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Beehives are made of walls, each of the same size, enclosing small hexagonal cells where honey and pollen are stored and bees are raised. This problem examines some of the mathematical advantages of the hexagonal tiling in a beehive. Aligns with G-MG.A.1.
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bumblebee, honeybee, honeycomb structure, maximize volume to surface area ratio, cc by-nc-sa 4.0, ccss.math, creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0, g-mg.a.1, hsg-mg.a.1, illustrative mathematics: g-mg hexagonal pattern of beehives, use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe objects, hexagon
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- Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
- The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice