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Tangram:
"Tangrams are Chinese puzzles. In
Chinese Tangram is called Hanyu Pinyin meaning “seven
boards of cunning”. While the trangram is often said to be
ancient, its existence has only been verified as far back as
1800.
A tangram consists of 7 pieces, called tans, which fit
together to form a square. The pieces are:
5 right isosceles triangles
2 small (legs of 1)
1 medium size (legs of √2)
2 large size (legs of 2)
1 square (side of 1)
1 parallelogram (sides of 1 and √2)
The objective is to form a specific
shape with seven pieces. The shape has to contain all the
pieces, which may not overlap."
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Visit these websites to play the online
version of Tangrams:
http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/tangrams/
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/area/tangram.html
http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.4/part2.htm
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/chinese-tangrams.html
http://cs.bmcc.cc.or.us/mth213/Labs/online%20tangrams.htm
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/geometry/5-6/activities/tangrams/tangrams.html
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