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Lines and angles. Printable worksheets. Angles and tessellations.

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Angles and tessellations

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Some regular polygons tessellate, for example rectangles and hexagons.
rectangle hexagon
Others do not, for example pentagons and octagons.
pentagon octagon
One irregular polygon will tessellate. Which one?
Investigate which polygons will and which will not tessellate.
Give a mathematical reason to explain why this happens by considering the interior angle of the polygon.
Find some polygons which do not tessellate on their own, but will do so when interspersed by another shape.
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