TESSELLATIONS
A Tessellation (or Tiling) is a repeating pattern of figures that covers a plane without any gaps or overlaps.
Examples of Tessellations…
Regular Tessellations A regular tessellation is a pattern made by repeating a regular polygon. TrianglesSquares Hexagons
A vertex is just a "corner point". Three hexagons meet at this vertex, and a hexagon has 6 sides. So this is called a "6.6.6" tessellation. For a regular tessellation, the pattern is identical at each vertex!
There are only 3 regular tessellations: Triangles Squares Hexagons 6.6.6
If you look at a completed tessellation, you will see the original motif repeats in a pattern. One mathematical idea that can be emphasized through tessellations is symmetry.