Types of Polygons
I am the smallest polygon
What is Triangle?
What is the perimeter of the square with sides 5cm?
What is 20cm?
This polygon is commonly used to form a "stop" sign.
What is an octagon?
I have five sides
What is a pentagon?
I have six sides
What is hexagon?
What is the area of a rectangle with sides 7cm and 4cm?
What is 28cm2?
A popular polygon used in the formation of paper money.
What is a rectangle?
I have nine sides
Nonagon
I have eight sides
What is octagon?
What is the area of right-angled triangle with base 4cm and height 8cm?
What is 16cm2?
I am a polygon used to form a chess board.
What is a square?
This type of quadrilateral has opposite sides parallel and all angles are right angles.
What is a rectangle?
I have twelve sides
What is dodecagon?
What is the area of an isosceles triangle with sides 4cm, 5cm and 5cm?
What is 20cm2?
This is a popular US government building, found in Washington, Virginia.
What is the pentagon?
A polygon that has one or more angles greater than 180 degrees is called this.
What is a concave polygon?
All my angles and sides are equal. I am also called an "equilateral polygon".
What is a regular polygon?
What is the formula for calculating the area of an equilateral triangle, where all sides are given?
Heron's Formula
The honeycomb structure found in bee hives is believed to be made up of this type of polygon.
What is a hexagon?
This type of polygon has all interior angles less than 180 degrees and is "bulged outward."
What is a convex polygon?