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ERIC Number: EJ743591
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 3
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0045-0685
Convex Tangrams
Scott, Paul
Australian Mathematics Teacher, v62 n2 p2-5 2006
The Chinese tangram puzzle was known as far back as 1813. It has remained popular ever since. It consists of seven simple polygonal pieces of card which can be assembled in the form of a square. The reader is presented with some popular shape such as the man or cat above, and then asked to construct this using the tangram pieces. There are whole books of such shapes, and one can spend hours finding the various solutions. (Contains 7 figures.)
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Plane Geometry, Numbers, Puzzles
Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide, South Australia 5001. Tel: +61 8 8363 0288; Fax: +61 8 8362 9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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