Recreating the designs in this challenge requires you to break a
problem down into manageable chunks and use the relationships
between triangles and hexagons. An exercise in detail and elegance.
Using LOGO, can you construct elegant procedures that will draw
this family of 'floor coverings'?
Make an equilateral triangle by folding paper and use it to make
patterns of your own.
Can you explain why it is impossible to construct this triangle?
If the yellow equilateral triangle is taken as the unit for area,
what size is the hole ?
Can you find a general rule for finding the areas of equilateral
triangles drawn on an isometric grid?
Using the interactivity, can you make a regular hexagon from yellow
triangles the same size as a regular hexagon made from green