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Task
 | Polygons, Triangles and Capes You walk a long way from home and back again. You don’t want boredom to set in so you make sure you don’t pass the same point twice, excluding the start and finish. Nothing unusual, right? Actually there is because you have divided the world into two parts: the part inside the route you have walked and the part outside. Closed figures that do not go over the same point twice always have these characteristics. This maths B-day is about special closed figures that do not retrace points, figures composed of a finite sequence of straightline segments. You know them already of course, triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons and polygons. The generic name is simple polygon. But they can also be quite big and complicated. Dutch version |
Background information
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Mathematics B-day During the Dutch Mathematics Day Contest students work in teams of about 3 to 4 members on an open mathematical problem solving task during a couple of hours. The product of this work is a report (and sometimes a presentation). |
Using your skills in a new setting The task gives the students the opportunity to show what they have learned from mathematics and how they can use the knowledge and skills in a new situation. |
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