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MATHEMATICS
1. Polygons

Damsavi Jayashantha

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ANGLES
1) ACUTE ANGLE

2) OBTUSE ANGLE

3) RIGHT ANGLE

QUESTIONS
Write whether the following angles are acute, obtuse or right angles.
1) 2)
B
A A

A = ............................ A = .................. B = ......................

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3) 5)
B

B = ........................ B = ....................

6) A 7) M

A = ....................... M = ...................

8) 9)
A
C

A = .............................. C = .................

ANGLE RULES

1) Angles on a straight line add up to 180

Eg;

A + B + C = 1800

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Eg;

Eg;

2) Angles at a point add up to 3600

Eg;

Eg;

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Eg;

3)
Vertically opposite angles are equal

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Eg;

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Eg;

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Eg;
100
A

4) Angles of a triangle add up to 1800

Eg;

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Eg; Find the size of one angle in the following equilateral triangle.

Eg; Find the size of one angle in the following isosceles triangle.

3)
Angles of a quadrilateral add upto 3600

Eg;

Eg;

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Parallel Lines
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6) Interior angles add up to 1800

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Eg;

d c 60

Find d and c.

Eg; Find m and p

m

100

7)
Alternate angles are equal

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Eg;

m m=c

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Eg;

c 80

60
d

Eg;
m

100

8) Corresponding angles are equal

Eg; F
70

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Eg; 60

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QUESTIONS
a)

110

2)

w 121

3)

p 57

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4) x
101

53

5) y

38

6)

x 35

70

7)

x x x

8) x

48

86

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9) y

75
120

130

10)
104
b
a

11) x y

64

12) Below is an isosceles triangle. Find y.

72

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13)
85

14)
125
108

15) 175

y 35

16)

68
x

16)

w w
70

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17) Below are 3 straight lines. Find y

151 93 y

18) Bernard says AC is a straight line. Is he correct? Prove your answer in terms of
angles.

A 62 119 C

POLYGONS
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Eg;

Trapezium Quadrilateral

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REGULAR POLYGONS
3 sides Triangle

4 sides Square / Rectangle

5 sides Pentagon

6 sides Hexagon

7 sides Heptagon

8 sides Octagon

9 sides Nonagon

10 sides Decagon

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In regular polygons,

Exterior angle = 360

n

Interior angle = sum of Interior angles

n

In any polygon (regular or irregular),

Interior angle + Exterior angle = 180

Sum of = 360 Sum of = (n - 2) × 180

Exterior angles Interior angles

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Eg; A regular polygon has an interior angle of 150. How many sides does it have?

QUESTIONS
1) Find the size of one interior angle and one exterior angle in the following polygons.
The sum of all the interior angles are given within brackets.

a) Triangle (180)

b) Square (360)

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c) Rectangle (360)

d) Pentagon (540)

e) Hexagon (720)

f) Heptagon (900)

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g) Octagon (1080)

h) Nonagon (1260)

i) Decagon (1440)

2) The diagram shows part of a regular polygon. How many sides does the polygon
have?

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3) The diagram shows part of a regular polygon. How many sides does the polygon
have?

4) Three identical regular polygons are put together at one point. There is a gap of 360.
What is the name of the polygon?

5) Three regular polygons fit together at one point without a gap. One is a square and
the other one is a hexagon. How many sides does the third shape have?

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6) How many sides does a regular polygon have, if it has an exterior angle of 50?

7) A 4 sided polygon has angles 400, 300 and 100. What is the size of the remaining
angle?

8) Find the sum of interior angles in a polygon of 7 sides.

9) Four interior angles of a hexagon are 1280. The other 2 angles are equal to each
other. How large are they?

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MIXED QUESTIONS
1) Below shown is a square, and an equilateral triangle. Work out the size of the angle
labelled d.

3) This shape has a line of symmetry through W. Calculate the value of w.

4) PQR is a straight line. QRST is a parallelogram. Work out the value of x, y and z.

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5) A regular hexagon and a regular pentagon have a common edge. Work out the value
of a.

7) XYZV is a straight line. Calculate the values of a, b and c.

8) ABCD is a trapezium. AB and DC are parallel sides. Show that a + d = 180 and Show
that b + c = 180.

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9) The diagram shows a regular nonagon. O is the centre of the nonagon.

a) Work out the size of the angle labelled a°.

b) Explain why triangle OPQ is isosceles.

c) Calculate the size of the angle labelled b°

d) Use the answer to part c to explain why the interior angle of a regular nonagon is
140°.

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10) The angles of a pentagon are a°, (a + 10)°, (a + 20)°, (a + 30)° and (a + 40)°. Work out
the size of the largest angle of the pentagon.

LINES OF SYMMETRY
Draw lines of symmetry in the following shapes.
1) 2) 3)

4) 5) 6)

7) 8) 9)

10) 11) 12)

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SPECIAL NOTES

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