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Beaconhouse School System

Canal Side Campus
Worksheet of Parallel line angles and Polygons (XC, XIC)

 Alternate angles are equal.

 Corresponding angles are equal
 Sum of interior angles are supplementary.
 Sum of interior angles (regular or irregular polygon) = (𝒏 − 𝟐) × 𝟏𝟖𝟎
[Where 𝒏 is number of sides]
(𝒏−𝟐)×𝟏𝟖𝟎
 An interior angle of regular polygon. =
𝒏
 Sum of exterior angles (regular or irregular polygon) = 𝟑𝟔𝟎 (fixed)
𝟑𝟔𝟎
 An exterior angle of regular polygon. =
𝒏
 Interior and exterior angle are supplementary i.e 𝒊𝒏𝒕. < +𝒆𝒙𝒕. < = 𝟏𝟖𝟎
𝟑𝟔𝟎
 Number of sides of a regular polygon. = 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒕.<

1 In the diagram AB is parallel to DC.

AC and BD intersect at E.
Triangle ADE is right-angled and isosceles
with AD = DE.
< 𝐴𝐵𝐷 = 25º.
Find 𝒙

2 (a) A pentagon has four angles of 2x° and one angle of x°.
Calculate the value of x.

(b) ABCD and EBCF are parts of two identical regular n-sided polygons.

The two polygons are joined together along

edge BC.
Angle DCF = 30°.
Calculate the value of n.

Answers: 1) 20 2(a) 60 (b) 24 sides

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3 In the diagram, ABC is parallel to DEFG.

BC = BE, < 𝐴𝐶𝐸 = 35° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 < 𝐵𝐹𝐺 = 102°.

(a) Find < 𝐶𝐵𝐹 .

(a) Find < 𝐴𝐵𝐸

4 The diagram shows a figure made from five identical triangles.

The figure has rotational symmetry.
(a) Write down the order of rotational symmetry.

(b) Each marked angle is 110°. 110o

Find the angles of one of the triangles

5 (a)

Work out the size of the largest angle in the pentagon.

(b) The angles in the quadrilateral are given correct to the nearest degree.
Find the lower bound for the value of y.

6 An irregular polygon has 22 sides.

(a) Calculate the sum of all its interior angles.

(b) Two of the angles in the polygon are each 170°.

The remaining 20 angles are equal to each other.
Calculate the size of one of the 20 equal angles.

Answers: 3) a) 78 (b) 70 4) (a) 5 (b) 72o , 70o and 38o

5) (a) 156o (b) 105.5o 6) (a) 3600o (b) 163o

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7 In the diagram, AFGB, BGDC and FEDG are parallelograms.

EF and BA produced meet at H.
< 𝐵𝐺𝐹 = 130° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 < 𝐷𝐺𝐹 = 120°.

(a) Find < 𝐵𝐺𝐷.

(b) Find < 𝐴𝐵𝐺.

(c) Find < 𝐻𝐹𝐺.

(d) 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 < 𝐹𝐻𝐴.

8 Four interior angles of a hexagon are 100°, 110°, 120° and 140°.
The remaining two interior angles are equal to each other.
Calculate the size of one of these interior angles.

9 In the diagram, the three triangles and the circle form a figure
that has rotational symmetry of order 3.
(a) Find x. (b) Find y.

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In the diagram, AP, BQ and CR are the bisectors of the

angles of triangle ABC. The bisectors intersect at O.
< 𝑂𝐵𝑃 = 31°, < 𝑂𝐶𝑄 = 22° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 < 𝑂𝐴𝑄 = 37°.
Calculate < 𝑃𝑂𝐶.

Answers: 7) (a) 110o (b) 50o (c) 70o (d) 60o 8) 125o

9) (a) 46o (b) 32o 10) 59o

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11 The diagram shows an isosceles triangle ABC and an equilateral triangle BDE.
D is the intersection of AB and CE .
Angle BAC = 28°.
Calculate x.

12 In the diagram, ABC and DEF are parallel lines.

< 𝐴𝐵𝐸 = 123° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 < 𝐶𝐸𝐹 = 40°.
(a) Calculate< 𝐷𝐸𝐵.

(b) Calculate < 𝐵𝐸𝐶.

13 In the diagram, OC and OA each make an angle of 70° with the North line.
< 𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 𝑥° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 < 𝐵𝑂𝐶 = 𝑦°.
If 𝑥 ∶ 𝑦 = 3 ∶ 7.
Find the value of 𝑥 and 𝑦.

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In the diagram, AD, AB and BC are three sides of a regular

pentagon and DC is a diagonal of the pentagon.

AB is parallel to DC.

(a) Find the value of x.

(b) Find the value of y.

Answers: 11) 32o 12) (a) 57o (b) 83o 13) 𝒙 = 66o 𝒚 = 154o 14) (a) 108o (b) 72o
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15 (a) The interior angle of a regular polygon is 156°. Find the number of sides of this regular polygon.

(b) A triangle has one angle of 55°. The other two angles in the triangle are in the ratio 3 ∶ 2 .
Calculate the size of the smallest angle in the triangle.

16 In the diagram, ABCD and EFGH are parallel lines.

The lines CF and BG intersect at X.
< 𝐶𝐹𝐺 = 53°, < 𝐵𝐺𝐹 = 46° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 < 𝐵𝑋𝐶 = 81°.
(a) Find < 𝐶𝑋𝐺.
(b) Find < 𝐵𝐶𝑋 .
(c) Find < 𝐴𝐵𝑋 .

17 (a) Calculate an exterior angle of 60 sided regular polygon.

(b)The exterior angles of a triangle are 3ao, 4ao and 5ao.

(i) Find the value of ao

(ii) Find the smallest interior angle of the triangle.

Answers: 15) (a) 15 (b) 50o 16) (a) 99o (b) 53o (c) 134o 17) (a) 6o (b) i) 30o ii) 30o