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• Builds spatial visualization skills and conceptual development, while providing excitement for each participant!
• Tangrams build mathematical and problem solving skills.
• Improves shape recognition and spatial reasoning while solving challenging puzzles.
• It is one of the classic puzzles, appealing to young and old, the serious and the carefree.
REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD USE TANGRAMS IN YOUR
CLASSROOM:• Understand area without the use of
formulas• Compute the area of polygons by
decomposition• Become familiar with the names of certain
polygons (eg. Rectangle, trapezoid, and pentagon)
• Develop geometric intuition• Etc…
Fractions:
• Eg:
Since two small triangles can be placed together to make the square, the small triangle is ½ of the square.
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3 simple Rules:
1. Must use all 7 tans
2. They must lay flat
3. They must touch and none may overlap