Tessellations

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Tessellations

• Alexander Alvarez

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A tessellation is a repeating pattern of figures
that completely covers a plane without gaps or
overlaps.
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We can find tessellations in every day life
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Is this a tessellation? What geometric figure
is repeated?
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If you look carefully
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You will see a tessellation
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The repeated figure is an hexagon!
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Tessellations are everywhere!
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Fabrics contain tessellations
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In this fabric the pattern is a rhombus
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Look closely, what do you see?

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Pure Tessellation

• a tessellation that consists of congruent copies
  of one figure.

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This pure tessellation is formed by three joined
hexagons
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Quadrilaterals tessellate
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Is this a tessellation?
Yes, it is formed by triangles, squares and
trapezoids.
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Is this picture a pure tessellation?
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No, there are gabs between the circles
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Is this a tessellation?
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No, there are gaps between the leaves
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