Magna-Tiles Hexagon

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This Magna-Tiles Shape is a Hexagon! It has 6 Sides and 6 Vertices.

We call it IRREGULAR because all of the sides are not the same length and the angles are not equal. When all Sides are Equal and all Angles are Equal, we call it Regular.Valtech Magna-Tiles Blue Irregular Hexagon

Make this Shape! Pieces Needed:

  • 4 Right Triangles
  • 2 Small Squares

This Shape reminds us of a football! Challenge your Children: What Shape would we make if we removed the 2 Small Squares from the middle? Practice Visualization!

Think… we would have 4 Right Triangles connected with each of their hypotenuse facing outward. Each hypotenuse is the same length… that means that the Shape will have four equal length sides. You can also look at the Irregular Hexagon and visualize Half of each Small Square being taken away.  This is because we know that 2 Right Triangles put together makes 1 Small Square!

Visualize what this would look like in your head… and then make it with Magna-Tiles!

Answer: A Square!

Magna-Tiles Hexagon

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This Magna-Tiles Shape is a Hexagon! It is a six sided polygon.

This is a REGULAR hexagon because all of the sides are equal and angles are equal! If all of the sides are not the same length and the angles are not equal, we would call it a IRREGULAR hexagon.

Valtech Magna-Tiles Hexagon

This Shape reminds us of a pizza! Make a #magnatiles pizza pie! Pieces Needed:

  • 6 Equilateral Triangles