INTERIOR

ANGLES OF A
POLYGON
 Regular No. of No. of No. of Sum of the Each
Polygon sides diagonals interior interior
angles angle
Triangle
0 0
3 0 1 180 180 /3
0
= 60

Polygons
 Regular No. of No. of No. of Sum of the Each
Polygon sides diagonals interior interior
angles angle
Triangle
0 0
3 0 1 180 180 /3
0
= 60
Quadrilateral
0 0
4 1 2 2 x180 360 /4
0 0
= 360 = 90

Polygons
 Regular No. of No. of No. of Sum of the Each
Polygon sides diagonals interior interior
angles angle
Triangle
0 0
3 0 1 180 180 /3
0
= 60
Quadrilateral
0 0
4 1 2 2 x180 360 /4
0 0
= 360 = 90

Pentagon
0 0
5 2 3 3 x180 540 /5
0 0
= 540 = 108

Polygons
 Regular No. of No. of No. of Sum of the Each
Polygon sides diagonals interior interior
angles angle
Triangle
0 0
3 0 1 180 180 /3
0
= 60
Quadrilateral
0 0
4 1 2 2 x180 360 /4
0 0
= 360 = 90

Pentagon
0 0
5 2 3 3 x180 540 /5
0 0
= 540 = 108

Hexagon
0 0
6 3 4 4 x180 720 /6
0 0
= 720 = 120

Polygons
 Regular No. of No. of No. of Sum of the Each
Polygon sides diagonals interior interior
angles angle
Triangle
0 0
3 0 1 180 180 /3
0
= 60
Quadrilateral
0 0
4 1 2 2 x180 360 /4
0 0
= 360 = 90

Pentagon
0 0
5 2 3 3 x180 540 /5
0 0
= 540 = 108

Hexagon
0 0
6 3 4 4 x180 720 /6
0 0
= 720 = 120

Heptagon
0 0
7 4 5 5 x180 900 /7
0 0
= 900 = 128.3

Polygons
 Regular No. of No. of No. of Sum of the Each
Polygon sides diagonals interior interior
angles angle
Triangle
0 0
3 0 1 180 180 /3
0
= 60
Quadrilateral
0 0
4 1 2 2 x180 360 /4
0 0
= 360 = 90

Pentagon
0 0
5 2 3 3 x180 540 /5
0 0
= 540 = 108
Hexagon
0 0
6 3 4 4 x180 720 /6
0 0
= 720 = 120

Heptagon
0 0
7 4 5 5 x180 900 /7
0 0
= 900 = 128.3
“n” sided n Association Association Association Association
with no. of with no. of with no. of with sum of
polygon sides sides triangles interior
Polygons angles
 Regular No. of No. of No. of Sum of the Each
Polygon sides diagonals interior interior
angles angle
Triangle
0 0
3 0 1 180 180 /3
0
= 60
Quadrilateral
0 0
4 1 2 2 x180 360 /4
0 0
= 360 = 90

Pentagon
0 0
5 2 3 3 x180 540 /5
0 0
= 540 = 108

Hexagon
0 0
6 3 4 4 x180 720 /6
0 0
= 720 = 120

Heptagon
0 0
7 4 5 5 x180 900 /7
0 0
= 900 = 128.3
“n” sided n n-3 n-2 (n - 2) (n - 2)
polygon
0 0
x180 x180 / n
Polygons
 180o
180o 180o 180o

180o
4 sides Quadrilateral
5 sides Pentagon
2 2 x 180o = 360o
3 3 x 180 = 540
o o

1 diagonal
2 diagonals

180o
180 o
180o 180o
180o 180o 180o
180o
180o
6 sides Hexagon
7 sides Heptagon/Septagon
4 4 x 180o = 720o
5 5 x 180o = 900o
3 diagonals
Polygons 4 diagonals
Calculate the Sum of Interior Angles 1
and each interior angle of each of 7 sides
these regular polygons.
Heptagon
o
Sum of Int. Angles 900
o
Interior Angle 128.6

2 3 4
9 sides 10 sides 11 sides

Nonagon Decagon Hendecagon

o
Sum 1260 Sum 1440o Sum 1620o
o o o
I.A. 140 I.A. 144 I.A. 147.3
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 Diagrams not
drawn
Find the unknown angles below. accurately.

x
100 o

w 75o 95o

115o
70o 75 o
110o
2 x 180o = 360o 3 x 180o = 540o
360 – 245 = 115o 540 – 395 = 145o

125o 125o
140o 100o z
138o
121o 105o
138o
117o y
133o 137o
4 x 180o = 720o 5 x 180o = 900o
720 – 603 = 117o 900 – 776 = 124o
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EXTERIOR
ANGLES OF A
POLYGON
Exterior Angle of a
Polygon
An exterior angle of a polygon is an angle that
forms a linear pair with an interior angle. It is an
angle outside the polygon formed by one side and
one extended side of the polygon.
For example, ∆ABC has
exterior angle: Exterior Angle
Interior Angles
A
 ACD. It forms a linear
pair with  ACB.

B D
C
Polygons
 An exterior angle of a regular polygon is
formed by extending one side of the
polygon.
Angle CDY is an exterior angle to angle CDE.
A B

F C

2
1

E D Y

Exterior Angle + Interior Angle of a regular polygon =180

0

Polygons
 No matter what type of
polygon we have, the sum of
the exterior angles is
ALWAYS equal to 360º.
  Sum of Exterior Angles
= 360º

Polygons
What is the measure of each
exterior angle of a regular 3-gon?

sum 360

? n n
360
?   120
3
?

Polygons
What is the measure of each
exterior angle of a regular 4-gon?

sum 360
? 
n n
?
360
?   90
4
?

Polygons
What is the measure of each
exterior angle of a regular 5-gon?

?
? sum 360

?
n n
? 360
?   72
5

Polygons
 For a convex polygon with n sides:
The sum of the measures of the interior angles is
n  2 180
The sum of the measures of the exterior angles is
360
For a regular polygon with n sides:
The measure of one interior angle is
n  2 180
n
The measure of one exterior angle is
360
n
Polygons
The relationship of an interior and exterior
angle of a polygon is SUPPLEMENTARY.

Polygons
The relationship of an interior and exterior
angle of a polygon is SUPPLEMENTARY.

Polygons
The relationship of an interior and exterior
angle of a polygon is SUPPLEMENTARY.

Polygons
General Formulas

Polygons