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Tangram Area Exploration

Tangram Area Exploration
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2023-10-01 17:05
Polygon
In collections MateTangram
This example uses tangram to demonstrate how to calculate the area of various geometric figures. Key math concepts include area calculation, triangles, parallelograms, and polygons. Construction highlights the use of GeoGebra commands and objects like Polygon, Segment, Midpoint, Line, Intersect, and Rotate. Suitable for middle school and above students for geometry learning and practice.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Polygon(A, B, 4) → poli1, frame3, frame4, frame1, frame2, C, D
  2. Segment(A, C) → frame12
  3. Midpoint(D, C) → E
  4. Midpoint(D, A) → F
  5. Segment(F, E) → frame5
  6. Midpoint(A, C) → G
  7. Segment(B, G) → frame9
  8. Midpoint(F, E) → H
  9. Midpoint(G, C) → I
  10. Segment(H, I) → frame7
  11. Segment(G, H) → frame8
  12. Line(F, frame8) → j
  13. Intersect(j, frame12) → J
  14. Segment(F, J) → frame11
  15. Polygon(A, G, B) → poli2, b_1, a_1, g_1
  16. Rotate(O + (a_1, 0), Angle[B - G] + Angle[O - N] - Angle[G - A], O) → P
  17. Polygon(N, O, P) → poli4, p, n, o
  18. Polygon(B, G, C) → poli3, c_1, b_2, g_2
  19. Rotate(L + (b_2, 0), Angle[C - G] + Angle[L - K] - Angle[G - B], L) → M
  20. Polygon(K, L, M) → poli5, m, k_1, l
  21. Polygon(H, E, C, I) → poli6, h_1, e_1, c_2, i_1
  22. Rotate(R + (e_1, 0), Angle[C - E] + Angle[R - Q] - Angle[E - H], R) → S
  23. Rotate(S + (c_2, 0), Angle[I - C] + Angle[S - R] - Angle[C - E], S) → T
  24. Polygon(Q, R, S, T) → poli7, q, r, s, t
  25. Polygon(H, G, I) → poli8, i_2, h_2, g_3
  26. Rotate(V + (h_2, 0), Angle[I - G] + Angle[V - U] - Angle[G - H], V) → W
  27. Polygon(U, V, W) → poli9, w, u, v
  28. Polygon(F, H, G, J) → poli10, f_1, h_3, g_4, j_1
  29. Rotate(A_1 + (h_3, 0), Angle[G - H] + Angle[A_1 - Z] - Angle[H - F], A_1) → B_1
  30. Rotate(B_1 + (g_4, 0), Angle[J - G] + Angle[B_1 - A_1] - Angle[G - H], B_1) → C_1
  31. Polygon(Z, A_1, B_1, C_1) → poli11, z, a_2, b_3, c_3
  32. Polygon(F, J, A) → poli12, a_3, f_2, j_2
  33. Rotate(E_1 + (f_2, 0), Angle[A - J] + Angle[E_1 - D_1] - Angle[J - F], E_1) → F_1
  34. Polygon(D_1, E_1, F_1) → poli13, f_3, d_1, e_2
  35. Polygon(F, D, E) → poli14, e_3, f_4, d_2
  36. Rotate(H_1 + (f_4, 0), Angle[E - D] + Angle[H_1 - G_1] - Angle[D - F], H_1) → I_1
  37. Polygon(G_1, H_1, I_1) → poli15, i_3, g_5, h_4

AI Drawing Prompt Reference

Draw a tangram-like set of polygon regions on the same coordinate plane, made from one shared collection of key points. First construct a few base segments by connecting given endpoints, then create midpoints of selected pairs and draw segments between relevant midpoints to define the internal structure. Use one straight line through a chosen point and find its intersection with an existing segment to locate a key intersection point, then form small triangle polygons from the resulting three-point corners. Next, replicate several of these corner configurations by rotating around specified centers, producing multiple triangles and larger multi-vertex polygons that match the same point and midpoint relationships. Finish by combining all the rotated pieces into several non-overlapping polygon areas, including at least one quadrilateral formed by four points and several triangles formed by three points.
The prompt above was compiled from the original drawing commands and is for reference only.