What is tessellated?

Tessellated means something is covered by shapes that fit together perfectly, like puzzle pieces.

Imagine you have a big floor made up of tiny square tiles, each tile is the same size, and they all touch each other without any gaps. That’s what tessellated looks like! It's like when you use tiles to cover a wall or a floor, and every piece fits just right.

Think about your kitchen floor. If it has square tiles, those are tessellating shapes because they all fit together perfectly, no gaps, no overlaps. You could also have tiles that are triangles or hexagons, and they still fit together like a puzzle!

Sometimes people use small colored pieces of stone to make beautiful pictures on floors or walls. Those are mosaics, and they’re also tessellated, because each piece fits perfectly with the others.

So next time you walk on a tiled floor, remember: it's not just pretty, it’s also tessellated!