This course with nature of mathematics, appreciation of its practical, intellectual, and aesthetic dimensions, and application of mathematical tools in daily life.
This course begins with introduction to the nature of mathematics as an exploration of patterns (in nature and the environment) and as an application of inductive and deductive reasoning. By exploring these topics, students are encourage to go beyond the and a rich language in itself (and of science) governed by logic and reasoning.
The course then proceed to
survey ways in which
mathematics provides a tool
for understanding and
dealing with various aspects
of present-day-living, such
as managing personal
finances, making social
choices, appreciating
geometric design,
understanding codes used
in data transmission and
security, and dividing limited resources fairly. These
aspects will provide
opportunities for actually
doing mathematics in a
broad range of exercises
that bring out the various
dimensions of mathematics
as a way of knowing, and
test the students’
understanding and capacity
(CMO No. 20 series of 2013).
