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Age 11 to 14
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Triangles to Tetrahedra printable sheet
 Small equilateral |
 Isosceles |
 Right angled isosceles |
 Large equilateral |
The sides of the small equilateral triangle are the same length as the short side of the isosceles triangle and the short sides of the right-angled isosceles triangle.
The sides of the large equilateral triangle are the same length as the long sides of the isosceles triangle and the long side of the right-angled isosceles triangle.
You have an unlimited number of each type of triangle.
How many different tetrahedra can you make? Convince us you have found them all.
Images reproduced with kind permission from Polydron.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.