MTE1501
ASSIGNMENT 4 2024
UNIQUE NO. 602580
DUE DATE: 20 SEPTEMBER 2024
, MTE 1501
Assignment 04 2024
Unique Number: 602580
Due Date: Friday, 20 September 2024
Mathematics Education
Assignment 4 Questions
1. Which statement is NOT true among the ideas of the early mathematics
philosophers, as described in paragraph 1.4 of your Tutorial Letter 501?
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.
Answer: 2) Plato reasoned that mathematics is based on experimentation and
abstraction.
Explanation: Plato believed in a more abstract and idealistic view of
mathematics, not based on experimentation but on ideal forms and pure
reasoning.
ASSIGNMENT 4 2024
UNIQUE NO. 602580
DUE DATE: 20 SEPTEMBER 2024
, MTE 1501
Assignment 04 2024
Unique Number: 602580
Due Date: Friday, 20 September 2024
Mathematics Education
Assignment 4 Questions
1. Which statement is NOT true among the ideas of the early mathematics
philosophers, as described in paragraph 1.4 of your Tutorial Letter 501?
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.
Answer: 2) Plato reasoned that mathematics is based on experimentation and
abstraction.
Explanation: Plato believed in a more abstract and idealistic view of
mathematics, not based on experimentation but on ideal forms and pure
reasoning.
