12.6. Extension: Tessellations http://www.ck12.org
Review Questions
Will the given shapes tessellate? If so, make a small drawing on grid paper to show the tessellation.
- A square
- A rectangle
- A rhombus
- A parallelogram
- A trapezoid
- A kite
- A completely irregular quadrilateral
- Which regular polygons will tessellate?
- Use equilateral triangles and regular hexagons to draw a tessellation.
- The blue shapes are regular octagons. Determine what type of polygon the white shapes are. Be as specific as
you can. - Draw a tessellation using regular hexagons.
- Draw a tessellation using octagons and squares.
- Make a tessellation of an irregular quadrilateral using the directions from Example 1.