Samar Colleges, Inc.

Catbalogan City

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

MATHEMATICS
in the

Modern World

Prepared by:
SALDY A. LATORRE, LPT
Instructor

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 Module 1 Nature of Mathematics

Intended Learning Outcome

Identify patterns in nature and regularities in the world.

Articulate the importance of mathematics in one’s life.
Argue about the nature of mathematics, what it is, how it is expressed,
represented and used.
Express appreciation of mathematics as a human endeavor.

In this module you are going to explore mathematics a study of patterns and as a
language. You will encounter various examples of patterns like logic patterns, number
patterns, geometric patterns, and word patterns. But, you will focus more on logic
patterns and number patterns. Different people have different definition of mathematics
but we will focus on the definition below.

What is Mathematics?
Mathematics is...

a study of patterns
a language
an art
a set of problem solving
a process of thinking

A Study of Patterns
A pattern is an arrangement which helps observers anticipate what they might see or what
happens next. A pattern also shows what may have come before. A pattern organizes information
so that it becomes more useful. The human mind is programmed to make sense of the data or to
bring order where there is disorder. It seeks to discover relationship and connections between
seemingly unrelated bits of information. In doing so, it sees pattern.

Here are examples of pattern seeking behaviors of humans from childhood to adulthood.
 A toddler separates blue blocks from red blocks
 A kindergarten student learns to count.
 A first grader does skip counting.
 A third grader notices that multiples of two are even numbers
 A sixth grader creates patterns that create a plane
 A junior high school learns that a function is essentially a pattern of how one number is
transformed to another.

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  A college biology undergraduate studies the sequence of DNA and proteins.
 A stock trader studies trends in the market.
 A weatherman makes weather forecast based atmospheric patterns.
 A doctor decides who is healthy and who is not by recognizing certain health patterns.
Patterns are studied because they are everywhere; people just need to learn to notice them.

Mathematics is a study of patterns. That is one reason why those who use patterns to analyze
and solve problems often find success compared with those who cannot. Understanding new
concept can also be done in the same way. After all, many results in mathematics come about as
generalizations of patterns in numbers and shapes. Those who recognize, generalize, and use
patterns around them are better at solving problems, have deeper appreciation of the uses of
mathematics, and are better equipped to work with mathematics than those who do not. Studying
patterns allows one to observe, hypothesize, discover, and create. Today's mathematics is much
more than algebra and geometry. The way of doing it has evolved from just performing
calculations or deductions into observing patterns, testing conjectures, and estimating results.
Mathematics has become a diverse discipline that deals with data, measurements, and
observations from science and works with models of natural phenomena, human behavior, and
social systems. It reveals patterns that help individuals better understand the world and predict
what comes next, imagine what came before, and estimate if the same pattern will occur when
variables are changed.

Examples of various patterns:

 Logic Patterns. Logic patterns are usually the first to be observed. Classifying things, for
example, comes before numeration. Being able to tell which things are blocks and which are not
precedes learning to count blocks. One kind of logic pattern deals with the characteristics of
various objects while another deals with order. These patters are seen in an aptitude test in which
takers are shown a sequence of picture and asked to to select which figure comes next among
several choices.

 Number Patterns. Another class of patterns is the patterns of numbers. Number patterns,
such as 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, are familiar to students since they are among the first patterns
encountered in school. Mathematics is especially useful when it helps predict events.
"What will the 10th number of a certain pattern be?" "How many cookies would be
needed if the party was for the school instead of just for the class?" Moving on into the
higher grades, students again encounter number patterns through the concept of
functions, which is a formal description of the relationships among different quantities.
8, 13, 18, 23, 28, …
nth term =?

 Geometric Patterns. A geometric pattern

is a motif or design that depicts abstract

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 shapes like lines, polygons, and circles, and typically repeats like a wallpaper. Visual
patterns are observed in nature and in art. In art, patterns present objects in a consistent,
regular manner. They appear in paintings, drawings, tapestries, wallpapers, tilings, and
carpets. A pattern does not need to repeat exactly as long as it provides a way of
"organizing" the artwork. Patterns in nature are often more chaotic. Nature provides
many examples of patterns, including symmetries, spirals, tilings, stripes, and fractional
dimensions.

 Word Patterns. Patterns can also be found in language like the morphological rules on
pluralizing nouns or conjugating verbs for tense, as well as the metrical rules of poetry.
Each of these examples supports mathematical and natural language understanding. The
focus here is patterns in form and in syntax, which lead directly to the study of language
in general and digital communication in particular.
knife : knives life : lives wife : ?

Exercise
Identify the next shape in the series. Encircle the letter of the correct answer. Try to take this test/
exercise in an environment where you will not be distured.
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Number Patterns
1. Calculate 1+2+3+…+ n for n=1 ,2 , … 6.
2. Calculate 2+ 4+6+ …+2 n for n=1 ,2 , … 6.
3. Calculate 1+3+5+ …+2 n−1 for n=1 ,2 , … 6.
4. Calculate 1+3+7+ …+(2 n−1) for n=1 ,2 , … 6.
5. Find the values of the last two numbers in the sequence 448 , 224 ,112 , 56 , 28 ,¿ ,¿
6. Find the values of the last two numbers in the sequence 25 , 50 ,75 , 100 , 125 ,¿ ,¿ .
7. Explain why the formula for the nth term of the sequence 9 , 12 ,15 , 18 , 21, 24 , … is
3n+6.
8. What is the missing number in each of these sequence?
a. ¿, 17 ,15 , 13 , …
b. 8 , 11,¿ 17
c. 5 ,¿ , 7,27 , 38
d. 84 ,¿ ,76 ,72 , …
e. 98 , 109 ,¿ 131 ,…

Core Idea

Mathematics is a useful way to think about nature and our world.

References
Nocon, R. C., & Nocon, E. G. (2016). Essential Mathematics for the Modern World. Quezon
City: C & E Publishing Inc. .

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