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Shape patterns and tessellation

When we decorate different things, we can use shapes slotted together to make different patterns. People have been making patterns on floors and walls with tiles for thousands of years.

You can place square tiles side by side with no gaps. Will there be gaps if you make a different pattern with square tiles? You can also make patterns with shapes on walls by using stencils. Will there be gaps between a triangle stencil? Circles can be used to make patterns but only with gaps in between.

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