Polygon Presentation By Team Math Resource Page Polygon
Polygon Presentation By: Team Math
Resource Page Polygon names Name Sides triangle (or trigon) 3 quadrilateral (or tetragon) 4 pentagon 5 hexagon 6 heptagon (avoid "septagon") 7 octagon 8 enneagon (or "nonagon") 9 decagon 10 tables found on wikepedia under polygons
Resource Page hendecagon (avoid "undecagon") 11 dodecagon (avoid "duodecagon") 12 triskaidecagon 13 pentadecagon 15 heptadecagon 17 enneadecagon 19 icosagon 20 triacontagon 30 pentacontagon 50 hectagon (avoid "centagon") 100 chiliagon 1000 myriagon 10, 000
Resource Page and Tens Ones final prefix 1 hena- 20 icosi- 2 -di- 30 triaconta- 3 -tri- 40 tetraconta- 4 -tetra-kai- 5 -penta- 50 pentaconta 60 hexaconta- 6 -hexa- 70 heptaconta- 7 -hepta- 80 octaconta- 8 -octa- 90 enneaconta- 9 -ennea- -gon That is, a 42 -sided figure would be named as follows: and Tens tetraconta- -kai- Ones -di- final pre full polygon name fix -gon tetracontakaidigon and a 50 -sided figure and Tens pentaconta- Ones final prefix -gon full polygon name pentacontagon
Types of Polygons ØRegular Polygons ØTriangles ØQuadrilaterals ØPentagons ØHexagons ØOctagons ØDecagons
Regular Polygons • All of the sides and the angles are congruent
Triangles • Three sided polygons
Quadrilaterals • Four sided polygons
Pentagons • Five sided polygons
Hexagons • Six sided polygons
Octagons • Eight sided polygons
Decagons • Ten sided polygons
Name the following polygons. 1 2 3
• 1 – HEXAGON • 2 – QUADRILATERAL • RECTANGLE • 3 - DECAGON
Name the following polygons. 1 2 3
• 1 – Octagon • 2 – Pentagon • 3 – Scalene Triangle
What polygons can you find… • In your classroom? • On the playground? • In your own home?
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