Teachers, save “Building Shapes with Pattern Blocks 1” to assign it to your class.

Drag and drop the shapes on the left to build the shape puzzles in 3 different ways. Use the button to explain how you solved each shape puzzle. For a bonus challenge explain your solution Algebraically. Example: I used two yellow hexagons and two blue rhombi 2 yellow +2 blue 2y + 2b y = 6 because it takes six green triangles to make a yellow hexagon b = 2 because it takes two green triangles to make a blue rhombus 2(6) + 2(2) 12 + 4 = 16