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Can you make five differently sized squares from the interactive tangram pieces?

Geoboards

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Polydron

This activity investigates how you might make squares and pentominoes from Polydron.

Baravelle

Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level

Baravelle poster

Look at this image for a short while before turning away.
Can you:

  • Recreate the image?
  • Describe the image?
  • Say some mathematical things about what you notice?
  • Think of some mathematical questions you would like to ask about it?

You can download a PDF of the image to look at.

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