Problem 6 · 2019 Math Kangaroo
Easy
Spatial & Visual Reasoning
tiling-tessellation
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Answer: D
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Hint 1 of 3
Go through the named shapes one at a time: triangle, square, hexagon, octagon, dodecagon.
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Hint 2 of 3
For each one, hunt for it in the big tiled picture and tick it off when you find it.
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Hint 3 of 3
Four of the five turn up easily — the answer is the single shape you cannot find.
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Approach: search the tiling for each named polygon
- Look through the big tiled picture and tick off each shape you can find.
- Triangles, squares, hexagons and octagons all appear among the tiles.
- No 12-sided dodecagon appears, so the missing figure is the dodecagon (D).
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