Think about the set of tangram pieces when you answer the questions.

  1. Mara is sorting her tangram pieces. What other pieces can be grouped with the Large Triangle? Explain why you chose to group those pieces.
  2. Natasha sorted her pieces into the two groups below. Explain why she grouped them that way.
  3. Mark sorted his pieces into the two groups below. Explain why he grouped them that way.
  4. Darius wondered, “How are these 2 tans alike and how are they different?” What would you tell him?
  5. Kathy grouped all 7 tangram pieces together. “They all have corners,” she said. Think about the pieces' corners and sort them a different way. Explain why you grouped them the way you did.