21st Century Pattern Blocks

Three pink right triangles tiled to make a larger, similar triangle.

Five fun things to do with 21st Century Pattern Blocks

I wrote last week about the release of 21st Century Pattern Blocks on a much larger scale than before. This week, I want to share five fun math adventures that begin with these blocks. 1.Scaling Which 21st Century Pattern Blocks can you use (any number of)...

Christopher Danielson | Aug 11, 2022 | 0

A rectangle made of 12 teal-colored kites, four pink right triangles, and four blue diamonds in an arrangement that has both horizontal and vertical lines of symmetry.

A 21st Century Challenge

After seeing Hana Murray's lovely study of rectangles made from 21st Century Pattern Blocks, I started playing and noticed that many of them seemed to involve the small green triangles. Pretty soon, I had formed a conjecture. Using copies of these at least two...

Christopher Danielson | Aug 8, 2022 | 0

21st Century Pattern Blocks

Five fun things to do with 21st Century Pattern Blocks

A 21st Century Challenge

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