Perimeter with Color Tiles
Materials: color tiles
- Work with a partner. Use between 3 and 6 color tiles to make a shape.
Each tile in the shape must touch at least one other tile along a
complete side. - Draw your shape. Calculate and record the perimeter of your shape.
- Use color tiles to make as many different shapes as you can that
have the same length perimeter as your first shape. Record each
shape. - How many different shapes did you make with the same perimeter?
Do all the shapes have the same area? Explain.