If the given figure is a polygon, name it as

1. State which of the following are polygons : convex or concave.

(i) (ii) 2. Calculate the sum of angles of a polygon
with :
(i) 1O sides (ii) 12 sides
(iii) 20 sides
3. Find the number of sides in .a polygon if the
sum of its interior angles is :
(iii) (iv)
(i) 900° (ii) 1620°
(iii) 16 right angles
4. Is it possible to have a polygon, whose sum
of interior angles is :
(v) (i) 870° (ii) 2340°
(iii) 7 right angles ?
5. (i) If all the angles of a hexagon are equal,
find the measure of each angle.

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 (ii) If all the angles of a 14-side d figure are .
equal, find the measu re of each angle.
6. Find the sum of exterio r angles obtaine d on C
produc ing, in order, the sides of a polygo n
with:
(i) 7 sides (ii) 10 sides (iii) 250 sides
(ii) Write the value of LA + LE.
7. The sides of a hexago n are produc ed in order.
If the measu res of exterio r angles so obtained (iii) Find angles B, C and D.
are (6x - 1) , (10x + 2) , (8x + 2) 0 , (9x - 3) 0 ,
0 0
11 . Two angles of a polygon are right angles and
(5x + 4) and (12x + 6) ; find each exterio r
0 0
the remaining are 120° each. Find the number
angle. of sides in it.
8. The interior angles of a pentag on are in the ratio 2 X 90° + (n - 2) X 120° = (2n - 4) X g~o. I
4: 5 : 6: 7: 5. Find each angle of the pentagon.
12. In a hexagon ABCDEF, side AB is parallel to
9. Two angles of a hexago n are 120° and 160°. side FE and LB : LC : LO : LE = 6 : 4 : 2 : 3.
If the remain ing four angles are equal, find Find LB and LD.
each equal angle.
13. The angles of a hexagon are x + 10°, 2x + 20°,
1o. The figure, given below, shows a pentag on 2x - 20°, 3x - 50°, x + 40° and x + 20°. Find x.
ABCD E with sides AB and ED parallel to each
14. In a pentagon, two angles are 40° and 60° ,
other, and LB : LC : LD = 5 : 6 : 7. and the rest are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 7. Find the
(i) Using formul a, find the sum of interior biggest angle of the pentagon.
angles of the pentag on.
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ior _angles ~fa regular Pol
1. Fill in the blanks : 11 _ The.sum of inter
is twice the sum of its exterior angl es F·1ndYgon
In case of regular polygon , with : num ber of side s of the polygon . · the

each exterior each in terior and CD are three consecutive Sid

no. of sides 12 _ AB, BC gon. If angle BAC = 200 , t·ind·
es
angle ang le of a regular poly. .
·
(i) .. 8 ..... ····· ·· (i) its each ,ntenor angle
(ii) its each .exterior angle
(ii) .. 12 .. ······
(iii) the number of sides in the polygon .
(iii) .. ..... 72° .... . ······
alternate sides of _a regular polygon
(iv) .... .. 45° .. ... ······ 13 . Two '
when produced, meet at right angle. Calculat
.... ...150 ....
0
e
(v) the number of sides in the polygon .
(vi) .... .. 140° ······ lar pen tag~ n ABCDE, draw a
14. In a regu :
gon, diagonal BE and then find the measure of
2. Find the number of sides in a regular poly (i) LBAE (ii) LABE (iii) LBE0
if its each interior angle is :
e between the exterior angles
(i) 160° (ii) 135° 1s. The differenc
1 of two regular polygons, having the sides
(iii) 1 5 of a right angle. equal to (n -1) and (n + 1) is 9°. Find the value
g on, . of n.
3. Find the number of sides in a regular poly
if its each exterior angle is : When num ber of side s of a regular
1 polygon= n -1,
(i) of a right angle
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0°
(ii) two-fifths of a right angle the value of its each exterior angle = n-1
whose
4. Is it possible to have a regular polygon And, when number of sides of a regu
lar
each interior angle is :
(i) 170° (ii) 138° polygon = n + 1,
who se
5. Is it possible to have a regular polygon 3600
each exterior angle is : the value of its each exterior angle = n+ 1
(i) 80° (ii) 40% of a right ang le
360 ° 360 °
go n, Given : - - - - - = 9°
6. Find the number of sides in a regular poly e. n-1 n+1
if its interior angle is equal to its exterior angl On solving, we get n = 9
is one -
7. The exterior angle of a regular polygon
of
third of its interior angle. Find the number angle of
16. If the difference between the exterior
sides in the polygon. an (n + 1) sided
a n sided regular polygon and
le of a
8. The measure of each interior ang regular polygon is 12°, find the value of
n.
regular polygon is five time s the measure of
s of
its exterior angle. Find : 17. The ratio between the number of side
ratio
t wo regular polygons is 3 : 4 and the
(i) measure of each interior angle, r inte rior angl es is
between the sum of thei
(ii) measure of each exterior angle and 2 : 3. Find the num ber of side s in each
(iii) number of sides in the polygon polygon.
and
9. The ratio between the interior angle 18. Three of the exterior angles of a hexagon
are
is
the exterior angle of a regular polygon 40°, 51 ° and 86°. If each of the rema ining
2: 1. Find: exterior angles is x find the value of x.
0
,

