Wednesday, May 11, 2011

First 50 Fibonacci Numbers

I'm Angelina and Will's post about Fibonacci Numbers inspired me to find out the first 50 in the series. I did the math for all of them and it took FOREVER! Okay, not really forever, but it took a looooong time. Here they are:

 Start    0
 1st       1
 2nd      1
 3rd      2
 4th        3
 5th        5
 6th        8
 7th        13
 8th        21
 9th        34
 10th      55
 11th      89
 12th      144
 13th      233
 14th      377
 15th      610
 16th      987
 17th      1597
 18th      2584
 19th      4181
 20th      6765
 21st      10946
 22nd      17711
 23rd      28657
 24th      46368
 25th      75025
 26th      121393
 27th      196418
 28th      317811
 29th      514229
 30th      832040
 31st      1346269
 32nd      2178309
 33rd      3524578
 34th      5702887
 35th      9227465
 36th      14930352
 37th      24157817
 38th      39088169
 39th      63245986
 40th      102334155
 41st      165580141
 42nd      267914296
 43rd      433494437
 44th      701408733
 45th      1134903170
 46th      1836311903
 47th      2971215073
 48th      4807526976
 49th      7778742049
 50th      12586269025

Maybe you can come up with the next 50...or maybe not! :)

2 comments:

  1. Wow! These really go up fast. Congratulations, Amanda, for your persistence.

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  2. Thanks Penny! It was actually Angelina who figured this all out. She worked really hard. I just posted it for her.

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