EACH STUDENT NEEDS:

• ONE TANGRAM SET (ALL SEVEN PIECES)
• PENCIL AND PAPER TO TRACE IDEAS

TASK #1

WITH EDGES TOUCHING USE THE TANGRAM PIECES TO MAKE ONE OR MORE FOUR SIDED FIGURES USING...

• ONE PIECE
• TWO PIECES
• THREE PIECES
• FOUR PIECES
• FIVE PIECES
• SIX PIECES
• SEVEN PIECES

CHOOSE THE FOUR SIDED FIGURE THAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT TO MAKE AND TRACE IT ON TO A PIECE OF PAPER. WHY WAS THIS ONE THE MOST DIFFICULT FIGURE FOR YOU TO MAKE? RECORD YOUR ANSWER NEXT TO THE TRACED SHAPE. TITLE THIS PAPER TASK #1 AND PUT YOUR NAME AND THE DATE ON THE PAPER.

TASK #2

WITH EDGES TOUCHING HOW MANY DIFFERENT FOUR SIDED FIGURES CAN BE MADE USING...

• ONE PIECE?
• TWO PIECES?
• THREE PIECES?

REPEAT THESE STEPS BY MAKING FIVE SIDED FIGURES AND SIX SIDED FIGURES. CHOOSE EITHER THE FOUR, FIVE OR SIX SIDED FIGURES AND TRACE THESE ON TO A DIFFERENT PIECE OF PAPER. TITLE THIS PAPER TASK #2 AND PUT YOUR NAME AND THE DATE ON THE PAPER.

TASK #3

USE THREE PIECES AND EDGES TOUCHING TO CREATE...

• A SIX SIDED FIGURE
• A SEVEN SIDED FIGURE
• AN EIGHT SIDED FIGURE

MAKE AND TRACE THE FIGURE WITH THE FEWEST NUMBER OF SIDES THAT CAN BE MADE WITH THREE TANS. USE A NEW PIECE OF PAPER AND TITLE IT TASK #3 AND PUT YOUR NAME AND DATE ON THE SHEET.

MAKE AND TRACE THE FIGURE WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF SIDES THAT CAN BE MADE WITH THREE TANS. CONTINUE ON THE SAME SHEET OF PAPER.

IS IT POSSIBLE USING THREE TAN PIECES TO MAKE A FIGURE WITH THE NUMBER OF SIDES IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS? IF SO, TRACE IT AND RECORD THE NUMBER OF SIDES MADE. CONTINUE ON THE SAME SHEET OF PAPER.