MATMOD: CHAPTER 1

NATURE OF MATHEMATICS
PROBLEM SOLVING AND REASONING

WHAT IS MATHEMATICSTICS TYPES OF PATTERNS

• is the science that deals with numbers, 1. SYMMETRY

quantities, shapes, patterns and • indicates that you can draw an imaginary

measurement. line across an object and the resulting

• is a language that makes use of symbols parts are mirror images of each other.

and notations for describing numerical,

geometric and graphical relationships.
• helps us organize patterns and
regularities in the world.

PATTERNS AND NUMBERS IN NATURE AND

THE WORLD
PATTERN
2. SPIRALS
- Is the repeated or regular way in which - Spiral is a curved pattern that focuses
something happens or is done. on a center point and a series of

Example: Which of the figures can be used to circular shapes that revolve around it.

continue the series given below?

Example: Which of the figures can be

used to continue the series given below?

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3. FRACTALS
- Fractal is a never-ending pattern.
- Fractals are infinitely complex patterns
that are self-similar across different
scales.

4. TESSELATIONS
- Tessellations are patterns formed by
repeating tiles all over a flat surface.

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