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    Mathematics in the Modern World

    First Semester SY 2018 – 2019

    Daniella Marie B. Taguiam


    Instructor

     
    CHAPTER 2

    Mathematical Language and Symbols

    (Week 2 to Week 4)

     
    At the end of the chapter you will be able to:

    1. Discuss the language, symbols and conventions


    in mathematics;
    2. Explain the nature of mathematics as a language
    mathematical concepts;
    3. Perform operations on mathematical expressions
    correctly; and
    4. Use mathematical language to describe and
    solve problems with mathematics content.
     
    WEEK 2
    Mathematical Language

     
    Characteristics Of Mathematical Language

     It is non – temporal.
     It has no emotional content.
     It is concise and precise.

     
    It is non – temporal.

    It has no past, present and future. There


    is no conjugation of words in
    Mathematics in the manner that English
    has a conjugation of verbs.

     
    It has no emotional content.
    Math language carries no emotional content. It has
    no equivalent words for joy, happiness, despair, or
    sadness.

    It also does not speak about values in the manner


    that people speak about human values in society.
     
    It precise and concise.
    Math language is precise and concise. It is exact and
    accurate in its statements and as a consequence, it
    has no need for unnecessary words. This is not
    always helpful to students, because being novice in
    Math they need a little more elaboration, more
    exploration and more explanation from their
    teachers.
     
    Mathematical Expression
    A mathematical expression is a group of characters or
    symbols representing a quantity and/or expression.

    An algebraic expression is a mathematical expression


    which contains numbers, variables represented by
    letters and operations that indicate addition,
    subtraction, multiplication and division.

    ADDITION SUBTRACTION MULTIPLICATION DIVISION


    Plus Minus Times Divided by
    The sum of The difference of The product of The
    Increased by Decreased by Multiplied by quotient of
    Total Fewer than Per
    More than Less than
    Added to Subtracted from
     
    Example 1
    Translating verbal phrases to
    Mathematical expressions :
    1. The sum of a number and 10
    2. The difference of a number and 20
    3. The product of 15 and a number
    4. The quotient of 30 and a number
    5. One – tenth of a number

     
    Answers
    1. n + 10
    2. n – 20
    3. 15 x n
    4. 30 ÷ n
    5. (1/10) n

     
    Example 2
    Translate the following verbal phrases
    into mathematical expressions:

    1. Three – fifths of 450


    2. The sum of 2 numbers less 15
    3. Twenty percent of the total cost
    4. Triple the quantity of sales less taxes
    5. The difference of gross sales and
    total expenditures
     
    Answers
    1. 3/5 × 450
    2. (x+y) - 15
    3. 0.2 x n where n is the total cost
    4. 3x - y where x is the quantity of
    sales and y is the total amount
    of taxes
    5. x - y where x is the gross sales
    and y is the total expenditure
     
    Example 3
    Translate the following verbal sentences into
    mathematical sentences:

    1. Fifteen percent of the total expenditures is


    P15,000.
    2. Gross sales less taxes is P20,000.
    3. My classmate’s monthly allowance is twice
    what my roommate receives in a month.
    Their combined monthly allowances is
    P36,000.
    4. Jakob’s average of two exams is 96. The
    first exam is 8 points higher than the
     
    second.
    Answers in Example 3

    1. Let x be the total expenditures


    0.15x=15,000
    2. Let x be the gross sales
    y be the taxes
    a – b = 20,000
    3. Let x be my classmate’s monthly allowance
    y be my roommate’s monthly allowance
    x = 2y
    x + y =36,000
    4. Let x be Jakob’s first exam
    y be Jakob’s second exam
    (x + y)/2 = 96
    x=8+y  
    SEATWORK
    Chapter 2 : Math as a Language

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