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Tangram Shape Challenge

Cut a tangram puzzle into seven pieces and rearrange them to make animals, houses and shapes that share the same area.

Grade 3Math ChallengeMathGeometryLogicBeginner30 to 45 min3 materials

What you'll learn

  • Name triangles, squares and parallelograms
  • Show that different shapes made from the same pieces have the same area
  • Use trial and error to solve a spatial puzzle

Objective

Build and use a tangram to explore shapes, area and spatial reasoning.

STEM concepts

ShapesSpatial reasoningProblem solving
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