Number (patterns): Honeycomb

Further Challenges

• Mabel said, “To make a pattern of six hexagons with one or more shared sides, you will need to double the number of lollipop sticks that would be needed to make a pattern of three hexagons with one or more sides.

Is Mabel’s statement sometimes true, never true or always true? Prove it!

• Using square dotty paper, can you draw a honeycomb pattern? Which other 2D shape repeating patterns can you draw on this type of paper? (Click here to download square dotty paper.)