Polygon Jeopardy Turbo

Polygons

100

What has 6 sides and is a closed figure?

a hexagon

200

Polygons are named depending on the number of _______ and ________ they have

sides and vertices/angles

300

A polygon that has all equal side lengths and equal angles is called a __________________________________

regular polygon

400

A ten sided polygon is called a _____________

decagon

500

DAILY DOUBLE (DOUBLE THE LISTED POINTS BELOW!)How many angles will a regular pentagon have?

Five

Quadrilaterals

100

A quadrilateral that has all sides equal and 4 right angles is called a _______________________

square

200

Parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle and square share what characteristics. Name 2 characteristics / attributes

4 sides 2 pairs of parallel sides (opposite) congruent opposite sides

300

A rhombus has one pair of parallel lines. Always, sometimes or never?

Never

400

A square is always, sometimes or never a parallelogram?

Always, because opposite sides are equal and opposite sides are parallel

500

Rectangle ABCD has a total perimeter of 16cm. If side AB and it's opposite side CD are equal at 6cm long, what is the length of sides AC and BD?

2cm

Triangles

100

Can a scalene triangle be split into 2 equal parts? Yes or No

No

200

What triangle is considered a regular polygon?

an equailateral acute triangle

300

In an isosceles triangle ABC, if side AB has a hatch mark on it and it is 3cm and side BC is 2cm, what is the length of side AC?

3cm

400

Does an isosceles triangle have 0 or 1 set of parallel lines?

0

500

Equilateral triangles have 0, 1 or 2 right angles?

0

What Am I?

100

I am a closed figure with 3 or more sides and I have all equal sides and equal angles

any regular polygon

200

I have 3 sides and 2 of my sides are the same length.

isosceles triangle

300

I have equal opposite sides and four right angles

square, rectangle

400

I have ONLY one pair of parallel lines.

a trapezoid

500

I have 6 sides and only some of my sides are the same length.

irregular hexagon or a hexagon that is not regular

T or F

100

All polygons have parallel lines

False, not all polygons have parallel lines (i.e. triangles).

200

Tick marks are used to indicate parallel lines.

False. We use arrows.

300

Daily Double (DOUBLE THE POINTS LISTED BELOW!) According to our definitions, a rectangle has equal opposite sides, opposite parallel sides and 4 right angles. A square is also a rectangle.

True, squares share the same characteristics. Opposite sides are equal, opposite sides are parallel and it has 4 right angles.

400

All trapezoids can be split into 2 equal halves.

False. Not always, if sides are different lengths, then no.

500

According to our definitions, a rectangle is also a square.

False. Although rectangles share the same characteristics as a square in terms of having 4 right angles, opposite sides parallel; rectangles do not have all sides being equal i.e. 4 equal sides