Exeter Maths School Year 6 Mathematics Poster Competition.
Year 6 have taken part in the Exeter Maths School poster competition. Their task was to produce an A3 poster that explored natural occurrences of the Fibonacci Sequence.
Background:
The Fibonacci Sequence is a series of numbers that starts with a one or a zero, followed by a one, and follows the rule that the next number is always the sum of the previous two numbers:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, …
Each number in the Fibonacci Sequence is a Fibonacci Number. The next Fibonacci Number in the sequence above is 89 (34 + 55 = 89).
The sequence is named after the Italian Mathematician called Leonardo or Pisa (his nickname was Fibonacci). He wrote about it in a mathematics book and used it to describe how rabbits increase in number. It can be used to make a physical pattern, is frequently found in nature and has other real life applications too.
Poster results:
We don't know yet, but I think they might have a chance as you can see from their fantastic work.
We will let you know how they get on as soon as we find out. Fingers crossed...
