Hall of Hexagons

Maths

Cornucopia of Maths facts about hexagons, including the area of a hexagon, lengths and angles, number sequences, tiling, etc

Flexagons - paper strips folded and flexed

Tessellation - ways to tessellate hexagons; make your own tessellation

3D solids - where are the hexagons hidden? Cubes, etc dissected

Szilassi Polyhedron - 7 hexagonal faces, a solid with a hole in the middle

Magic Hexagon - like a magic square, but ...

Pythagoras' Theory - proved with hexagons

Pick's Theorem - proved on an isometric grid

Polyhexes - dominoes / polyominoes but using hexagons

Reuleaux Polygons - the Reuleaux pentagon rotates in a hexagon

Graham's Hexagon - the "Largest Small Hexagon"

Games and puzzles

The game of Hex - fascinating 2 player strategy game

Other board games based on hexagons

Dots and Hexagons - the hexagon version of Dots and Boxes

Hexagonal wordgames - puzzles, crosswords, wordsearch

Hexagonal mazes - ways to make mazes with hexagons

Colouring problems - colour the hexagons

Hexagon paradox - strange goings on when you measure the area of this hexagon.

Paper projects - an index to hexagon paper-based projects on this site

Hexagon related practicalities

Hexagonal grids on paper - various sizes for printing

Hexagon Planter - to be made from wood

Hexagon Mesh - ready made pattern for a circular grille

Hexagonal roof - maybe for a bird table

Tiling with hexagonal tiles - how many you'll need