### L-ateral Thinking

Try this interactive strategy game for 2

### Hexpentas

How many different ways can you find of fitting five hexagons together? How will you know you have found all the ways?

### Exploded Squares

This practical activity challenges you to create symmetrical designs by cutting a square into strips.

# Star Find

## Star Find

Here is a grid made up of $9$ squares. All of them are the same except for one. Can you find the odd one out?

The basic tile from the design above looks like this:

In the star design, the tile has been turned around, or rotated , into different positions.
Below is a wall of $16$ blank tiles. Using the basic tile, can you make a repeating pattern to decorate our wall? Try making more designs by rotating the tile and using it in more than one position.

### Why do this problem?

This problem gives learners a chance to talk about similarities and differences, and also rotations and, in particular, quarter turns. These sheets may be useful to give to pairs or individuals:this sheet has $16$ copes of the basic tile and this sheet has a $4$ by $4$ grid which is the same size as the tiles.