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Polygons 6
ANGLES IN POLYGONS
For a regular n-sided polygon, each exterior angle = each interior angle =
For any n-sided polygon, sum of the interior angles = 180(n 2)
1. A regular polygon has 10 sides. Calculate the size of each interior angle.
Answer …………………………… [2]
2. How many sides does a regular polygon have if each interior angle is 168?
Answer …………………………… [2]
3. How many sides does a regular polygon have if each exterior angle is 22½?
Answer …………………………… [2]
4. The diagram shows a pentagon.
95 115
x
110
115
Calculate the size of the exterior angle x.
Answer ……………… [2]
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A
5. In the pentagon ABCDE, the angles 116
A, B, C, D and E are 116, 103, 114,
118 and x respectively. E x
Calculate the value of x.
103 B
118 114
D C
Answer x = ……………………. [3]
A
6. In the pentagon ABCDE, angle BAE = 140.
The other 4 angles are all equal. 140
Calculate the size of angle BCD. E
B
C D
Answer angle BCD = …………………………… [2]
7. ABCDE is a pentagon. E
The angles A, B, C, D and E are x, 2x, D
3x, 4x and 120 respectively. 120 4x
Find the value of x. C
3x
x 2x
A B
Answer x = …………………………… [3]
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C
8.
B D
A E
Pentagon ABCDE represents the cross-section of a house.
Angle BAC = angle AED = 90.
Given that angle ABC = angle BCD = angle CDE, find the size of angle BCD.
Answer angle BCD = …………………… [3]
9. PQRST is a regular pentagon. R
Q S
X
P T
(a) Calculate the size of the exterior angles of the pentagon.
Answer (a) ……………………………… [1]
(b) The sides PT and RS are produced to meet at X.
(i) Calculate angle TXS.
Answer (b) (i) Angle TXS = ………………………… [2]
(ii) What type of quadrilateral is PQSX?
Answer (b) (ii) ……………..…….………………… [1]
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10.
p
q
(a) The diagram shows three regular pentagons.
Find the value of
(i) p,
Answer (a) (i) p = ………………………… [1]
(ii) q.
Answer (a) (ii) q = ………………………… [2]
(b) Additional pentagons are added to these three to form a closed ring surrounding a regular
polygon. What is the total number of pentagons which form the ring?
Answer (b) ……………..……………… [2]
11.
x
x
x
Brigitta wants to cut off the shaded section from a rectangular shelf in the diagram.
In the resulting hexagon, three of the angles are right angles and three are each equal to x.
Calculate x.
Answer x = …………………………… [3]
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12. A regular octagon, drawn opposite has
eight sides. One side of the octagon q
has been extended to form angle p.
(a) Work out the size of angle p.
Answer (a) p = ……………… [2]
(b) Work out the size of angle q.
Answer (b) q = ……………… [2]
13. The diagram shows part of a regular octagon ABCDEFGH and part of a regular hexagon
ABWXYZ which are drawn on opposite sides of the common line AB.
H C
A B
Z W
Calculate
(a) angle ABC,
Answer (a) Angle ABC = …………………… [1]
(b) angle ABW,
Answer (b) Angle ABW = …………………… [1]
(c) angle BCW.
Answer (c) Angle BCW = …………………… [2]
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14. AB, BC and CD are adjacent sides B
A
of a regular polygon. 18
Given that angle CAB = 18, calculate D
(a) an exterior angle of the polygon,
Answer (a) …………………… [1]
(b) the number of sides of the polygon,
Answer (b) …………………… [1]
(c) angle ACD.
Answer (c) angle ACD = ……………… [1]
15. The seven interior angles of a heptagon are 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 9x and 10x.
Calculate the size of its smallest angle.
Answer …………………………………….. [2]
16. The six interior angles of a hexagon are x, (x + 20), 2x, (2x + 30), 3x and (3x + 10).
Calculate the size of the largest angle of the hexagon.
Answer ………………………………… [2]
17. The diagram shows the net for right-pyramid with a regular pentagon as its base.
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The net is constructed using five straight lines.
a
b
Calculate the size of angle b.
Answer ………………………… [2]
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18. D
B F
50
40 40
C E
A G
In the concave heptagon ABCDEFG, angle BAG = angle AGF = 90, angle ABC =
angle GFE = 40 and angle CDE = 50.
The reflex angles BCD and FED are equal.
Calculate the size of reflex angle BCD.
Answer Angle BCD = ………………………… [3]
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HARDER POLYGON QUESTIONS
1. If the interior angle of a regular polygon is times the exterior angle, how many sides
does
it have?
Answer ………………………… [3]
2. An n-sided polygon has one interior angle of 90. The other interior angles are all equal.
If the size of one of the equal angles is 150, calculate the value of n.
Answer n = ……………… [3]
3. In a polygon with n sides, one third of the angles are each 147 and the other two thirds are
each 174. Calculate the value of n.
Answer n = …………………………… [4]
4. A regular polygon has each interior angle equal to x where x is an integer such that
150 x 160.
How many sides has the polygon?
Answer …………………………… [3]
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5.
B C
A
D
105
G E
135
In the heptagon ABCDEFG, AB is parallel to FE and FG is parallel to ED.
Angle EFG = 135 and angle AGF = 105.
Angle ABC = angle BCD = angle CDE.
Find the size of
(a) angle GAB,
Answer (a) Angle GAB = …………………… [1]
(b) angle ABC.
Answer (b) Angle ABC = …………………… [2]
6. A nonagon has 9 sides.
(a) Calculate the size of each interior angle of a regular nonagon.
Answer (a) …………………… [2]
(b) An irregular nonagon has 5 interior angles of 148 each and the other 4 interior angles
are in the ratio 5 : 6 : 7 : 8. Calculate the size of the largest angle of the nonagon.
Answer (b) …………………… [2]
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7. In a polygon with n sides, one third of the angles are each 174, one quarter of the angles
are each 178 and the rest of the angles are each 177.
Calculate the value of n.
Answer n = ……………………… [5]
8. A regular 3n-sided polygon has an interior angle of k.
A regular 4n-sided polygon has an interior angle of (k + 1).
Find the value of n and the value of k.
Answer n = …………………
k = ………………… [5]
9. The ratio of the size of the interior angle of a regular n-sided polygon to the size of the
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interior angle of a regular (n + 2)-sided polygon is 15 : 16.
Calculate the value of n.
Answer n = ……………………… [4]
10. The interior angle of a regular n-sided polygon is 22 more than the interior angle of a
regular
nonagon.
(a) Find the size of the interior angle of the n-sided polygon.
Answer (a) ………………………… [2]
(b) Find the value of n.
Answer (b) n = ………………………… [2]
TESSELATIONS
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1.
NOT TO
REGULAR SCALE
SQUARE
HEXAGON
X
REGULAR A square, a regular hexagon and a
n-SIDED regular n-sided polygon fit together
POLYGON exactly at the point X, as shown in
the diagram.
Calculate the value of n.
Answer n = ……………… [4]
2.
REGULAR
SQUARE PENTAGON NOT TO
SCALE
X
REGULAR
n-SIDED A square, a regular pentagon and a
POLYGON regular n-sided polygon fit together
exactly at the point X, as shown in
the diagram.
Calculate the value of n.
Answer n = ……………… [4]
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