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A Tangram set made of wood or plastic can be purchased in toys & games shops (see links on the left side). Al the set can be made by your own by printing the picture below (click to enlarge) and cutting the pieces.
DON’T MIX the pieces of two different sets.
| Tangram was born in China long time ago, but the first written sources date only back to the eighteenth century. The name Tangram has not a fully accepted origin. Someone talks about Tang, a Cantones word for "Chinese", and Gram, meaning "something drawn" The Chinese have called Tangram the "Board of Wisdom" (Chinese:七巧板 Hanyu Pinyin: qī qiǎo bǎn; literally "seven boards of cunning"). There are many references and links on Tangram. Be aware that the parallelogram is a “special” piece for which flipping is not equivalent to any rotation in the plane |
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Trapeze is the name we refer to the following tangram type puzzle set. We are not aware of its origin. As well as Tangram, it is a dissection of a square. The rectangle trapeze is a “special” piece for which flipping is not equivalent to any rotation..
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Phytagoras is the name we refer to this set. This puzzle is a simplified 6-pieces version of one of the ‘Anchor Puzzles'. The rectangle trapeze is a “special” piece for which flipping is not equivalent to any rotation: it was further dissected in a triangle and a parallelogram in the original version. |
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Number 5 is the name we refer to “Trouble Killer”, one of the ‘Anchor Puzzles'. This puzzle is No. 5 of that collection. It is a dissection of a rectangle, not of a square. It has no “special” piece, that is flipping is always equivalent to a rotation in the plane. |
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Where to find "phisical" pieces
Gemani Games & Puzzles
ClassMechanics.com
Norwood Tutors Educational Products
Jarrah Wooden Tangram Game
Tangoes
Dal Negro
