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Triangular Tantaliser
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Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
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.
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Similarity and congruence. Regular polygons and circles. Pythagoras' theorem. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae. Visualising. 2D shapes and their properties. Enlargements and scale factors. Area - circles, sectors and segments. Circle properties and circle theorems.
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NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.