### Hex

Explain how the thirteen pieces making up the regular hexagon shown in the diagram can be re-assembled to form three smaller regular hexagons congruent to each other.

### Transformation Game

Why not challenge a friend to play this transformation game?

### Who is the fairest of them all ?

Explore the effect of combining enlargements.

# Growing Rectangles

##### Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:

Imagine a rectangle with an area of $20$cm$^2$
What could its length and width be? List at least five different combinations.

If you enlarge each of your rectangles by a scale factor of 2, what would their new dimensions be?

What would their areas be?

What do you notice?

What happens when you enlarge rectangles with different areas by a scale factor of 2?

What if you enlarge them by a scale factor of 3? Or 4? Or 5 ...? Or $k$?

What if $k$ is a fraction?

Explain and justify any conclusions you come to.

Do your conclusions apply to plane shapes other than rectangles?

Now explore what happens to the surface area and volume of different cuboids when they are enlarged by different scale factors.