Tesselation

tessellations

Repeated patterns

No gaps or overlaps

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attributes of tessellations

Multiple Choice

Can tessellations cross?

• No
• Rarely
• Yes

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Tessellations go on how long?

tessellations in the

natural world

tessellations in the

natural world

tessellations in the

natural world

tessellations in the

natural world

Which is a tessellation?

Which is a tessellation?

Which is a tessellation?

Stuff about tessellations

A regular tessellation is a highly symmetric, edge-to-edge tiling made up of regular polygons, all of

the same shape.

Stuff about tessellations.

There are only three regular tessellations: those made up of equilateral triangles, squares, or regular

hexagons

Multiple Choice

How many regular tessellations are there?

• 2

• 6

• 3

• 8

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples