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© Nuffield Foundation 2011 Nuffield Free-Standing Mathematics Activity Victorian tiles Photo Decoramic Tile Centre http://www.decoramic.co.uk/
© Nuffield Foundation 2011
Nuffield Free-Standing Mathematics Activity
Victorian tiles
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Victorian tiles
Geometric shapes and colours can be used to make attractive patterns.
What shapes can you see here?
At the end of the activity
Victorian tiles
Which types of symmetry occur most often in tessellations?
What effect does the symmetry have on the appearance of the pattern?
Some shapes or combinations of shapes tessellate, and others do not. Why is this?
