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What shapes cannot tessellate?
There are many shapes: circles, ellipses, ovals (elongated circles), cardioids, any shape with a "hole" in it such as a annulus.Polygons will tessellate if combined with other suitable polygons.
Why do shapes tessellate?
Shapes tessellate to fit around an interior angle. They also tessellate because they are regular polygons; non-regular polygons cannot tessellate. * * * * * Not correct. All triangles and quadrilaterals will tessellate, whether regular or irregular. Contrary to the above answer, a regular pentagon will not tessellate but there are 14 different irregular pentagons which will tessellate (the last was discovered in 2015). Three convex hexagons will do so as well. No polygon of 7 or more sides will tessellate - whether they are regular (contrary to the above answer) or irregular.
Can you tessellate five sided regular polygons by themselves?
five-sided polygons cannot tessellate
Do all shapes tessellate?
No not all shapes tessellate.
Does an oval tessellate?
An oval does not tessellate by itself, as it does not have straight sides that can fit together without any gaps or overlaps. In order to tessellate, a shape must have edges that match up perfectly with the edges of other shapes. Regular polygons like squares and hexagons tessellate because their sides are all the same length and can fit together seamlessly.
