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TANGRAM 7 pieces

Tangram: 113 figures

Every figure is built with the seven tangram pieces: all of them, with no overlaps. Look at the silhouette, try to build it and, if you get stuck, open the solution.

See the 113 challenges

The seven pieces

Two large triangles, a medium one, two small ones, a square and a parallelogram. Together they make a square.

None of these figures needs a piece turned over: turning them around is enough.

More figures on YouTube

Objects 13 figures · 13 with a video

Numbers 10 figures · 10 with a video

The 13 convex shapes 13 figures · 13 with a video

The seven pieces make only 13 convex shapes, with no part caved in (Wang and Hsiung, 1942). Here are all 13.

More than a game

The videos are in Spanish.

The story of the tangram

Seven pieces, one mind: what the tangram trains

Prefer paper?

TangramDownload the PDF guidePDF · 17 pages · 2.0 MB · in Spanish