Fibonacci sequence

  • Paving Paths
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    Paving paths

    Age
    11 to 14
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    How many different ways can I lay 10 paving slabs, each 2 foot by 1 foot, to make a path 2 foot wide and 10 foot long from my back door into my garden, without cutting any of the paving slabs?
  • Fibs
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    Fibs

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    The well known Fibonacci sequence is 1 ,1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21.... How many Fibonacci sequences can you find containing the number 196 as one of the terms?
  • Golden Powers
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    Golden powers

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    You add 1 to the golden ratio to get its square. How do you find higher powers?
  • Room Doubling
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    Room doubling

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Investigate the different ways you could split up these rooms so that you have double the number.
  • Golden Mathematics
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    Golden mathematics

    A voyage of discovery through a sequence of challenges exploring properties of the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci numbers.
  • Continued Fractions I
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    Continued fractions I

    An article introducing continued fractions with some simple puzzles for the reader.