Draw these polygons on dot paper. Try to make a
tessellation using each polygon.
regular regular regular
pentagon hexagon heptagon octagon
- Which of the polygons above could not be used
for a tessellation?
Use each figure to create a tessellation on dot paper.
- If all triangles tessellate, do all
quadrilaterals tessellate? - Create your own tessellation by
using a combination of polygons.
11.Can you tessellate a plane using
a combination of squares and
equilateral triangles? Explain.
A
B
E GH
F
C D
Planes can be parallel, intersecting, or perpendicular.
- Which pairs of planes shown above are parallel? intersecting? perpendicular?
- How do you describe parallel planes? intersecting planes?
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