If
you feel it is time to introduce your child or your students
to numbers and patterns, this book will be one you’ll
want to consider. Tom Robinson uses a visit to the zoo to
launch the idea of identifying number patterns or a list of
numbers that follow a particular sequence.
First
discovered by an Italian mathematician in 1202, the Fabonacci
sequence begins with the number one. Each number in the pattern
is the sum of the previous two numbers.
For example,
Fibonacci numbers appear throughout the ages. As Robinson
explains, “The Fibonacci numbers appear in the human
body. Humans have five appendages off the trunk of the body:
one head, two arms, and two legs. We have two arms. Each arm
has three parts: upper arm, forearm, and hand. Each hand has
five fingers.”
A rather
sophisticated concept, the Fabonacci sequence can be a challenge
to teach, but this book will make that task easier.
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