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Broad Topics > 2D Geometry, Shape and Space > Hexagons
Shapely Lines
Stage: 1 Challenge Level: 
This challenge invites you to create your own picture using just straight lines. Can you identify shapes with the same number of sides and decorate them in the same way?
Overlapping Again
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
What shape is the overlap when you slide one of these shapes half way across another? Can you picture it in your head? Use the interactivity to check your visualisation.
Hex
Stage: 3 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.
Regular Hexagon Loops
Stage: 3 Challenge Level:
Make some loops out of regular hexagons. What rules can you discover?
Sorting Shapes
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
This activity challenges you to make collections of shapes. Can you give your collection a name?
Triangular Hexagons
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Investigate these hexagons drawn from different sized equilateral triangles.
Mrs Trimmer's String
Stage: 1 Challenge Level:
Can you help the children in Mrs Trimmer's class make different shapes out of a loop of string?
Shapely Tiling
Stage: 2 Challenge Level:
Use the interactivity to make this Islamic star and cross design. Can you produce a tessellation of regular octagons with two different types of triangle?
LOGO Challenge 6 - Triangles and Stars
Stage: 3 and 4 Challenge Level:
Recreating the designs in this challenge requires you to break a problem down into manageable chunks and use the relationships between triangles and hexagons. An exercise in detail and elegance.
