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Polygons with a ruler and a protractor

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Drawing a Hexagon using a protractor

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 Drawing a Hexagon using a protractor

A hexagon has 6 sides

We are going to construct 6 equal angles around a point

How many degrees are there around a point?

How many degrees each of these angles must be?

Drawing a Hexagon using a protractor
•Start by drawing a circle.
•The hexagon will be inscribed in the circle.
•The bigger the circle the bigger the hexagon
•Mark a horizontal line from the centre

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Line up the dot & line

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Drawing a Hexagon using a protractor
Drawing a Hexagon using a protractor

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Drawing a Hexagon using a protractor

60°
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60°

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Drawing an Octagon using a protractor

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 Drawing an Octagon using a protractor

An Octagon has 8 sides

We are going to construct 8 equal angles around a point

How many degrees are there around a point?

How many degrees each of these angles must be?

Drawing an Octagon using a protractor
•Start by drawing a circle.
•The octagon will be inscribed in the circle.
•The bigger the circle the bigger the octagon
•Mark a horizontal line from the centre

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Line up the dot & line

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Drawing a Pentagon using a protractor

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 Drawing a Pentagon using a protractor

A pentagon has 5 sides

We are going to construct 5 equal angles around a point

How many degrees are there around a point?

How many degrees each of these angles must be?

Drawing a Pentagon using a protractor
•Start by drawing a circle.
•The pentagon will be inscribed in the circle.
•The bigger the circle the bigger the pentagon
•Mark a horizontal line from the centre

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Line up the dot & line

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Drawing a Pentagon using a protractor
Drawing a Pentagon using a protractor
Drawing a Pentagon using a protractor
Drawing a Pentagon using a protractor
Drawing a Pentagon using a protractor

72°
8 cm
Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor

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Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor

An Enneagon has 9 sides

[It is also called a nonagon but enneagon is its proper name]
We are going to construct 9 equal angles around a point

How many degrees are there around a point?

How many degrees each of these angles must be?

Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor
•Start by drawing a circle.
•The enneagon will be inscribed in the circle.
•The bigger the circle the bigger the enneagon
•Mark a horizontal line from the centre

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Line up the dot & line

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Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor
Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor
Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor
Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor
Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor
Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor
Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor
Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor
Drawing an Enneagon using a protractor

40° 7 cm
Polygons with Compasses and Straightedge
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Constructing
Regular
Hexagons

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Constructing a Regular Hexagon
Why does it work?
Constructing a Regular Hexagon
Why does it work?
Constructing a Regular Hexagon
Why does it work?
Constructing
Regular
Pentagons

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Constructing a Regular Pentagon
• Start with the circumscribing
circle
• Draw a diameter
• Draw the perpendicular
bisector of that diameter
• Mark its intersection with the
circle
• Bisect the radius as shown
• Draw arc as shown and mark its
intersection with the diameter
• This is the required side length
for a regular pentagon, which is
circumscribed by the circle
Constructing
Regular
Octagons

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Constructing a Regular Octagon
Constructing
Regular
Decagons

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Constructing a Regular Decagon
• To construct a decagon you
need a regular pentagon first
• Bisect one of the sides of the
pentagon
• Use the chord of the new arc
produced to construct a
regular decagon
• You can use this idea to
constuct a dodecagon from a
hexagon
• A 16 – sided regular polygon
using an octagon
• An eicosagon from a decagon
and so on
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