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Tangram

Tangram is a Chinese puzzle. It is also called wisdom puzzle. A square is

cut into five pieces called tans.

2
1 2 1
3
8 cm 3

4
4 5 5
8 cm

Let us do it.

1. Draw a square of side 8 cm on a thick paper or cardboard.

2. Cut it out.

3. Draw a grid of squares of side 4 cm inside the big square.

4. Draw lines as shown. This divides the square into 5 parts. These do
not overlap. Number the parts as shown.

5. Cut out these parts.

6. Our tangram puzzle is ready.

Using all tans we have to make specific 1 5
shapes. Tans must touch each other but
2
not overlap. Let us see some shapes made 4
by tangrams.
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EXERCISE 5.2

A. Number the Tans (1, 2, 3, ... 5) in each of the following shapes.

1. 2. 3.

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