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A polygon is a plane shape with straight sides that are connected to form a closed figure. Polygons can be regular or irregular, convex or concave, and simple or complex. The number of sides determines the type of polygon, such as triangles having 3 sides, quadrilaterals having 4 sides, and pentagons having 5 sides. Regular polygons have equal side lengths and interior angles, while irregular polygons do not. Concave polygons have interior angles greater than 180 degrees.

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16 Polygons

A polygon is a plane shape with straight sides that are connected to form a closed figure. Polygons can be regular or irregular, convex or concave, and simple or complex. The number of sides determines the type of polygon, such as triangles having 3 sides, quadrilaterals having 4 sides, and pentagons having 5 sides. Regular polygons have equal side lengths and interior angles, while irregular polygons do not. Concave polygons have interior angles greater than 180 degrees.

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Polygons

A polygon is a plane shape with straight sides.

Is it a Polygon?
Polygons are 2-dimensional shapes. They are made of straight lines, and the shape is
"closed" (all the lines connect up).

Polygon
(straight sides)

Not a Polygon
(has a curve)

Not a Polygon
(open, not closed)

Polygon comes from Greek. Poly- means "many" and -gon means "angle".

Types of Polygons
Regular or Irregular
If all angles are equal and all sides are equal, then it is regular, otherwise it is irregular

Regular

Irregular

Concave or Convex
A convex polygon has no angles pointing inwards. More precisely, no internal angle can be
more than 180.
If any internal angle is greater than 180 then the polygon is concave. (Think: concave has
a "cave" in it)

Convex

Concave

Simple or Complex
A simple polygon has only one boundary, and it doesn't cross over itself.
A complex polygon intersects itself! Many rules about polygons don't work when it is
complex.

Simple Polygon
(this one's a Pentagon)

Complex Polygon
(also a Pentagon)

More Examples

Irregular Hexagon

Concave Octagon

Complex Polygon
(a "star polygon",in this case a pentagram)

Names of Polygons
If it is a Regular Polygon...
Shape
Interior Angle
60

Name
Triangle (or Trigon)

Sides
3

Quadrilateral (or Tetragon)

90

Pentagon

108

Hexagon

120

Heptagon (or Septagon)

128.571

Octagon

135

Nonagon (or Enneagon)

140

Decagon

10

144

Hendecagon (or Undecagon)

11

147.273

Dodecagon

12

150

Triskaidecagon
Tetrakaidecagon
Pentadecagon
Hexakaidecagon
Heptadecagon
Octakaidecagon
Enneadecagon
Icosagon
Triacontagon
Tetracontagon
Pentacontagon
Hexacontagon
Heptacontagon
Octacontagon
Enneacontagon

13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90

152.308
154.286
156
157.5
158.824
160
161.053
162
168
171
172.8
174
174.857
175.5
176

Hectagon
Chiliagon
Myriagon
Megagon
Googolgon
n-gon

100
1,000
10,000
1,000,000
10100
n

176.4
179.64
179.964
~180
~180
(n-2) 180 / n

You can make names using this method:


Sides
Start with...
20
Icosi...
30
Triaconta...
40
Tetraconta...
50
Pentaconta...
60
Hexaconta...
70
Heptaconta...
80
Octaconta...
90
Enneaconta...
100
Hecta...
etc..

Sides
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9

...end with
...henagon
...digon
...trigon
...tetragon
...pentagon
...hexagon
...heptagon
...octagon
...enneagon

Example: a 62-sided polygon is a Hexacontadigon


BUT, for polygons with 13 or more sides, it is OK (and easier) to write "13-gon", "14-gon" ...
"100-gon", etc.

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