MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD 2.) What goes up must cope down.

It went
DAY 1 up. It will come down
Mathematics - is the science that deals with logic of shape, 3.) The sun has risen in the east every day
quantity and arrangements. of Tim’s life. It will rise in the east
tomorrow.
DAY 2 4.) The world cup was held every 4 years.
Fibonacci Sequence – can be written as “Rule” first, the The last time it was held was in 2006.
terms are numbered from 0 onwards like this: The next World Cup will be in 2020.
5.) Every US President has been male. The
n= 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 1 12 13 next 2 Presidents of the Us will be men.
0 1
x₁ₒ 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 1 2 3 5 9 14 23
= 3 1 4 5 4 3
DAY 4
The Rule is: Xn = Xn-1 + Xn-2 George Polya (1988)
Where: Xn is the term number ‘n’ -Hungarian who migrated in US in 1940
Xn-1 is the previous term (n-1) -published “How to solve it”
Xn-2 is the term before that (n-2) Polya’s 4 steps in Problem Solving
Example: S1. Understand the problem
1.) 2,3,5,8, , ,… S2. Devise a Plan
2.) , ,15, 24,39,63… S3. Carry out the Plan
3.) , ,39,63,102,165… S.4 Look Back

Pascal’s Triangle Examples:

1.) The sum of 3 consecutive integers is 258. Find the
1 Integers.
1 1 S1.
1 2 1
1 3 3 1
1 4 6 4 1 S2.
1 5 10 10 5 10 1

DAY 3 S3.
Inductive Reasoning
-Start w/ facts and details and move to a general conclusion
-It is Probabilistic S4.
-It is strong or weak
-can be proved false
2.) In a blueprint of a rectangular room, the length is 1
Deductive Reasoning inch more than 3 times the width. Find the
-Starts w/ conclusion and explains the fact, details and dimensions if the perimeter is to be 26inches.
examples (P=2(L)+2(W))
-Link Premises w/ conclusion S1.
-If all premises are true and dear, the conclusion must also
be true.
S2.
Examples:
1.) All Street legal cars have blinkers. My
car is street legal. It has blinkers. S3.
 S4.
DAY 5,6
PROBLEM STRATEGY:
#1 Make a table or Organized List
-Make a table reflecting the data in the problem.
Example:
1.) There are 6 swimmers on each relay-race team. The
first team member swims 300m. Each team member
swims 50m less than the swimmer before. How
many meters did the last team member swim in the
race?
SWIMMER DISTANCE

#2 Guessing and Checking

-Make a guess and see if it satisfies the demands of the
problem.
Example:
1.) In Ms. Brown’s class, there are 24 students. There
are 6 more girls than boys. How many boys and girls
are there?

#3 Working Backward
– there are problems that give the end result of the situation
and ask about the initial conditions or something that occur
earlier.
Example:
1.) 4 students in the class weighed themselves. Carter
was 15kg lighter than Adrian. Gary was twice as
heavy as carter and Jeremy was 7kg heavier that
Gary. If Jeremy weighed 71kg what was Adrian’s
weight?