Sunday, May 18, 2014

Trapezoid


I thought finding trapezoids would be impossible but I found three in one place! The trapezoid that I photographed was a part of a diving board. The only use that it has is that it is used as a railing. It is a trapezoid because it has one set of parallel sides and one set of non parallel sides. The other two trapezoids in the picture are divided by the pole in the middle of the large trapezoid.

Friday, May 2, 2014

Regular Hexagons


This is a photo of honeycombs. The shape of these honeycombs is a regular hexagon. That means they are shapes with 6 congruent sides and the angles add up to 720 degrees. Each individual angle is 120 degrees. Honeycombs are where bees produce honey are are commonly found in nature.