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Tiling Shapes Analysis

Use your tiled shapes to complete the following on paper:

  1. How many different types of tiles did you make while tiling parallelograms and hexagons? Compare your tiles to other groups.

  2. Use the angle benchmarks below to determine the angles in your tiles. Mark each in your diagram. Refer to Technical Hints to see how to write on your diagram.





  3. How many different types of tiles did you make while tiling squares and triangles? Compare your tiles to other groups.

  4. Use angle benchmarks to determine the angles in your tiles. Mark each in your diagram. Refer to Technical Hints to see how to write on your diagram.

  5. How many different types of tiles did you make while tiling trapezoids and parallelograms? Compare your tiles to other groups.

  6. Use angle benchmarks to determine the angles in your tiles. Mark each in your diagram. Refer to Technical Hints to see how to write on your diagram.

  7. Review the angles of each shape you have drawn. Which shape had the least total degrees for a sum of all of the angles? Which shape had the most total degrees for the sum of the angles?

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