TESSELLATIONS - PENCILS AND PACKAGING - 1
V. Ryan © 2009
| A typical pencil is seen below. It has an hexagonal section (six sides) and as been sharpened exposing the lead/graphite, ready for use. | |
| The hexagonal shape has been selected for a very good reason. It allows the pencils to be stacked/ stored tightly together. | |
| A hexagon is a very good example of a tessellation. A tessellation is a shape that is repeated over and over again without creating gaps or spaces. Tessellation is sometimes called ‘tiling’. | |
| The hexagonal pencils have been placed inside a rectangular box. This creates some empty spaces but the pencils can still be regarded as efficiently packed. | |
| The 3D illustrations clearly show how the pencils have been arranged inside the box/package to reduce empty space. | |
| This shape has been chosen for the pencils so that they can be packaged and then transported efficiently. The shape ensures that packaging is kept to a minimum and that transport costs are also kept to a minimum. | |
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