Imagine you're playing with tiles on the floor. Some shapes, like squares and triangles, fit perfectly together without any gaps, that’s called a tessellation. But if you try to use pentagons, there might be spaces left in between.
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- A square tile fits perfectly next to another square tile on the floor.
- Triangles in a beehive fit together like pieces of a puzzle.
- A pentagon-shaped sticker does not line up with another one, leaving small gaps.
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See also
- Why Do Shapes Fit Together So Perfectly?
- Why Do We Use ‘Math’ to Describe Patterns in Nature?
- How Did the Pyramids Influence Early Mathematics?
- How Does a Fractal Work Exactly?
- How Do Different Kinds of Maps Work Differently?
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