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No it does not tessellate you have to pentagons in order for it to tessellate.
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It is not at all clear what "have to pentagons" has to do with this. No polygon with 7 or more sides will tessellate. Octagons will tessellate if mixed with squares but that is not "proper" tessellation since it involved more than one shape.
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Why can't a regular octagon tessellate?
To be able to tessellate where a vertex meets other vertices, the total of those angles must be a full circle of 360°. The interior angle of an Octagon is 135° which does not divide into 360° which means there cannot be a complete number of vertices meeting and so it cannot, by itself, tessellate. However, two octagons meeting at a point would have 135° + 135° = 270° leaving 90° which is the interior angle of a square. So octagons and squares together will tessellate.
How many sides does eight octagons have?
There are 64 sides in eight octagons.
Does a diamond tessellate?
yes... this figure does tessellate
What shape do you need to put with octagons to form a tiling pattern?
Assuming regular octagons, squares.
What shape can't you tessellate?
A regular pentagon will not tessellate.
