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Page 1: POLYGONS. What is a Polygon? A closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others Examples of polygons:

POLYGONS

Page 2: POLYGONS. What is a Polygon? A closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others Examples of polygons:

What is a Polygon?

A closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others

Examples of polygons:

Page 3: POLYGONS. What is a Polygon? A closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others Examples of polygons:

What is Not a Polygon

This figure is not a polygon because it is not a closed figure.

Page 4: POLYGONS. What is a Polygon? A closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others Examples of polygons:

What is Not a Polygon

This figure is not a polygon because it is not made of line segments.

Page 5: POLYGONS. What is a Polygon? A closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others Examples of polygons:

What is Not a Polygon

This figure is not a polygon because its sides do not intersect in exactly two places each.

Page 6: POLYGONS. What is a Polygon? A closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others Examples of polygons:

How is a Polygon classified?

By the number of sides it has

Page 7: POLYGONS. What is a Polygon? A closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others Examples of polygons:

Types of Polygons

Triangle

Quadrilateral

Pentagon

Hexagon

Has three sides

Has four sides

Has five sides

Has six sides

Page 8: POLYGONS. What is a Polygon? A closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others Examples of polygons:

Types of Polygons

Heptagon

Octagon

Nonagon

Decagon

Has seven sides

Has eight sides

Has nine sides

Has ten sides

Page 9: POLYGONS. What is a Polygon? A closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others Examples of polygons:

More About Polygons

You can describe a polygon by comparing: The lengths of

its sides OR The measures

of its angles

Page 10: POLYGONS. What is a Polygon? A closed figure made by joining line segments, where each line segment intersects exactly two others Examples of polygons:

Describing Polygons

Equilateral

Equiangular

Regular

All the sides of the polygon are congruent

All the angles of the polygon are congruent

The polygon is both equilateral and equiangular