CHAPTER 2 : POLYGONS II

Number of
sides

Name of polygon

regular n-gon

equilateral triangle

square

regular pentagon

regular hexagon

regular heptagon

regular octagon

regular nonagon

10

regular decagon

A Polygon is a closed shape with

three or more straight edges as its
sides.

11

regular hendecagon

12

regular dodecagon

13

regular triskaidecagon

A vertex is a point where two sides

meet.

14

regular tetradecagon

15

regular pentadecagon

A Diagonal is a line joining two

vertices which are not adjacent to
each other.

16

regular hexadecagon

17

regular heptadecagon

18

regular octadecagon

19

regular enneadecagon

20

regular icosagon

100

regular hectagon

1000

regular chiliagon

10000

regular myriagon

REGULAR POLYGONS
1. Definition of a Regular
Polygon: A polygon in which all
angles and sides are equal.
2. All regular polygons have many
axes of symmetry. The number
of axes of symmetry is equal to
the number of sides of the
regular polygons.

3. Sketching, drawing and constructing

regular polygons
You can draw a regular polygon by following
the steps below:
i.

draw a circle

ii. then, divide the angle at the centre by the

number of sides of the polygon, draw
using a protractor
iii. then, draw the radii from the centre to
the circumference of the circle.

2.2 Understand and use the knowledge of exterior and interior

angles of polygons.
i. Identify the interior angles and exterior angles of a polygon.

interior angles

exterior angles

ii. Find the size of an exterior angle when the interior angle of a polygon is given and vice versa.
In polygon, the interior and exterior angles at vertex are supplementary.

Interior angle + exterior angle = 180

iii. Determine the sum of the interior angles of polygons.

The sum of the interior angles of a polygon with n side is

(n 2 ) x 180
a)

b)

c)

iv. Determine the sum of the exterior angles of polygons.

The sum of the exterior angles of a polygon is

360

v. Find:
a) the size of an interior angle of a regular polygon given the number of sides.

The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon with n side is

b) the size of an exterior angle of a regular polygon given the number of sides.

Each exterior angle of a regular polygon is

If exterior angle =
Interior angle =

d)

, then

c) the number of sides of a regular polygon given the size of the interior or exterior angle.

e)

vi. Solve problems involving angles and sides of polygons.