MTE1501
Assignment 4
(ANSWERS) 2023
ADMIN
[COMPANY NAME]
, Read paragraph 1.4 of your Tutorial Letter 501 and answer the following
question: Amongst the ideas of the early mathematics philosophers, which
statement is NOT true? 1) Aristotle uses empirical study emanating from
experiments and observations. 2) Plato reasoned that mathematics is based
on experimentation and abstraction. 3) Hilbert believed that mathematics can
exist in the formal having concrete representations in the mind. 4) Aristotle
said that we can understand mathematics through experimentation,
abstraction, and observation 2. Aristotle's beliefs on the nature of mathematics
are based on the following: 1) the objects of mathematics had an existence on
their own 2) the physical, the mathematical, and the theological into which
knowledge could be divided. 3) ideas of mathematics could be viewed as a
subset of the ideas 4) logicism, intuitionism, and experimentation. 3. In the
“modern” view of mathematics, the following is true… 1) Mathematics exists in
human creativity only. 2) Mathematical objects are not invented or created by
humans. 3 3) A mathematics activity is not strictly governed by any one school
of thought 4) Learning mathematics is restricted to real-life connections, signs,
symbols, definitions, and rules 4. People have different views about
Mathematics and that it is important to be learned at school. Which of the
following is not how people view mathematics. 1) Without special brains you
cannot do Mathematics 2) Mathematics is made up of symbols and not words.
3) Mathematics does not require a good memory. 4) Mathematics’ goal is to
find answers. 5. The Egyptians realised or practiced this content area first: 1)
Arithmetic 2) Volume and area 3) Geometry 4) Measurement 6. Pictographs
were discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from 3 000BC. The best definition
of a pictogram is: 1) A form of abstract symbol used to represent quantities 2)
A graph that displays complex statistical data 3) An ancient form of writing
using abstract shapes 4) A visual representation using pictures that stand for
quantities. 7. According to the constructivist view of learning, how do learners
create knowledge? 1) By absorbing ideas as the teachers present them 2) By
actively constructing their own reasoning and understanding. 3) Through
passive observation and listening 4) By engaging in peer discussion 8. The
Lebombo bone found in Africa may have been used to show… 1) Only six
months of a calendar 2) a table of the prime products 3) A number with only
two factors. 4) The Babylonians calendar 9. The significance of time was
realised by the Babylonians according to (Bassarear, 2005). What was the
Babylonian approach to dividing time during the day and night? 1) The day
was divided into 24 hours and the night into 24r hours 2) Both the day was
divided into 24 hours and the night into 12 hours. 3) Both the day and night
Assignment 4
(ANSWERS) 2023
ADMIN
[COMPANY NAME]
, Read paragraph 1.4 of your Tutorial Letter 501 and answer the following
question: Amongst the ideas of the early mathematics philosophers, which
statement is NOT true? 1) Aristotle uses empirical study emanating from
experiments and observations. 2) Plato reasoned that mathematics is based
on experimentation and abstraction. 3) Hilbert believed that mathematics can
exist in the formal having concrete representations in the mind. 4) Aristotle
said that we can understand mathematics through experimentation,
abstraction, and observation 2. Aristotle's beliefs on the nature of mathematics
are based on the following: 1) the objects of mathematics had an existence on
their own 2) the physical, the mathematical, and the theological into which
knowledge could be divided. 3) ideas of mathematics could be viewed as a
subset of the ideas 4) logicism, intuitionism, and experimentation. 3. In the
“modern” view of mathematics, the following is true… 1) Mathematics exists in
human creativity only. 2) Mathematical objects are not invented or created by
humans. 3 3) A mathematics activity is not strictly governed by any one school
of thought 4) Learning mathematics is restricted to real-life connections, signs,
symbols, definitions, and rules 4. People have different views about
Mathematics and that it is important to be learned at school. Which of the
following is not how people view mathematics. 1) Without special brains you
cannot do Mathematics 2) Mathematics is made up of symbols and not words.
3) Mathematics does not require a good memory. 4) Mathematics’ goal is to
find answers. 5. The Egyptians realised or practiced this content area first: 1)
Arithmetic 2) Volume and area 3) Geometry 4) Measurement 6. Pictographs
were discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from 3 000BC. The best definition
of a pictogram is: 1) A form of abstract symbol used to represent quantities 2)
A graph that displays complex statistical data 3) An ancient form of writing
using abstract shapes 4) A visual representation using pictures that stand for
quantities. 7. According to the constructivist view of learning, how do learners
create knowledge? 1) By absorbing ideas as the teachers present them 2) By
actively constructing their own reasoning and understanding. 3) Through
passive observation and listening 4) By engaging in peer discussion 8. The
Lebombo bone found in Africa may have been used to show… 1) Only six
months of a calendar 2) a table of the prime products 3) A number with only
two factors. 4) The Babylonians calendar 9. The significance of time was
realised by the Babylonians according to (Bassarear, 2005). What was the
Babylonian approach to dividing time during the day and night? 1) The day
was divided into 24 hours and the night into 24r hours 2) Both the day was
divided into 24 hours and the night into 12 hours. 3) Both the day and night
