Chapter 1:

Mathematics In
Our World

Ms.Sheena M. Rosita
UBLC Faculty
Lesson 1: Patterns and Numbers in
Nature and the World

Mathematics and Nature

The majority of learners find mathematics dry, dull,
boring, and most of all, difficult and irrelevant.
Mathematics is not just about numbers.
The origin of mathematics can be traced to the
history and significance of patterns and numbers.
Mathematics is an integral part of daily life; formal
and informal.
What does mathematics have to
do with nature?
The natural world is full of beauty and amazing shapes
and patterns.
Ian Stewart mentioned in his book that we live in a
universe of patterns.
Our nature abounds in mystical colors and intricate
shapes and patterns that can be described
mathematically.
Reveal the beauty of nature as revealed by mathematics
and the beauty of mathematics as revealed in nature.
What is the use of mathematics?
The world cannot move even an inch without mathematics
because it is the cradle of all creations.
Everyone needs mathematics in everyday life. Even insects
use mathematics in their everyday life for existence.
Mathematics makes our life orderly and systematic, and it
prevents chaos. It helps us to see patterns needed to
generalize a broader solution to a problem.
Mathematics expounds the power of reasoning, creativity,
abstract or spatial thinking, critical thinking, problem-solving
ability, and even effective communication skills.
 What is the Mathematical
pattern?
Mathematics can be described as a science of
patterns.
Patterns and counting are correlative. Counting
happens when there is pattern. When there is
counting, there is logic.
Patterns can be sequential, spatial, temporal, and
even linguistic. It is anything that is repetitive and
follows a rule.
 Some examples of Patterns in
Nature
 Symmetry – means agreement in
dimensions, due proportion and
arrangement. In mathematics,
“symmetry” means that an object is
invariant to any various transformations
including reflection, rotation, or scaling.

 Spiral – is a curve which emanates

from a point, moving farther away as it
resolves around the point.
 Meander – is one of a series of
regular sinuous curves, bends,
loops, turns, or windings in the
channel of a river, stream, or
other watercourse.

 Wave – is a disturbance that

transfers energy through
matter or space, with little or
no associated mass transport.
 Foam – is a substance formed
by trapping pockets of gas in a
liquid or solid.

 Tessellation – is the tilling of

a plane using one or more
geometric shapes, called tiles,
with no overlaps and no gaps.
 Fracture or Crack – is the
separation of an object or
material into two or more pieces
under the action of stress.

 Stripes – are made by a series

of bands or strips, often of the
same width and color along the
length.
 Fractal – is a never-ending
pattern, infinitely complex
patterns that are self-similar
across different scales.

 Affine Transformation –
these are the processes of
rotation, reflection, and
scaling.
Directions: Look for the pattern and
write the missing number.
•1.   3, 6, 9, 12, 15, ____, ____, ____
2. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ____, ____, ____
3. 10, 6, 24, 20, 80, ____, ____, ____
4. 1, 3, 6, 8, 16, 18, 36, ____, ____, ____
5. 8, 14, 20, 26, ____, ____, ____
6. 4, 13, 22, 31, ____, ____, ____
7. 64, 32, 16, 8, ____, ____, ____
8. 3, 9, 27, 81, ____, ____, ____
9. 18, 14, 10, 6, ____, ____, ____
10. ____, ____, ____
FIBONACCI
SEQUENCE
Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo of Pisa,
or Leonardo Bigollo Pisano, was an
Italian mathematician from the Republic
of Pisa, considered to be "the most
talented Western mathematician of the
Middle Ages"
• The Fibonacci sequence is a set of numbers that starts
with a one or a zero, followed by a one, and proceeds
based on the rule that each number (called
a Fibonacci number) is equal to the sum of the preceding
two numbers. ... F (0) = 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 ...
 THREE WAYS TO
SOLVE FIBONACCI
SEQUENCE
0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34
…
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

•1.  Basic Formula

Example: Find the 10th term of the Fibonacci sequence.

…
•2. Golden Ratio
•  

75,025 987
•3. Theorem 1.1

 
= 0.447213595
•Let’s
  find the 10th term of the fibonacci sequence using
Theorem 1.1

(122.9837388)
=55