Grade
1

Same & Different: Flower Power

Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?

A. shows a flower made from pattern blocks. The petals are 6 red trapezoids. The center is 6 yellow triangles. The stem is a stack of 3 green squares. 1 of the squares is made with 2 green triangles. The leaves are 2 green triangles each. B. shows a flower made from pattern blocks. The petals are 6 orange rhombuses and 6 orange triangles. The center is a yellow hexagon. The stem is a stack of 3 green squares. The leaves are 2 green triangles each.
  1. How are pictures A and B mathematically the same, and how are they different?
    • A and B are the same because …
    • A and B are different because …
  2. Make a third picture of a flower using shapes.
    Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.
    You can draw on a sheet of paper, use the outline below, use pattern blocks, or use the Pattern Shapes app.
An outline of the flower used above can be used as a guide to make your own pattern block flowers.
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