Can all mysteries be solved?

Solve mysteries and explore Fibonacci numbers! Math and ELA worksheet for grades 5-6.

Fact or fiction? Match the places to the mysteries! Egypt The Pyramids of Giza, The Great Sphinx, Tutankhamen Peru Machu Picchu England Stonehenge Easter Island Giant Statues called Moai The Ocean Giant Sea Creatures Scotland The Loch Ness Monster United States Bigfoot or Sasquatch Tibet The Yeti F is for Fibonacci Choose the correct group for each sentence Who was Fibonacci? An Italian mathematician in the1200s Wrote a book about numbers Wanted Europeans to use Arabicnumbers Discovered this mysterious numbersequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, on to infinity He was born in Pisa Where are Fibonacci numbersfound? Throughout nature When you count the number of petals in flowers When you count the number of spirals inpinecones In architecture When you count the number of spirals formedby a sunflower’s seeds 1. You find the next number in the Fibonacci sequence by ... adding the previous two subtracting the previous two dividing the last one by two 2. Because of Fibonacci, we now use ... Roman numerals Italian numerals Arabic numerals 3. The bracts, or knobby parts, of pinecones grow in ... circles spirals rectangles 4. The Fibonacci sequence is a special ... Type of plant Theory Number sequence 5. Fibonacci numbers are often found in ... Nature Water The air