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Broad Topics > 2D Geometry, Shape and Space > Pentagons

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Bow Tie

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Show how this pentagonal tile can be used to tile the plane and describe the transformations which map this pentagon to its images in the tiling.

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Overlapping Again

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

What shape is the overlap when you slide one of these shapes half way across another? Can you picture it in your head? Use the interactivity to check your visualisation.


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