Maths Investigation - Fibonacci Numbers Project: Producing
Maths Investigation - Fibonacci Numbers Project: Producing
Maths Investigation - Fibonacci Numbers Project: Producing
Leonardo Fibonacci was a mathematician who is most famous for describing the following number pattern:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,
Your task :
PRODUCING
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INVESTIGATING
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SOME CALCULATIONS
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6.
a) Add up the first five Fibonacci numbers. Compare your answer with the seventh number.
b) Add up the first ten Fibonacci numbers. Compare your answer with the twelfth number. Is
there a pattern when you compare this with your result to part a ?
c) Add up the first fifteen Fibonacci numbers. By looking at your results for parts a and b, work
out what the seventeenth number is going to be.
7.
Its possible to make different Fibonacci sequences by using different starting numbers. Copy and
complete these sequences.
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b)
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e)
DESIGN
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h)
i)
j)
Write 2 of your own Fibonacci sequences. Take out some of the numbers as in Question 7, and ask
another person to work out the missing numbers in your sequence.
Fibonacci sequences are commonly found in nature. Make a list of 10 of these. (Hint: use the
internet).
10.
Choose 3 from your list and describe the background behind each one. (Pictures and diagrams are a
useful tool here).
RESEARCH
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Include a list of the internet sites and books you used for this project.