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Week 1 focuses on the discussion of the nature of mathematics – what it is, how it
is expressed and where it is applied.

(Mathe Keep track of your progress in this lesson by

checking the box corresponding to each task.

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matics ✔__ 1. Watch the Course Overview.

__ ✔__ 2. Watch Module 1 Introduction

__ in the ✔__ 3. Read/Watch Module 1 Lesson 1 Lecture

__ ✔__ 4. Work out Week 1 HW Nos. 1-4

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__✔__ 5. Read/Watch Module 1 Lesson 2

__✔__ 6. Work out Week 1 HW Nos. 5 and 6.

__✔__ 7. Read/Watch Module 1 Lesson 3 Lecture

__✔__ 8. Read one or two chapters of Ian Stewart’s “Nature’s Numbers”.

_____ 9. Write a synthesis essay of the reading in (9).

Lesson 1. Patterns and Numbers in Nature

Highlights

A. What are the three (3) types of pattern?

i. Numerical pattern

ii. Geometric pattern (or patterns and shapes)

iii. Pattern of change

B. What is Golden ratio and what is its estimated value?

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C. What is a fractal?

-A type of random pattern with each part having the same characteristics.
Furthermore, are infinitely self-similar across different scales. Repeating a
simple or difficult image with the same image as repeated to the other.

Answer Week 1 HW Nos. 1 - 4

Lesson 2. Systemizing Patterns using Mathematics

Highlights

A. Describe a Logarithmic Spiral.

B. Describe a Golden Spiral.

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C. Enumerate and describe five (5) of the 17 equations that changed the world.

Answer Week 1 HW Nos. 5 and 6

Lesson 3. Systemizing Functionality of Mathematics

Highlights

How is mathematics utilized in the following areas?

A. Pharmaceutical Field

B. Agriculture
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C. Engineering

Week 1 Homework
(use the HW template for your answers)

1. Determine the next number in the sequence: 9, 4, 3, 121, 37, 84, ___ .

2. A Fibonacci prime is a Fibonacci number which is also a prime number. What

are the first five (5) Fibonacci primes? 1,1,3,5,8

3. Answer Exercise 1.1 No. 1 (page 10). [Refer to Mathematics in the Modern
World by Adina and Earnhart].

4. A diagonal of a regular polygon is a line segment that connects two non-

adjacent vertices. How many diagonals can be formed if the polygon has

a) 3 sides?
b) 4 sides?
c) 5 sides?
d) n sides?
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5. Use the golden ratio to divide a line segment L with length of 25 meters into
two segments L1 and L2. Specify the lengths rounded off to 2 decimal places.

6. Construct a golden spiral that involves a golden rectangle with length 4

meters.