Domino Dissections

Author : Gavin Theobald

The domino {R2} is a rectangle of proportions 1:2.

{3} Triangle
{4} Square
{5} Pentagon
{6} Hexagon
{7} Heptagon
{8} Octagon
{9} Enneagon
{10} Decagon
{12} Dodecagon
{5/2} Pentagram
{6/2} Hexagram
{8/2} Octagram
{8/3} Octagram
{10/2} Decagram
{12/2}  Dodecagram
{12/3}  Dodecagram
{R√2} Silver Rectangle
{Rϕ} Golden Rectangle
{G} Greek Cross
{L} Latin Cross
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
4 3 6 5 7 6 9 7 5


5/2 6/2 7/2 7/3 8/2 8/3 9/2 9/3 9/4 10/2 10/3 10/4 12/2 12/3 12/4 12/5
7 5 76 7 10 9 8


Triangle — Domino (4 pieces)

This uses the PT technique. The dissection is hingeable.


Square — Domino (3 pieces)

The dissection is translational and hingeable.


Pentagon — Domino (6 pieces)


Hexagon — Domino (5 pieces)

The dissection is translational.


Heptagon — Domino (7 pieces)


Octagon — Domino (6 pieces)


Enneagon — Domino (9 pieces)


Decagon — Domino (7 pieces)

The two overlays show the strips before and after the modification of the decagon strip that saves a piece.


Dodecagon — Domino (5 pieces)


Domino — Pentagram (7 pieces)


Domino — Hexagram (5 pieces)

The dissection is translational.


Domino — Octagram {8/2} (7 pieces)
Domino — Octagram {8/2} (6 pieces with 2 turned over)


Domino — Octagram {8/3} (7 pieces)

The two overlays show the strips before and after the modification of the octagram strip that saves a piece.


Domino — Decagram {10/2} (10 pieces)


Domino — Dodecagram {12/2} (9 pieces)


Domino — Dodecagram {12/3} (8 pieces)


Silver Rectangle — Domino (3 pieces)

The dissection is translational and hingeable.


Golden Rectangle — Domino (3 pieces)

The dissection is translational and hingeable.


Domino — Greek Cross (3 pieces)

The dissection is translational and hingeable.


Domino — Latin Cross (5 pieces)