Patterns
Turning Math into Art
The Mathematical Artist
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
100

A pattern is made of ____. 

a. shapes

b. clothes 

c. floors 

d. tiles 

a. shapes

100

Tiling turns math into _____. 

a. reading 

b. science 

c. music 

d. art 

d. art

100

M.C. Escher ____. 

a. drew plain shapes out of tiles 

b. studied painting in Spain 

c. made palaces just like those in Spain 

d. used math to create art 

d. used math to create art 

100
A plane figure with six straight sides and angles.


Hexagon

100

A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

Squares

200

A shape with three sides is ___.

a. s square

b. a triangle 

c. a hexagon

d. a pattern 

b. a triangle 

200

A flat surface that goes on and on in every direction is ____. 

a. a plain 

b. a plane 

c. a tiling 

d. a triangle 

b. a plane

200

Mosaics are _____. 

a. a flat surface that goes on forever 

b. drawings made of shapes 

c. designs made out of small pieces of tile 

d. design in a museum 

c. designs made out of small pieces of tile

200

A game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge.

Puzzle/s

200

A flat surface that goes on and on forever. 

Plane

300

A hexagon has _____ sides. 

a. three 

b. four 

c. five 

d. six

d. six

300

Shapes that can be used separately to tile a plane incude ____. 

a. squares, triangles, and hexagons 

b. squares, triangles, and circles 

c. squares, circles, and hexagons 

d. squares, hexagons, and ovals 

a. squares, triangles, and hexagons

300

How were Escher's tessellations different from the mosaics he saw in Spain?

a. They included things like fish, birds, and lizards. 

b. They were made up of geometrical shapes. 

c. They used shapes to fill a plane. 

d. They included colorful designs. 

a. They included things like fish, birds, and lizards.

300

Another name for tessellation. 

Tiling

300

A repeated decorative design.

Pattern/s

400

The easiest shape to use to make a pattern on a tile floor is _____. 

a. a hexagon

b. a rectangle 

c. a square

d. a triangle

c. a square

400

A honeycomb is made up of ____. 

a. octagons 

b. hexagons 

c. pentagons 

d. squares

b. hexagons

400

A pattern of shapes that fit together on a plane is called ____. 

a. a geometric shape 

b. a tessellation 

c. a hexagon 

d. a triangle 

b. a tessellation

400

A picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.

Mosaics

400

Any structure, open or closed, having a definite shape and properties made up of lines, curves, and points.

Geometric Shapes

500

The workers had to use ____ to make the tile floor. 

a. math 

b. music 

c. social studies 

d. science 

a. math

500

Tilings are also called ____. 

a. artists 

b. math 

c. tessellations 

d. objects 

c. tessellations

500

How did Escher turn lizards into a tessellations?

a. He drew them atop hexagons. 

b. He drew them atop squares. 

c. He drew them atop triangles. 

d. He drew them atop circles. 

a. He drew them atop hexagons. 

500

The person who can be regarded as the " Father of Tessellation". 

Maurits Cornelis Escher or M.C. Escher

500

Shapes that fit together to fill a plane without gaps or overlapping. 

Tessellation

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