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Mostly true - you cannot tessellate only regular pentagons in two dimensions, since you cannot sum up the intersection of the angles to 360 degrees. If you tessellate a regular pentagon in three dimensions, you end up with a dodecahedron.

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Can you tessellate five sided regular polygons by themselves?

five-sided polygons cannot tessellate


Can you tessellate eight-sided regular polygons by themselves?

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You cannot tessellate eight-sided regular polygons by themselves?

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You cannot tessellate six-sided regular polygons by themselves.?

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You cannot tessellate eight-sided regular polygons by themselves.?

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Which polygon does not tessellate and why?

Most regular polygons will not - by themselves. In fact, of the regular polygons, only a triangle, square and hexagon will. No other regular polygon will create a regular tessellation. However, for polygons with any number of sides, there are irregular versions that can tessellate.


How can you tell if a regular shape will tessellate?

It will tessellate if its vertices divide into 360 degrees evenly. The only regular polygons that will tessellate are an equilateral triangle, a square and a regular hexagon. There are other, non-regular, polygons that will tessellate.


What are all the shapes that tessellate with themselfs?

All regular polygons whose interior angles are a factor of 360 degrees will tessellate with themselves


Can you tessellate seven sided regular polygons by themselves?

No because its angles are not factors of 360 degrees


Which polygon will not tessellate a plane?

Most regular polygons will not - by themselves. In fact, of the regular polygons, only a triangle, square and hexagon will. No other regular polygon will create a regular tessellation.


Can regular pentagon tessellate by themselves?

"yes"The answer above is incorrect. it was proven hundreds of years ago that regular pentagons do NOT tessellate. there are methods for tessellating pentagons, but they are not regularpentagons.yes the answer in the middle is write polygons can not tessellate


Do regular polygons tessellate?

Any polygon with external angles which are equal to a factor of 360 will tessellate. The only regular polygons which will tessellate are equilateral triangles, squares, and hexagons.