Sum of the Angles of A Polygon

A polygon is a plane shape bounded by straight lines e.g. triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon. A
regular polygon has all its sides the same length and all its angles the same size.

If you pick any point inside a polygon then you can draw
lines from all the corners of the figure to make triangles.
In calculating the sum of the interior angles of a polygon
you will multiply the number of triangles by 180

An interior angle is one inside a polygon.

Name of Number Sum of interior angles of the

polygon of sides polygon
Triangle 3 1 x 180 = 180

Quadrilateral 4 2 x 180 = 360

Pentagon 5

Hexagon 6

Heptagon 7

Octagon 8

Nonagon 9

Decagon 10

Write a formula for sum of the interior angles of a polygon with n sides

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 2: Sum of the exterior angles of a polygon

Exterior angle.
Notice that the interior
angle + exterior angle
= 180

Sum of exterior
Name of Number Exterior angle if the
angles of the
polygon of sides polygon is regular
polygon
Triangle 3

Quadrilateral 4

Pentagon 5

Hexagon 6

Heptagon 7

Octagon 8

Nonagon 9

Decagon 10

What do
you
notice? How did you
calculate
this?

Write a formula for exterior angle of a regular polygon with n sides