Attack on the pentagon results in discovery of new mathematical tile
Article, Design, Recreational Mathematics
Joy as mathematicians discover a new type of pentagon that can cover the plane leaving no gaps and with no overlaps. It becomes only the 15th type of pentagon known that can do this, and the first discovered in 30 years
16 August 2015 Edit: 16 August 2015
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- Space and Geometry, Tessellations
- Content Type:
- Article, Design, Recreational Mathematics
- The Australian Curriculum
- Measurement and Geometry, Geometric reasoning, ACMMG200 Year 8 Define congruence of plane shapes using transformations
- The Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 New
- Year 8, Space Year 8, AC9M8SP01 identify the conditions for congruence and similarity of triangles and explain the conditi
- NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus
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