(i) each exterior angle of the polygon , 19. Calculate the number of sides of a regu
lar
(ii) number of sides in the polygon. polygon, if:
and
10. The ratio between the exterior angle (i its interior angle is five times its exte
rior
lar polygon is 1 : 4.
t~e interior angle of a regu angle.
Find the number of sides in the polygon.

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(ii) the ratio between its exterior angle and
interior angle is 2 : 7. _
(iii) its exterior angle exceeds its interior
20. The sum of interior angles of a regu\ar
polygon is thrice the sum of its exterior
I
angles. Find the number of sides in t he
angle by 60°. polygon. ·

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1. Two angles of a quadril ateral are 89° and 7. Given : In quadri lateral ABCD , LC = 64°,
113°. If the other two angles are equal, find the LD = LC - 8°; LA = 5(a + 2) 0 and
equal angles. LB = 2(2a + 7) 0 • Calculate LA.
2. Two angles of a quadrilateral are 68° and 76°. 8. In the given figure :
If the other two angles are in the ratio 5 : 7,
fi nd th e measure of each of them. Lb= 2a + 15° and
3. Angles of a quadrilateral are (4x) 0 , 5(x + 2) 0 , Le= 3a + 5°,
(7x - 20) 0 and 6(x + 3) 0 • Finq: find the values of b and c.
(i) the value of x.
9. Three angles of a quadrilateral are equal. If
(ii) each angle of the quadrilateral. the fourth angle is 69°, find the measu re of
4. Use the inform ation given in the followin g equal angles.
figure to find : 10. In quadrilateral PQRS, LP : LO : LR : LS =
C
(i) X. 3 : 4 : 6 : 7. Calcul ate eaqh angle of the
quadrilateral and then prove that PQ and SR
(ii) LB and LC.
are parallel to each other.
(i) Is PS also parallel to QR ?
(ii) Assign a specia l name to quadril ateral
A PQRS.
11. Use the inform ation
5. In quadri lateral ABCD , side AB is
given in the following
parallel to side DC. If LA : LD = 1 : 2 and
figure to find the value
LC: LB= 4: 5.
Of X.
(i) Calculate each angle of the quadrilateral.
(ii) Assign a specia l name to quadril ateral 12. The followin g figure shows a quadrilateral in
ABCD. which sides AB and DC are parallel.
6. From the following figure find, = 4 : 5, LB = (3x ..., 15)
If LA : LO 0

C and LC = (4x + 20)°, find each angle of the

(i) X
quadrilateral ABCD.
(ii) LABC
D Q,--.- ~ - -
(iii) LACD B

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13. Use the following figure to find the value of x. 15. In a quadrilateral ABCD, AO and BO are
bisectors of angle A and angle B respective,
Show that : Y·

1
LAOB = - (LC + LO)
2
D

14. ABCDE is a regular pentagon. The bisector of

angle A of the pentagon meets the side CD in
point M. Show that LAMC = 90°.
D C
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C
!
I
E I
I
I
I
I B

