Grade
4

Same & Different: Flying Kites

What do you notice about these two kites?

A. shows a kite in the shape of a rhombus. It is made of 10 green triangles, 2 red trapezoids, 5 blue rhombuses, and 4 yellow hexagons. If you fold the kite in half vertically, it is the same on both sides. B. shows a kite in the shape of a rhombus. It is made of 10 green triangles, 2 yellow hexagons, and 16 blue rhombuses. If you fold the kite in half vertically, it is the same on both sides. If you fold the kite in half horizontally, it is the same on both sides.
  1. How are pictures A and B the same mathematically, and how are they different?
    • A and B are the same because …
    • A and B are different because …
  2. Make a third, related picture. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.
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