Polygons
Draw a polygon.
Answers will vary.
Pictures may not have curved lines, crossed lines, or have an open area.
Fill in the blank: Any shape that has four sides can be called a ________________.
quadrilateral
Name the shape:
I have four equal sides and four right angles.
What am I?
a square
How many angles does a triangle have?
3
How many more sides does an octagon have than a pentagon?
3
Draw a CONVEX polygon.
Any shape where there is no line segments with endpoints inside the polygon.
a right angle
Name the shape:
I have four sides (opposite sides are equal) and four right angles.
What am I?
a rectangle
Fill in the blank: An octagon has ____ sides.
8
Which quadrilaterals must have four right angles?
(Hint: There are two).
a square AND a rectangle
Name 3 polygons that we have learned about this year.
- triangle
- quadrilateral
- square
- rectangle
- trapezoid
- parallelogram
- rhombus
- pentagon
- hexagon
- octagon
- decagon
What is a part of a line that has two endpoints called?
a line segment
Name the shape:
I have four sides (opposite sides are equal) and two pair of parallel sides.
What am I?
a parallelogram
What shape has 10 sides and angles?
Decagon
Which quadrilaterals have two pairs of parallel sides?
(Hint: There are four).
Square
Rectangle
Parallelogram
Rhombus
It is not made up of line segments.
Fill in the blank: Two line segments or two rays meet at one endpoint to form an ________.
angle
Name the shape:
I have four equal sides and two pair of parallel sides.
What am I?
a rhombus
What is the name of the shape with 6 sides and angles?
Hexagon
What is the difference between a parallelogram and a rhombus?
a rhombus must have four equal sides
Name the three rules of a polygon.
1. Must be made of line segments.
2. Must be a closed figure.
3. Line segments cannot cross.
What has one endpoint and continues forever in one direction?
A ray
Name the shape:
I have one pair of parallel sides.
What am I?
a trapezoid
What is the name of a 5 sided shape?
Pentagon
How many angles does each quadrilateral have?
4