Fitting together

Fitting together

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This task is about how 2-D shapes fit together.
Nisha has these four shapes.
four shapes

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a)  Draw how she could fit all four shapes on the grid below.

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b)  Draw a different way that she could fit the four shapes on the grid.

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c)  Draw another way that she could fit all four shapes on the grid
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Transformation
Keywords: 
tessellations, drawing
Description of task: 
Using grids, students show three different ways of tessellating four identical shapes.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Geometric thinking, set 3
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
 

 

Y4 (10/2000)

[NOTE: Do not accept a shape that is identical to one already drawn.]

all correct – difficult

2 correct – moderate

1 correct – easy

NOTE: A shape tessellates (tiles or covers the plane) only if translation or rotation are used. Only the third row of pictures is a true tessellation, but accept the other ones which involve refelecting (flipping) the shape.