?

Because we use it everyday. When we wake up we first take a glance ata the clock, and that
contains numbers. And then even if we buy something like our food, we use numbers. If you
cook rice, in measuring, we also use numbers. And also while changing the channel in the tv,
while finding the exact page in a book, and in glancing the percentage of our phone, we use
numbers. So that’s why numbers is important in our daily life.

2. Describe three other patterns of shapes that you see in nature. Discuss briefly the
“mathematics” behind such patterns.
Fractals & Spirals

We see this type of pattern in trees, rivers, mountains, shells, clouds, leaves, lightning, and
more. Spirals are another common pattern in nature that we see more often in living things.

Symmetry is when different sides of something are alike. These reflections may be mirror
images with only two sides, like the two sides of our bodies; they may be symmetrical on
several sides, like the inside of an apple sliced in half; or they might be symmetrical on all
sides, like the different faces of a cube.

3. Give an example of a pattern that occurs in nature but does not involve numbers.
 Trees
 Spirals
 Meanders
 Waves
 Tessellations
 Cracks and stripes
4. Use the golden ratio to divide the line segment L with length of 12 units into two segments
L1 and L2. Specify the lengths rounded off to two decimal places.
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