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MTE1501 – Mathematics 1 for Teachers
Assignment 4: 50 marks Contributes 15% to final pass
mark. Unique number: 819931
Semester 1
Due date: 22/07/2022
Assignment questions and answers
Assignment 4 questions
1. (a) 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) Frege stated that mathematics is one of the disciplines that requires logical thinking
2) Plato reasoned that mathematics exists beyond the human mind in the external world
3) Hilbert believed that mathematics can exist in the world outside the mind and does not need to
have a concrete form in the mind
4) Aristotle said that we can understand mathematics through experimentation, abstraction and
observation
(b) Explain why you chose this answer.
MTE1501 – Mathematics 1 for Teachers
Assignment 4: 50 marks Contributes 15% to final pass
mark. Unique number: 819931
Semester 1
Due date: 22/07/2022
Assignment questions and answers
Assignment 4 questions
1. (a) 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) Frege stated that mathematics is one of the disciplines that requires logical thinking
2) Plato reasoned that mathematics exists beyond the human mind in the external world
3) Hilbert believed that mathematics can exist in the world outside the mind and does not need to
have a concrete form in the mind
4) Aristotle said that we can understand mathematics through experimentation, abstraction and
observation
(b) Explain why you chose this answer.
