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Approximating Pi
The value of pi lies between those two lengths. By doubling the number of sides of the hexagon to a 12-sided polygon, then a 24-sided polygon, and finally 48- and 96-sided polygons, Archimedes was ...
Scientific American3y
Here’s How to Make Flexagons—Folded Strips of Paper with Strange and Surprising Properties
The triangles on one side are numbered 1, 2 and 3; the triangles on the other, 4, 5 and 6. A similar pattern of colors or geometrical figures may also be used. The hexagon is then folded as shown.
BBC4y
2D shapes
If you count the number of sides that Fatima has drawn on the shape, you can see it is 6. Which means she has drawn a hexagon. Remember, a polygon is a 2D shape with straight sides that meet at ...
BBC1y
KS2 Maths teaching resources: Regular and irregular polygons
In a regular decagon, all the sides are the same length and all the angles are the same size.Let’s have a look at your bandstand design too, Kayla.What shape is it? KAYLA: It’s a hexagon.But ...