Other polygon names: From Wikipedia.
triangle (or trigon) | 3 | The simplest polygon which can exist in the Euclidean plane. |
quadrilateral (or quadrangle or tetragon) | 4 | The simplest polygon which can cross itself. |
pentagon | 5 | The simplest polygon which can exist as a regular star. A star pentagon is known as a pentagram or pentacle. |
hexagon | 6 | avoid "sexagon" = Latin [sex-] + Greek |
heptagon | 7 | avoid "septagon" = Latin [sept-] + Greek |
octagon | 8 | |
enneagon or nonagon | 9 | "nonagon" is commonly used but mixes Latin [novem = 9] with Greek. Some modern authors prefer "enneagon". |
decagon | 10 | |
hendecagon | 11 | avoid "undecagon" = Latin [un-] + Greek |
dodecagon | 12 | avoid "duodecagon" = Latin [duo-] + Greek |
tridecagon (or triskaidecagon) | 13 | |
tetradecagon (or tetrakaidecagon) | 14 | |
pentadecagon (or quindecagon or pentakaidecagon) | 15 | |
hexadecagon (or hexakaidecagon) | 16 | |
heptadecagon (or heptakaidecagon) | 17 | |
octadecagon (or octakaidecagon) | 18 | |
enneadecagon (or enneakaidecagon or nonadecagon) | 19 | |
icosagon | 20 | |
triacontagon | 30 | |
hectogon | 100 | "hectogon" is the Greek name (see hectometre), "centagon" is a Latin-Greek hybrid; neither is widely attested. |
chiliagon | 1000 | The measure of each angle in a regular chiliagon is 179.64°. |
myriagon | 10,000 | The internal angle of a regular myriagon is 179.964°. |
megagon[6] | 1,000,000 | The internal angle of a regular megagon is 179.99964 degrees. |
apeirogon | A degenerate polygon of infinitely many sides |
Tonight's homework is the Triangles and Polygons worksheet. Good luck!
-Miss K :)
Hi Miss K! Just leaving a note to say I was on the blog and read the info! Thanks!
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hi miss k since i was absent is there a way i can get to the worksheet or should i just see you tomorrow thanks a lot i also read all of what you posted
ReplyDeleteHey girls! Missed you today! Just grab the worksheet from me during homeroom tomorrow. It's quick and you can probably get it done before class!
ReplyDeleteWrite a procedure that takes two arguments sides,lengt hand representing the number of sides of polygon and length of each side. I like it.
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