A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

Tiling the plane with congruent polygons

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Richard Green
Jun 29, 2025
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It is impossible to tile the plane with regular pentagons of the same size, because the internal angle of a pentagon is 108°, and 360 is not a multiple of 108. However, it is possible to tile the plane with copies of a pentagon with angles of 60°, 80°, 100°, 140°, and 160°, as shown in the picture above. It is necessary to flip some of the tiles over in…

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