Tangram

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Making maths: making a tangram

Follow these instructions to make a three-piece and/or seven-piece tangram.

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The development of spatial and geometric thinking: the importance of instruction

This article looks at levels of geometric thinking and the types of activities required to develop this thinking.

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Tangram pictures

Age

5 to 14

Challenge level

Use the tangram pieces to make our pictures, or to design some of your own!

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World of Tan

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Read about the adventures of Granma T and her grandchildren in this series of stories, accompanied by interactive tangrams.

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Tangrams

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

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

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Tricky triangles

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

Use the three triangles to fill these outline shapes. Perhaps you can create some of your own shapes for a friend to fill?

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Tangram browser

Age

7 to 11

Explore our selection of interactive tangrams. Can you use the tangram pieces to re-create each picture?

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Making maths: birds from an egg

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you make the birds from the egg tangram?

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Square tangram

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

This was a problem for our birthday website. Can you use four of these pieces to form a square? How about making a square with all five pieces?

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World of Tan 1 - Granma T

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Granma T?

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World of Tan 2 - Little Ming

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Ming?

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World of Tan 3 - Mah Ling

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Mah Ling?

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World of Tan 4 - Monday morning

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of Wai Ping, Wu Ming and Chi Wing?

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World of Tan 5 - Dragon

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the dragon?

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World of Tan 6 - Junk

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the silhouette of the junk?

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World of Tan 7 - Golden goose

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the plaque design?

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World of Tan 8 - Sports car

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the sports car?

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World of Tan 9 - Animals

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the camel and giraffe?

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World of Tan 10 - Butterflies

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the butterfly?

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World of Tan 11 - The past, present and future

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the telescope and microscope?

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World of Tan 12 - All in a fluff

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the rabbits?

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World of Tan 13 - A storm in a tea cup

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the convex shapes?

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World of Tan 14 - Celebrations

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of Little Ming and Little Fung dancing?

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World of Tan 15 - Millennia

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the numbers?

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World of Tan 16 - Time flies

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the candle?

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World of Tan 17 - Weather

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the house?

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World of Tan 18 - Soup

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of Mah Ling and Chi Wing?

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World of Tan 19 - A circular problem

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of this teacup?

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World of Tan 20 - Fractions

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the chairs?

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World of Tan 21 - Almost there now

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the lobster, yacht and cyclist?

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World of Tan 22 - An appealing stroll

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the child walking home from school?

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World of Tan 23 - Transform this into that

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into these outlines?

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World of Tan 24 - Clocks

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the clock?

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World of Tan 25 - Pentominoes

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outlines of the people?

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World of Tan 26 - Old chestnut

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the brazier for roasting chestnuts?

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World of Tan 27 - Sharing

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of Little Fung at the table?

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World of Tan 28 - Concentrating on coordinates

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the playing piece?

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World of Tan 29 - The telephone

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you fit the tangram pieces into the outline of the telephone?

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World of Tan 30 - Logical thinking

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Can you logically construct these silhouettes using the tangram pieces?

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