February 13 - 17, 2006
The 2006 Winter Olympics just
began in Turino, Italy. A famous mathematician,
Leonardo Fibonacci, was from Italy. He discovered relationships between
certain numbers, that are useful to describe patterns in nature and the real
world. Below is the famous Fibonacci sequence:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ____
What number would come next?
Explain why.
For 4th and 5th graders: Patterns and relationships are studied because they are interesting and also because they solve practical problems. Can you solve the patterns below:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, ____
64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1, ____
3, 9, 27, 81, 243, ____
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ____
What number would come next?
Explain why.
For 4th and 5th graders: Patterns and relationships are studied because they are interesting and also because they solve practical problems. Can you solve the patterns below:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, ____
64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1, ____
3, 9, 27, 81, 243, ____