Grade6_Lesson 1_Video

What does tiling the plane mean?

• Covering a region with different shapes

• Covering a region with copies of the same shape without gaps or overlaps

• Covering a region with overlapping shapes

• Covering a region with shapes that have gaps

If two figures can be placed one on top of the other and match exactly, what can we say about their areas?

• One is smaller than the other

• They have the same area

• One is larger than the other

• They have different areas

How can we find the area of a region by decomposing it?

• By breaking it into pieces and discarding some pieces

• By breaking it into pieces and rearranging them to form known shapes

• By breaking it into pieces and ignoring the pieces

• By breaking it into pieces and adding extra pieces

What is the area of a large triangle if it can be decomposed into four equal triangles, each with an area of one-half square unit?

• Two square units

• One square unit

• Four square units

• Three square units

What is a polygon?

• A closed two-dimensional figure composed of curved lines

• A closed two-dimensional figure composed of straight line segments

• An open two-dimensional figure composed of straight line segments

• An open two-dimensional figure composed of curved lines