A
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17 .) ....- - - - - - - - - - - -
- - -- - - - - - - - ( E~EAC!S~
35°, find
es LB . 7. AB CO is a rh om bu s. If LB CA =
1. In parallelogram ABCD, LA = 3 tim LA OC .
. In the
Find all the angles of the parallelogram e diagonals
7 an d 8. PQRS is a pa ra lle log ra m whos
sa me pa ra lle log ra m, if AB = 5x - intersect at M.
CD = 3x + 1; find the length of CD.
If LP MS =54°, LO SA =25 ° and LSQR
= 30°·'
= (4x - 5) and
0
.
2. In parallelogram PQRS, LQ
.

d LR . find :
LS = (3x + 10) Calculate : LQ an
0
•

(i) LA PS (ii) LP AS (iii) LPSR.

3. In rhombus ABCD :
(i) if LA = 74°; find LB and LC
. 9. Given : Parallelogram -----C
CD. AB CD in wh ich
(ii) if AD = 7.5 cm; find BC and
diagonals AC an d BO L
4. In square PQRS : intersect at M.
d PS.
(i) if PQ = 3x - 7 and QR = x + 3; fin
Find QS. Prove : M is mid-point A 1 e - - _ . ; . _ _ __ _

(ii) if PR = 5x ·and QS = 9x - 8.
of LN.
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5. ABCD is a rectangle. A ro ::: ::- -- 10 . In an iso sc ele s- tra pe ziu m,
sh ow that the
If LB PC = 124°. opposite an gle s are supplementary.
Calculate : 11 . AB CO is a pa ra lle log ra m.
W ha t kin d of
8 C
(i) LB AP (ii) LA DP . quadrilateral is it if :
ula r to
find : (i) AC = BO an d AC is pe rp en dic
6. ABCD is a rhombus. If LB AC = 38°,
c BO ?
(i) LA CB not equal
(ii) AC is perpendicular to BO but is
(ii) LD AC . ·t 0 I't ?•
ndicular to
(iii) LA DC . (iii) AC = BO bu t AC is no t perpe
BO ?
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12· bisect each other.
If the diagonals of a parallelogram are of
~~) =
L\DMC L\BNA and so CM = AN.
13· equal lengths, the parallelogram is a =
~'.'.) MMD L\CNB and so AM = CN
(111) ANCM is a parallelogram. .
rectangle. Prove it.
_ In parallelogram A~CD,. Eis the mid-point of 19. Th~ given figure shows a rhombus ABCD.
14 AD and F is the mid-point of BC. Prove that which angle BCD = 80° · Find angl es x and y.
m
BFDE is a parallelogram. D~·- - - - c
. In parallelogram ABCD, E is the mid-point
15
of side AB and CE bisects angle BCD. Prove
that:
AL-----_.::.i
(i) AE = AD
(ii) DE bisects LADC and 20. Use the information given in the following
(iii) Angle DEC is a right angle. diagram to find the values of x, y and z.
16. In the alongside diagram, the bisectors of
(3x + 14) cm
interior angles of the parallelogram PQRS
enclose a quadrilateral ABCD.
S R

A ~~~'31),----~
(2x + 25} cm

p a 21. The following figure is a rectangle in which

Show that:
x: y = 3: 7; find the values of x and y.
(i) LPSB + LSPB = 90° (ii) LPBS = 90°
(iii) LABC = go 0 (iv) LADC =90°
(v) LA = go 0
(vi) ABCD is a rectangle

Thus, the bisectors of the angles of a

parallelogram enclose a rectangle.
y
17. In parallelogram ABCD, X and Y are mid-
points of opposite sides AB and DC 22. In the given figure, AB// EC, AB= AC and AE
respectively. Prove that: bisects LDAC. Prove that :
(i) AX = YC. (ii) AX is parallel to YC (i) LEAC = LACS
(iii) AXCY is a parallelogram. (ii) ABCE is a parallelogram.
18. The given figure shows parallelogram ABCD.
Points M and N lie in diagonal 8D such that ID
DM=BN.

B C