FIBONACCI AND THE

GOLDEN RATIO
Patterns are regular, repeated, or recurring forms or
designs.

Studying patterns help in identifying relationships

and finding logical connections to form
generalizations and make predictions.
Example
What number comes next in 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, _____?
Example
What number comes next in 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ________?
Symmetry
Symmetry indicates that you can draw an imaginary line
across an object and the resulting parts are mirror
images of each other.
Spiderwort with three-fold
symmetry
Starfish with five-fold symmetry
Tiger
Hyena
Sunflower
SUNFLOWER
NAUTILUS SHELLS
Trillium
Buttercup flower
A sequence is an ordered list of
numbers, called terms that may have
repeated values. The arrangement of
these terms is set by a definite value.
Example: Analyze the given
sequence for its rule and identify
the next 3 terms
•2, 5, 9, 14, 20, ___, ____, ____
•1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, _____, _____,
____
Leonardo of Pisa (aka FIBONACCI)
 Problem

A pair of rabbits, one male and one female, are put into a
pen. After two months they have two offspring, one
male and one female. They continue to have an
additional two offspring every month thereafter, always
a pair, one male and one female. This pattern
continues: after two months, every pair of rabbits start
to reproduce and every month thereafter they have a
pair of offspring. After one year, how many pairs will
there be?
The solution produces a series of numbers now
known as the Fibonacci series.
Month Pairs of  
Rabbits

1 1 The original pair (A)

2 1 The original pair (A)
3 2 After two months the original pair produce a pair
of offspring (B1)
4 3 The first pair of rabbits produce a second pair
(B2)
5 5 The first pair of rabbits produce a third pair (B3).
The first pair of offspring (B1) produce a pair of
offspring (C1)

6 8 And so on . . .
7 13 And so on. . . .
Pattern:
Each succeeding number in the series is the sum of the
previous two numbers.

Answer:
There will be 144 pairs of rabbit after 1 year.
FIBONACCI SEQUENCE
• The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers:
• 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...
• The next number is found by adding up the two
numbers before it.
• The 2 is found by adding the two numbers before it
(1+1)
• The 3 is found by adding the two numbers before it
(1+2),
• And the 5 is (2+3),
• and so on!
GOLDEN RATIO:  1.6180339887
• The golden ratio is a special number approximately
equal to 1.6180339887…. We use the Greek letter Phi to
refer to this ratio.
The Golden Rectangle
• A rectangle in which the ratio of the length to the width
is the Golden ratio
MAKE SPIRAL
NAUTILUS SHELLS
SUNFLOWER
• DISCOVERER
300 B.C -  It was written about by Euclid in “Elements”
Luca Pacioli,
1509- contemporary of Leonardo Da Vinci, in "De Divina
Proportione«
1600 - Johannes Kepler around 1600 and by Dan Brown in
2003 in his best selling novel, “The Da Vinci Code.” With
the movie release of the “The Da Vinci Code”