POLYGONS

POLYGONS
 A polygon is a figure that is made up of only line
segments. It is a closed figure and its sides
intersect in exactly two places.
 There are many different polygons; this slide will
look at the triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon,
hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon and
decagon.
 There are regular polygons and irregular
polygons.
REGULAR POLYGONS

 A regular polygon is a polygon where all sides are equal in length

and all angles have the same measure.
 An equilateral triangle is a regular polygon and so is a square.
IRREGULAR POLYGONS

 In an irregular polygon, one or more sides do not equal the

length of the others.
TRIANGLES

 A triangle is the simplest polygon.

 Triangles only have three sides.
 There are several different types of triangles.
 The sum of the angle measures in a triangle is 180 degrees.
TRIANGLES (CONTINUED)

 Triangles classified by their sides are the isosceles, scalene and

equilateral.
 Triangles classified by their angle measure are the acute, obtuse
and right.
TRIANGLES (CONTINUED)

Triangle Image
QUADRILATERALS

 A quadrilateral is a four-sided polygon.

 The sum of the angle measures in a quadrilateral is 360 degrees.
 There are several different types of quadrilaterals.
TYPES OF QUADRILATERALS

 Rectangle – any quadrilateral where all four angles are right

angles.
 Square - a quadrilateral with four equal sides that meet at 90
degree angles.
 Parallelogram - a quadrilateral with two sets of parallel sides.
TYPES OF QUADRILATERALS
(CONTINUED)
 Rhombus - a quadrilateral where all four sides are
of equal length. The difference between a square
and a rhombus is that in a rhombus, all the sides
don't need to meet at 90 degree angles.
 Trapezoid - a quadrilateral that has exactly one
pair of parallel sides.
IMAGES OF QUADRILATERALS

 Quadrilaterals
PENTAGON

 A pentagon is a five-sided polygon.

 The sum of the angles in a pentagon is 540 degrees.
HEXAGON

 A hexagon is a six-sided polygon.

 The sum of the angles in a hexagon is 720 degrees.
HEPTAGON

 A heptagon is a seven-sided polygon.

 The sum of the angle measures in a heptagon is 900 degrees.
OCTAGON

 An octagon is an eight-sided figure.

 The sum of the angle measures in an octagon is 1080 degrees.
NONAGON

 A nonagon is a nine-sided figure.

 The sum of the angle measures in a nonagon is 1260 degrees.
DECAGON

 A decagon is a ten-sided figure.

 The sum of the angle measures in a decagon is 1440 degrees.
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MORE INFORMATION ON
POLYGONS

 Figures and Polygons

 Polygons
 How Many Sides?
 What is a Polygon?
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