Hexagonal Puzzle
Task.
Dissect a regular hexagon into nine pentagons that are congruent to each other. Make the hexagon into a nine-piece puzzle cut out of poster board or card stock. The pieces can be arranged in many interesting shapes.A solution.
The whole hexagon can be dissected into 9 such pentagons as shown in Figure 2.
Notice that three central pentagons also form a smaller regular hexagon.