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Module 4 - The Indispensability of Mathematics

The document discusses the indispensability of mathematics. It provides four reasons why mathematics is indispensable: 1) it helps organize patterns and regulations in the world, 2) it helps predict the behavior of nature and phenomena, 3) it helps control nature and occurrences for human benefit, and 4) it has numerous applications making it indispensable. Some applications mentioned include modeling pandemic spread, predicting natural disasters, applications in cooking, medicine, transportation, communication, business, music, and fashion. Students are asked to list five applications of math in their own lives.

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Module 4 - The Indispensability of Mathematics

The document discusses the indispensability of mathematics. It provides four reasons why mathematics is indispensable: 1) it helps organize patterns and regulations in the world, 2) it helps predict the behavior of nature and phenomena, 3) it helps control nature and occurrences for human benefit, and 4) it has numerous applications making it indispensable. Some applications mentioned include modeling pandemic spread, predicting natural disasters, applications in cooking, medicine, transportation, communication, business, music, and fashion. Students are asked to list five applications of math in their own lives.

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BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

MMW 101
MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

Module 4
The Indispensability of
Mathematics
“Seeing a New Yet the Same World
Through Mathematics”
The Indispensability of Mathematics

Objectives of the Module


At the end of this module, you will be able to:
1. compare your previous concepts of mathematics with what you have learned
in this module
2. identify at least five instances in your life that mathematics has helped.

In this module you have to conclude what mathematics has done, is doing, and will
be doing in your life.
Indispensability is the characteristic of being indispensable. Indispensable is a
strong adjective for something necessary that you cannot do without. Thus,
mathematics is indispensable. Do you agree? Continue reading.
Mathematics is everywhere and is very helpful in every aspect of our lives. Our
world would be in chaos, and things would be unorganized, and the form of arts would
not be pleasurable at all if not for mathematics. Here are the reasons:

1. Mathematics helps organize patterns and regulations in the world.

If we are going to have a closer look at the pattern in the world, we will see the
beauty of mathematics. Here are some specific examples. Animals have stripes or
patterns for camouflage. Seasons have patterns to show influence on nature; climate
change, rain comes, snow melts, and earth change color. The sun has patterns; why
the sun sets, where it went and why it returned. Markets and grocery stores have
patterns in categorizing items and products.
Finding and understanding patterns is crucial to mathematical thinking and
problem solving, and it is easier for students to understand patterns if they know how
to organize their information.1

2. Mathematics helps predict the behavior of nature and phenomena in the


world

Using mathematical tools, we create models that correspond to what we can


measure and observe in the world of reality. Models that work really well that predict
behaviors in counterpart to the model which have not been observed, these are taken
as "laws of nature". Occasionally, the mathematics of laws describing phenomena not
considered related reveals surprising, unanticipated relationships. Mathematics

1 "Organizing Patterns in Mathematics | LD Topics | LD OnLine." http://www.ldonline.org/article/63844/. Accessed


15 Jul. 2020.
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provides the frameworks within which observations of the physical world can be
encoded.2
Researchers observe nature and phenomena and try to make a mathematical
model that works for their observation and makes sense. They try to generalize or find
a rule for what they observed. After that, these models can be used for simulations
that help predict what will happen.3
For example, researchers found a pattern that a group of bacteria grows
exponentially over a period of time at a particular rate. Using the pattern, they can
develop a model that can be used to determine bacterial growth.

3. Mathematics helps control nature and occurrence in the world for our own
ends.

The world is interconnected. Everyday math shows these connections and


possibilities. The earlier young learners can put these skills into practice, the more
likely we will remain an innovation society and economy. 4
Mathematics can help us control nature and occurrences in the world for our
own good through mathematical modeling. By mathematical modeling, we see the
inputs and their outcomes. Mathematical modeling helps the community respond to
the COVID-19 pandemic by informing decisions about pandemic planning, resource
allocation, social distancing measures, and other instructions. The computer models
are being used by scientists to understand natural phenomena such as typhoons and
earthquakes. These models are being used to improve their mathematical methods
for prediction.

4. Mathematics has numerous applications in the world, making it


indispensable.

In the entire history of education, mathematics has held its leading position
among all other school subjects because it has been considered as an indispensable
tool in the formation of the educated man. According to Griffiths (1974), the educated
man is the knowledgeable man trained to approach the affairs of his daily life with a
sense of detachment and objectivity and to reason about them soberly and correctly.
Mathematics is the only subject that can be used in all world cultures to produce an
educated man. Mathematics has helped to contribute immensely to the general and
basic education of the people of the world. 5

2 "(PPT) MATHEMATICS HELPS PREDICT THE BEHAVIOR OF ...."


https://www.academia.edu/37079573/MATHEMATICS_HELPS_PREDICT_THE_BEHAVIOR_OF_NATURE_AN
D_PHENOMENA_IN_THE_WORLD. Accessed 15 Jul. 2020.
3 "Theory and Observation in Science (Stanford Encyclopedia of ...." 6 Jan. 2009,

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/science-theory-observation/. Accessed 15 Sep. 2020.


4 "Understanding the World Through Math | Asia Society." https://asiasociety.org/education/understanding-world-

through-math. Accessed 15 Jul. 2020.


5 "Mathematics: Indispensable tool for successful and balance ...."

https://www.imedpub.com/articles/mathematics-indispensable-tool-for-successful-and-balance-human-existence-
on-this-planet.pdf. Accessed 15 Jul. 2020.
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From a house or a building that is measured accurately to withstand calamities;
to cooking that accurately measure ingredients to achieve maximum satisfaction for
the desired dish; to medicines and foods that keep us alive and healthy; to
transportation that helps us to go places anywhere and anytime; to the means of
communications with almost anybody in the world; to our everyday transactions to
make it faster and orderly; to companies that price their goods to ensure that they earn
a profit; to insurance in ensuring that everything is financially viable; to listening to
music that is pleasing to hear with their sound waves and notes; and to fashion design
to suit our taste in our "outfit of the day or OOTD," we see the beauty of symmetry in
them.

Can you list at least five (5) applications of mathematics in your life?

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