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Whatis a tessellation?Whatdoesit meanto say that a givenshapetessellates?
Totessellatewith a givenshapemeansthat the copiesof that shapecan covera plane.
- Therewill be no uncoveredgaps.
- Therewill be no overlappingshapes.
- The entireplanewill be covered,in all directions.
Lookat an example.
A quadrilateralfits togetherjust right.If we keepaddingmoreof them,they will entirelycoverthe planewith
no gapsor overlaps.Now the tessellationpatterncouldbe coloredcreativelyto makeinterestingand/orat-
tractivepatterns.
Note:To tessellate,a shapemustbe able to exactly“surround”a point.