MMW Flashcards
The first person who introduced the Fibonacci Sequence
Leonardo of Pisa (also known as Fibonacci)
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377…
Fibonacci Sequence
the oldest known recursive sequence, which is a sequence where each successive term can only be found through performing operations on previous terms.
Fibonacci Sequence
The Value of the Golden Ratio
positive negative 1.61803
What Greek Letter represents the Golden Ratio
Greek Letter Phi
Other names of Golden Ratio
Golden Mean, Golden Section
Any Group or collection of objects is called a ________
Set
The objects than belong in a set
Elements or Members
A way of expressing sets by putting the elements of the set inside a pair of braces, { }
ROSTER METHOD
Change into Roster Method:
- The set of denominations of U.S. paper
currency in production at this time
{$1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100}
Change into Roster Method:
- The set of states in the United States
that border the Pacific Ocean
{California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii}
Use the roster method to represent the set of the days in a week.
{Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday}
What are the Natural Numbers or Counting Numbers
N= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …}
What are the Whole Numbers
W= {0,1,2,3,4,5,…}
What are the Integers
Z= {…, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, …}
What are the Rational Numbers
Q= the set of all terminating or repeating decimals
What are the Irrational Numbers
J= the set of all non-terminating, nonrepeating decimals
What are the Real Numbers
R= the set of all rational or irrational numbers
Natural numbers is also known as?
Counting Numbers
The three dots in a set is called a/an?
Ellipsis
The set of natural numbers less than 5
{1, 2, 3, 4}
The solution set of x + 5= -1
{-6}
A set is ___________ if it is possible to determine whether any given item is an element of the set.
WELL DEFINED
The set that contains no elements
Empty set or Null set