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ACI2605 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 - DUE
3 July 2025
MULTIPLE CHOICE,ASSURED EXCELLENCE
• module code: ACI2605
• unique number:891101
• assignment number: 03
QUESTION 1: The History of Numbers
Steen (1988:611-6) regards mathematics as the science of patterns. He
further continues to say mathematicians seek patterns in number, in
space, in science, in computers, and in imagination. Mathematical
theories explain the relations among patterns; functions and maps,
operators and morphisms bind one type of pattern to another to yield
lasting mathematical structures. Applications of mathematics use these
patterns to “explain” and predict natural phenomena that fit the patterns.
1.1 Provide a critical analysis of the Steen’s (1988) definition of
mathematics in relation to:
1.1.1The binary number system (10)
1.1.2The decimal number system (10)
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QUESTION 2: Unit - Rate
2.1Consider the scenario below:
The school bus driver follows the same route to pick students up in
the morning and to drop them off in the afternoon. Because of
traffic, the afternoon drive takes 1.5 times as long as the morning
drive.
2.1.1 Write an equation that represents the relationship between the
number of minutes m, of the morning drive, to the total number of
2
, lOMoARcPSD|51776212
ACI2605 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 - DUE
3 July 2025
MULTIPLE CHOICE,ASSURED EXCELLENCE
• module code: ACI2605
• unique number:891101
• assignment number: 03
QUESTION 1: The History of Numbers
Steen (1988:611-6) regards mathematics as the science of patterns. He
further continues to say mathematicians seek patterns in number, in
space, in science, in computers, and in imagination. Mathematical
theories explain the relations among patterns; functions and maps,
operators and morphisms bind one type of pattern to another to yield
lasting mathematical structures. Applications of mathematics use these
patterns to “explain” and predict natural phenomena that fit the patterns.
1.1 Provide a critical analysis of the Steen’s (1988) definition of
mathematics in relation to:
1.1.1The binary number system (10)
1.1.2The decimal number system (10)
[20]
QUESTION 2: Unit - Rate
2.1Consider the scenario below:
The school bus driver follows the same route to pick students up in
the morning and to drop them off in the afternoon. Because of
traffic, the afternoon drive takes 1.5 times as long as the morning
drive.
2.1.1 Write an equation that represents the relationship between the
number of minutes m, of the morning drive, to the total number of
2
