Question

Match the following tessellations with its basic building block.

• A. Triangle
• B. Pentagon
• C. Rhombus

Answer 1

A tessellation has one or more basic building block(s) which get(s) repeated.

1. In the first figure, a rhombus gets repeated to make the tessellation.
$\therefore$ Here, the basic building block is a rhombus.

2. Similarly for the second figure a triangle gets repeated.
$\therefore$ Here, the triangle is a building block.

3. In the same way, for the third picture, a pentagon (5 sides) repeats itself.$\therefore$ In this case, the pentagon is a building block.