Tiling a Triangle with a Hexiamond and a Heptiamond

Introduction

A hexiamond is a plane figure formed by joining 6 equilateral triangles edge to edge. There are 12 hexiamonds:

A heptiamond is a plane figure formed by joining 7 equilateral triangles edge to edge. There are 24 hexiamonds:

Which pairs of a hexiamond and a heptiamond can tile a triangle? Here I show some minimal tilings of triangles by copies of a hexiamond and a heptiamond.

Please write if you find a smaller solution or solve an unsolved pair.

Carl Schwenke and Johann Schwenke contributed many new or improved solutions.

Table

This table shows the side lengths of the smallest known triangles.

 7A7B7C7D7E7F7G7H7I7J7K7L7M7N7P7Q7R7S7T7U7V7X7Y7Z
6A ????????9??1515???????????
6E ??????26?27???924??????????
6F ?16??14?81313?181215??20??18???14?
6H ??????17?18???????????????
6I ??????241616??16916??????????
6L ???????1817??1415???????????
6O ???????20294???????????????
6P 101397101077791171379137711131151110
6S ??????24?24???????????????
6U ???????1820??18????????????
6V ????????15??1624???????????
6X ???21????210???????????????

Side 5

Side 7

Side 8

Side 9

Side 10

Side 11

Side 12

Side 13

Side 14

Side 15

Side 16

Side 17

Side 18

Side 20

Side 21

Side 24

Side 26

Side 27

Compound Constructions

These tilings were constructed by Carl Schwenke and Johann Schwenke.

6X + 7I

6O + 7I

Last revised 2025-04-05.


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