Path to the Stars

Stage: 2 Challenge Level:

Is it possible to draw a 5-pointed star without taking your pencil off the paper?

Is it possible to draw a 6-pointed star in the same way without taking your pen off? Remember that you shouldn't join points that are right next to each other and you can't go over the same line twice. Your lines must run straight from one point of the star to another.

Have a go:

What about 7-pointed and 8-pointed stars?

Can you find more than one way of drawing the stars that do work?

Do you think you'll be able to draw a 9-pointed star without taking your pencil off? Why? Check to see if you were right:

Would you also be able to say how many different ways you could draw it?

Published February 2002.

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