This practical challenge invites you to investigate the different
squares you can make on a square geoboard or pegboard.
This activity investigates how you might make squares and pentominoes from Polydron.
How many ways can you find of tiling the square patio, using square
tiles of different sizes?
We had a large number of interesting
ideas sent in for this activity, too many to show here, but it
revealed that many pupils are still working to understand the names
and properties of shapes as well as the methods for calculating
Isaac from Ecole Internationale de
Ferney-Voltaire sent in this thorough explanation of what is
From Anna, Elsa, Huw and Molly from the
Extension Maths Group, St Nicolas C of E Junior School, Newbury we
had the following good account sent in as a document.
From Sarah at the Pioneer Valley
Performing Arts Charter Public School, Massachusetts U.S.A. we had
another well thought out account of the problem.
The problem is that Harry drew a picture of a clock. The clock
had a diameter of $10$ cm. He drew a straight line from the $12$ to
the $3$, from the $3$ to the $6$, from the $6$ to the $9$, and then
from the $9$ back to the $12$. I needed to figure out what shape
was drawn, and the number of whole centimeter tiles that could fit
into Harry's shape.