Small shapes can be put together to make a bigger shape.
Step 1: Let's Learn
Read it, or press Listen and follow the words.
It must fill exactly
No gaps and no overlaps. The pieces must fill the shape exactly.
More than one way
The same hexagon can be made from 6 triangles, 3 rhombuses, or 2 trapezoids.
It has to fit exactly
No gaps and no overlaps. If a piece sticks out or leaves a hole, the shape has not really been made.
Usually more than one way
A hexagon can be built from triangles or from rhombuses. Different pieces, same outline.
Step 2: Try It Yourself
Switch pieces. The outline never changes.
It takes 6 triangles to fill the hexagon.
Step 3: Watch an Example
One step at a time.
Watch Leo Fill a Hexagon
Leo fills the same hexagon twice.
- Step 1
First he uses triangles. It takes 6 of them.
Step 4: Your Turn
Practice makes it stick.
Pattern Blocks
Problem 1 of 1
How many trapezoids fill one hexagon?
How Many Pieces?
1 of 3
How many triangles fill a hexagon?
2 of 3
How many rhombuses fill a hexagon?
3 of 3
How many squares fill this rectangle?
Step 5: Quick Check
Show what you know.
Question 1 of 2
How many triangles fill one hexagon?
Question 2 of 2
Can pieces leave gaps?
What You Learned
- Small shapes can build a bigger shape.
- The pieces must fill it with no gaps.
- The same shape can be built in more than one way.