February 27, 2011

Lesson Review: Polygons

What is a polygon? A polygon is a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides. Here's some examples of regular polygons (a polygon with all sides and all angles equal) :



The following chart will help you remember how many sides and angles each of these polygons have:


Name
Sides
Angles
Triangle
3
3
Quadrilateral
4
4
Pentagon
5
5
Hexagon
7
7
Heptagon
7
7
Octagon
8
8
Nonagon
9
9
Decagon
10
10

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