| See: This hexagon can be cut into
six pieces and they are all the same shape. What different ways can you
do this?
Plan: We know that the full
hexagon has exactly 24 equal triangles in it, so we will divide it by 6
(because it said to cut it into six pieces) to get 4. So we know that
whenever we cut it into 6 equal pieces, each equal piece will contain 4
triangles.
Do: First we worked out all the
combinations of 4 combined triangles, without the triangles touching
each other diagonally. E.g:

That is because if we cut like that the triangles would come apart.
In the end we had three combinations.

Check: We checked by cutting 3
hexagons, each with a different combination. If they all worked that
means we were right. And this is how the pieces fit together.

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