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Pentagons, decagons, and octagons will not tessellate. In order to create a tessellation, the sum of the angles at a point must be 360.

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Can you tessellate six-sided polygons by themselves?

Yes, you can tessellate six-sided polygons by themselves.


Can you tessellate five sided regular polygons by themselves?

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How can you tell if a regular shape will tessellate?

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How do you classify a polygon in a tessellation?

Some polygons will tessellate,some with tessellate along with one or more other polygons,some will not tessellate.These classes have no specific names.


Does regular heptagon tessellate?

True * * * * * No. The only regular polygons that will tessellate are a triangle, a square and a heagon. So a regular heptagon will not tessellate.


Can you tessellate eight-sided regular polygons by themselves?

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Most regular polygons will not tessellate but if their interior angles is a factor of 360 degrees then they will tessellate or if their angles around a point add up to 360 degrees then they also will tessellate.


Will all polygons tessellate?

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Is it true that you can tessellate seven-sided polygons by themselves?

No convex polygon with 7 or more sides will tessellate.