(LESSON 2) Numbers and Patterns

Question 1

It is a discipline that deals with data, measurements, and observations from science and works with models of natural phenomena, human behavior, and social systems.

Answer 1

Mathematics

Question 2

It is an arrangement that helps observers anticipate what they might see or what happens next.

Answer 2

Pattern

Question 3

A British Mathematician who characterized mathematics as the study of patterns.

Answer 3

G. H. Hardy (Godfrey Harold)

Question 4

These patterns are seen on aptitude tests in which takers are shown a sequence of pictures and asked to select which figure comes next among several choices.

Answer 4

Logic Pattern

Question 5

TRUE OR FALSE?

Geometric Patterns deal with the characteristics of various objects, orders, or sequences while others possess similar attributes.

Answer 5

FALSE. The statement refers to Logic Patterns.

Question 6

They deal with a motif or design that depicts abstract shapes, like lines, polygons, and circles, and typically repeats like a wallpaper.

Answer 6

Geometric Patterns

Question 7

They deal with the metrical patterns of poems and the syntactic patterns of how we make nouns plural or verbs past tense are both word patterns, and each supports mathematical as well as natural language understanding.

Answer 7

Word Patterns

Question 8

If the word MODERN can be encrypted as OQFGTP, how can you code the word WORLD?

a) YQSNF
b) YQTNF
c) YQUNF
d) YQPNF

Answer 8

b) YQTNF

Question 9

Doctor : Nurse :: _____ : Follower

a) Employer
b) Leader
c) Work
d) Manage

Answer 9

b) Leader

Question 10

They deal with the prediction of the next term in a sequence.

Answer 10

Number Patterns

Question 11

TRUE OR FALSE?

A pattern may have a list of numbers in which a constant number is added to get the succeeding terms.

Answer 11

TRUE

Question 12

TRUE OR FALSE?

A pattern may have increasing terms because the number to be added is decreasing in a predictable way.

Answer 12

FALSE. It should be increasing, not decreasing.

Question 13

TRUE OR FALSE?

A pattern may have decreasing terms because the number to be added is decreasing in a predictable way.

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

He is a European Mathematician (1175-1250) who discovered the Fibonacci sequence by investigating how fast rabbits could breed under ideal circumstances.

Answer 14

Leonardo Pisano Bigollo (Leonardo of Pisa)

Question 15

It is the series of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, …

Answer 15

Fibonacci Sequence

Question 16

Fibonacci numbers can be represented as spirals also known as a _____?

Answer 16

Fibonacci spiral

Question 17

TRUE OR FALSE?

The nautilus is an example of a Fibonacci numbers found in its shell.

Answer 17

FALSE. It is an example of Fibonacci Spiral.

Question 18

TRUE OR FALSE?

Pinecone and the leaves of aloe are an examples of Fibonacci Spiral.

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

TRUE OR FALSE?

A white flower with five petals is associated with Fibonacci Numbers.

Question 20

TRUE OR FALSE?

A white flower with five petals is associated with Fibonacci Numbers.

Answer 20

TRUE

Question 21

TRUE OR FALSE?

Clematis flower with 7 petals is an example of Fibonacci Numbers.

Answer 21

FALSE. Rather, it is Clematis with 8 petals.

Question 22

TRUE OR FALSE?

Sunflower with thirteen petals shows a Fibonacci Pattern.

Answer 22

TRUE

Question 23

The “De Devina Proportione” by Luca Pacioli is an example of?

Answer 23

Golden Ratio

Question 24

TRUE OR FALSE?

In mathematics, two quantities are in the Golden ratio if their ratio is the same as their sum to the larger of the two quantities.

Answer 24

TRUE

Question 25

It is known as the famous irrational number 1.61803398… called phi. Denoted by the symbol ϕ

Answer 25

Golden Ratio

Question 26

Golden Ratio is used extensively by ____________ in architecture.

Answer 26

Ancient Greeks

Question 27

TRUE OR FALSE?

Golden section appears in many of the proportions of the Parthenon in Greece.

Answer 27

TRUE

Question 28

TRUE OR FALSE?

Golden section can be found in the Great Pyramid in Saudi Arabia.

Answer 28

FALSE. It is found in Egypt.

Question 29

Perimeter of the pyramid, divided by twice its vertical height is the value of?

Answer 29

Phi