Tutorial 1.

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Name:
- Minache A/P Nedunjelian (W1)
- Kithanjali A/P Segar (W1)

1.

Regular heptagon
Square Regular pentagon Regular hexagon
Equilateral triangle

Regular decagon Regular hendecagon Regular dodecagon

Regular octagon Regular nonagon
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Square can tesselate.

Equilateral triangle can Interior angle= 90 degrees
tesselate. Regular pentagon cannot tesselate
because it has a gap.
4 square= 4 x 90 = 360
Interior angle= 60
Interior angle = 108 degree
6 interior triangle= 6 x 60= 360
3 regular pentagon= 3 x 108= 324
degree

Regular heptagon cannot

tesselate because it has a gap.

Regular hexagon can tesselate.
Interior angle = 120 degree
3 regular hexagon= 3 x 120= 360
degrees
Interior angle= 128.571°
3 regular heptagon= 3 x 128.57=
385.713 degrees
Regular octagon cannot tesselate
because it has a gap.
Interior angle= 135 degree
3 regular octagon= 3 x 135= 405
degrees
Regular nonagon cannot
tesselate because it has a
gap.
Interior angle= 140 degree
3 regular nonagon= 3 x 140=
420 degrees
 Regular decagon cannot tesselate Regular hendecagon cannot tesselate
because it has a gap. because it has a gap.

Interior angle= 144 degree Interior angle= 147.273 degree Regular dodecagon cannot tesselate because it has a
gap.
3 regular decagon= 3 x 144= 432 3 regular hendecagon= 3 x 147.273=
degrees 441.819 degrees Interior angle= 150 degree

3 regular dodecagon= 3 x 150= 450 degrees

3.
i)

Regular dodecagons, regular

hexagon, squares
4.6.12
Regular octagons, squares
8.8.4 or 8.4.8
Regular dodecagon, equilateral Regular hexagon, squares,
triangles equilateral triangle
3.12.12 3.4.6.4

Regular hexagon, equilateral triangles

3.6.3.6
 Regular hexagon,
equilateral triangles
3.6.3.6 Regular hexagons, equilateral triangles
3.3.3.3.6

Squares, equilateral triangles

3,4,3,3,4

ii)

Regular tesselation Semi-regular tesselation

Constructed with 1 type of regular
polygon.
There are 3 types of regular tessellations
constructed from equilateral triangles,
squares and regular hexagons.
Constructed with two or more regular
polygons.
There are 8 types of semi-regular
tessellations constructed from a
combination of regular polygons.
Example, a semi-regular tessellation
8.8.4 is constructed from a combination of
regular octagons and squares.

4. Semi-regular tessellations have two properties, where they are formed by two or
more types of regular polygon, each with the same side length. Next, each vertex has
the same pattern of polygons around it.