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Drawing Polygons

Age
11 to 16

I wonder which polygons we can draw on dotty paper...

Problem



 

This resource is part of "Exploring mathematics on dotty grids" 

I wonder what maths can be done on dotty paper...

We can explore the properties of polygons.

Tools

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Here are some ideas to get you started

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