Dayang Suhana Binti Haji Abang Ali

08B0532
INTRODUCTION
• Definition of Mathematics.

• Examples of application of Mathematics in

different areas and situation such as
Traveling, Astronomers ,Engineers and
Manufacturers.

• Similarities in the examples.

• Mathematics is a tool and a language for

solving problems great and small.
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• Our presentation will not only focused on
primary school level or mathematics
curriculum in Brunei Darussalam.

• Focused on the wide aspect of

Mathematics in different aspects and
situations.

• New mathematics courses have been

developed that focus on “nontraditional”
topics and applications of Mathematics in
real world.
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• Mathematics through Art and Design

• Mathematics in Everyday Life

• Mathematics in Medicine

• Mathematics in Sports
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• Mathematics in Cooking

• Mathematics in Psychology

• Mathematics in Architecture

• Mathematics in Nature
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ART & DESIGN

• W W Sawyer defined Mathematics as :

The classification and study of all possible
patterns and relationships. Pattern is
anything the mind can recognize as a
regularity.

• Mathematical patterns or relationships in a

colourful and artistic way adds to a child
understanding and appreciation of them.

• Symmetry is a dominant characteristics of

both of the natural and manmade world.
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ART & DESIGN

• By linking Mathematics to other subjects

such as Arts and Science, children can find
pleasure in working with shapes, and work of
this kind can encourage the development of
positive attitudes towards Mathematics in
those who are finding difficulty with number
work.

• Draw attention between functional and

aesthetic aspects.

• Examples of Arts & Design In Mathematics.

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ART & DESIGN

• Patterns
Patterns abound in everyday life. Pattern is a
fundamental concept in both Mathematics and
Art.

• The inclusion of patterns in schools encourage

students to develop habits of looking for and
using Mathematics.

• Patterns takes many form in both natural and

designed situations.

• Leaves and trees are recognized by patterns.

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ART & DESIGN

• Although the greatest bulk of

Islamic patterns are built on
hexagonal structures, the octagonal
structure is the basis of the most
sophisticated, complex and beautiful
Islamic patterns.

• The two highlighted shapes in the

center are the most  prominent and
instantly recognizable shapes in
Islamic Geometrical Art and can be
seen in abundance throughout the
Islamic World.
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ART & DESIGN

• Islamic Patterns
The use of geometric design in mosque,
Arabic architecture and artifacts has
great religious significance. It is a form of
sacred geometry.
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ART & DESIGN

WHERE’S THE MATH

• It involves with axes of symmetry, and
from there, we can build up a symmetrical
pattern, using the intersections of grid
lines and axes of symmetry.

• Shapes such as Polygon that occur within

the design are part of Mathematics
content.

• Children can construct their own design by

using reflection, rotation and translation.
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• At the most practical level, mathematics

tools have been used to create beautiful
designs realized in the architecture and
decoration of palaces and mosques.

• Isometries, similarities, and

transformations can transform images
exactly or with purposeful distortion,
projections can represent three-
dimensional forms on two-dimensional
picture surfaces, even curved ones.
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• Special transformations can distort or

unscramble a distorted image, producing
anamorphic art.

• Compasses, rulers, grids and mechanical

devices are physical tools for the creation
of art, but without the power of
mathematical relationships and processes
these tools would have little creative
power.
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ART & DESIGN

• Through the study of patterns, children

can learn to see relationships and make
connections, generalizations, and
predictions about the world around them.

• Working with patterns empowers children

to solve problems confidently and relate
new situations to previous experiences.

• Children should deal with both repeating

patterns and patterns that can reflect,
rotate and translate.
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ART & DESIGN

• Chinese Tangram
The Tangram puzzle
was invented in China
over 4000 years
ago.

• The puzzle requires

the seven pieces to
be used to create an
arrangement as all
seven pieces must be
used and no pieces
should be overlap.
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WHERE’S THE MATH

• Learn the names of all the polygonal pieces

of Tangram namely square, parallelogram,
quadrilateral, polygon and triangle.

• Chinese Tangrams provide an excellent

source of investigational material which can
be linked with several mathematical topics
such as symmetry, angles, fractions and
areas.
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EVERYDAY LIFE

• Cooking & Eating Food

WHERE’S THE MATH
• There’s a range of Mathematics you can do
during these times, involving activities such
as measurement, finding fractions, dividing
and comparing.

• Food comes in pieces and division involving

counting and distributing things into fair
shapes.
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EVERYDAY LIFE

• Both kinds of division are mathematically

important, and both can lead into thinking
about fraction.

• After eating, the leftover food will need

to be fit in different sized containers, and
this intuition is built on an understanding
of conservation of volume.

• Figuring out which containers to use for

leftovers is a natural way to help children
to develop these skills.
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EVERYDAY LIFE
• Where are we now?
When will we get there?

• Whether you’re traveling

cross country or are
stuck in a traffic jam
on the way to school,
traveling presents
straightforward and
ready-made opportunities
for doing Mathematics.
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EVERYDAY LIFE

WHERE’S THE MATH

• When traveling, questions about when you’ll
get there are actually questions about time,
distance, and space.

• All of these are critical mathematics

concepts.

• When traveling, calculating, comparing

distances and how long it takes to cover
distances at given speeds are part of
mathematics.
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• Traveling also gives opportunities to make
sense of directions, maps and spatial
relationships.

• Traveling also involves with units of

measure like block, kilometer, and mile.

• These types of units are used to figure

out distances which involve with
mathematical concepts.
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Decision-Making

• In decision making whether to continue to

invest money in a companies or to stay
with the swimming club , graphs and other
representation are more likely to use to
describe changes over time and relate the
story they want to tell.

• It is the shape of the graph – its bumps,

slopes, drops and level spots that convey
the story.
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• The Mathematical focus is on thinking
about and representing change over time.

• Much of higher mathematics is about

describing the current state of something,
as well as how gradually or suddenly
something is changing.

• This can be done by constructing graphs.

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How I Feel about Piano Lessons

Absolute greatest +

In between

Terrible -
January February March
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EVERYDAY LIFE

WHERE’S THE MATH

• Make a line that tells the story of how
he/she felt about the issue from the
starting point until now.

• The better he/she felt, the higher the line

should go. The more negative he/she felt,
the lower the lines go.

• This type of line graph tell the story by

itself.
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• Questions like this help:

“Did you notice a gradual increase in your

interest, or was it pretty sudden? How
could you show that on the graph?”