What were those things called where you had a bunch of triangles and you'd put them together in different shapes? It had tangents in the name or something. Thanks, and pic is pretty related.

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Anonymous Tue, Jan 11, 2011 16:51:39 No.2332312 [Reply] [Original]

What were those things called where you had a bunch of triangles and you'd put them together in different shapes? It had tangents in the name or something.

Thanks, and pic is pretty related.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Jan 11, 2011 16:52:39 No.2332315 OP sucks at expressing himself. Is this an art technique, or what?

>>	Anonymous Tue, Jan 11, 2011 16:53:39 No.2332322 >>2332315 No, it was a math activity we did in younger grades. The pic reminded me of it, because you had different triangles of varying size and colour.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Jan 11, 2011 16:54:39 No.2332326 File: 520 KB, 1200x1600, Lorax.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Fuck, I know exactly what you're talking about but I cannot think of the name either!

>>	Anonymous Tue, Jan 11, 2011 16:58:39 No.2332348 Bump, my brain is twisting and turning and I must know what these were called!

>>	Anonymous Tue, Jan 11, 2011 17:02:39 No.2332357 Bump for the mathematicians on /sci/.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Jan 11, 2011 17:03:39 No.2332362 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangram You're welcome OP!

>>	Anonymous Tue, Jan 11, 2011 17:04:39 No.2332366 Tangrams. During High School when we got ahead of the syllabus, we got to play with a bunch of toys.

>>	Anonymous Tue, Jan 11, 2011 18:11:39 No.2332687 File: 70 KB, 405x348, THanks.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2332362 >>2332366 >>2332362 >>2332366 >>2332362 >>2332366 >>2332362 >>2332366 >>2332362 OH GOD THANK YOU

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