1.2.

THE GOLDEN RATIO 5

NAME: Princess Lyka Mae L. Palomar___________

Below, you will find two small squares and a larger square, forming a rectangle. Call this rectangle 1.

• Above rectangle 1, construct a square with side length 3. This forms a new largest rectangle; call it
rectangle 2.

• To the left of this rectangle, construct a square with side length 5. This forms a new largest
rectangle; call it rectangle 3.

• Continue the process, constructing squares in a counterclockwise direction until you form
rectangle 7.

You have just constructed the structure of the golden spiral, which is found in many shells in nature.
Now record the dimensions of each rectangle in the table below.
Rectangle Dimensions Length÷ Width

1 3×2
2 5x3 5
=1.6667
3

3 8×5
4 13 x 8 13
=1.625
8
5 21 x 13 21
=1.615
13
6 34 x 21 34
=1.619
21
7 55 x 34 55
=1.617
34
State an observation about the numbers in the third column.
Answer: In my observation in the third column, it starts with the answer 1.5 until it reaches 1.617,
when I will continue the process, the answer will still 1.6…. and I found out that the Golden ratio is
equal to 1.61803399.