Tessellations

Summary

a tessellation is a repeating pattern made using shapes and polygons such as triangles, squares and hexagons without overlapping or leaving gaps.

there are only three regular tessellations. these are tessellations made from using the regular polygons: equilateral triangles, squares and regular hexagons.

Key Skills

make and recognise tessellations.

Vocabulary

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