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Fibonacci Sequences
Video 287a on www.corbettmaths.com
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Question 1: The =irst 4 numbers in the Fibonacci sequence are 1, 1, 2, 3, . . .
(a) What is the 5th term of the Fibonacci sequence?
(b) What is the 6th term of the Fibonacci sequence?
(c) Describe the rule for continuing the Fibonacci sequence.
Question 2: Find the next three terms of the following Fibonacci-style sequences
(a) 2, 4, 6, 10, . . . (b) 3, 6, 9, 15, . . . (c) 4, 8, 12, 20, . . .
(d) 15, 23, 38, 62, . . . (e) 5, 12, 17, 29, . . . (f) −3, 5, 2, 7, . . .
(g) 35, 60, 95, 155, . . . (h) −1, − 3, − 4, − 7, . . . (i) 1.2, 2.7, 3.9, 6.6, . . .
(j) 0.11, 2.32, 2.43, 4.75, . . . (k) −5.1, 1.1, − 4, − 2.9, . . . (l) −0.5, − 0.7, − 1.2, − 1.9, . . .
1 3 4 7 5 11 7 8 1 1 3 4
(m) , , , , . . . (n) , , , , . . . (o) − , , , , ...
11 11 11 11 6 12 4 3 5 2 10 5
Question 3: Find the missing term in each of the Fibonacci-style sequences below.
(a) □ , 13, 20, 33, . . . (b) 11, □ , 26, 41, . . . (c) □ , 69, 109, 178, . . .
(d) □ , 3.7, 4.9, 8.6, . . . (e) 26.3, □ , 64.4, 102.5, . . . (f) 10.25, □ , 25.75, 41.25, . . .
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(g) 6, □ , 4, 2, . . . (h) − 12, □ , − 4, 4, . . . (i) □ , − , − 2, − . . .
4 4
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Question 1: For each of the following Fibonacci-style sequences, =ind the next 4 terms.
(a) a, 4a, 5a, 9a, . . . (b) 3x, 3x + y, 6x + y, 9x + 2y, . . .
(c) 6a, − 2a, 4a, 2a, . . . (d) 2y, y + z, 3y + z, . . .
(e) 4x − 5y, 2x − y, 6x − 6y, . . . (f) −x, x + y, y, . . .
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Fibonacci Sequences
Video 287a on www.corbettmaths.com
Question 2: Beth wants to generate a Fibonacci style sequence.
The =irst term is 3 and the second term is 4.
(a) Find the 3rd term.
(b) Find the 4th term.
Beth thinks that the sum of the =irst ten terms is equal to 11 times the 7th term
of her sequence.
(c) Show that Beth is correct.
Question 3: Using the =irst term of x and the second term of y, prove your answer to
Question 2 (c).
Question 4: Ethan generates the pattern below
(a) Draw Pattern 6
(b) What is the length of each side of square F?
(c) What is the length of each side of square G?
(d) What is the length of each side of square H?
(e) What do you notice about your answers to (b), (c) and (d)?
Question 5: Dylan is researching what happens when a term
in the Fibonacci sequence is divided by the term before it.
(a) Find the missing answers
(b) What do you notice?
(c) Research the Golden Number.
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