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    KidsMath
    Polygons
    Apolygonisaflatfigurethatismadeupofstraightlinesandisenclosed.
    Afewnotesonthedefinitionofapolygonthathopefullywillhelpyouremember:
    Flatthismeansit'saplanefigureortwodimensional
    Straightlinesthesearecalledsegmentsingeometry
    Enclosedallthelinesfitendtoendandformafigurewithnoopenings.
    Moreonwhatenclosedmeans:
    Thefollowingfiguresarenotenclosedandarenotpolygons:

    Thefollowingfiguresareenclosedandarepolygons:

    TypesofPolygons
    Therearealotoftypesofpolygons.Someyou'veprobablyheardofbeforelikesquares,triangles,and
    rectangles.We'lllearnmoreabouttheseandothers.Polygonsarenamedforthenumberofsidestheyhave.Here
    isalistofpolygonnamesdependingonthenumberofsidestheyhave,startingwiththreeandendingwithten.
    3sidesTriangle
    4sidesQuadrilateral
    5sidesPentagon
    6sidesHexagon
    7sidesHeptagon
    8sidesOctagon
    9sidesNonagon
    10sidesDecagon
    Thereare,ofcourse,polygonswithmanymorenamesandsides.Whenthenumberofsidesgetsreallyhigh,
    mathematicianssometimesusethenumberofsides"n"andcallitanngon.Forexampleifapolygonhas41sides,
    itwouldbecalleda41gon.
    ConvexorConcavePolygons
    Apolygoniseitherconvexorconcave.It'sconvexifanylinedrawnthroughitintersectsonlytwootherlines.If
    anylinedrawnthroughthepolygoncanhitmorethantwootherlines,thenit'sconcave.
    Examples:

    Concave

    Convex

    Inaconvexpolygon,everyangleislessthan180degrees.Inaconcavethereisatleastoneanglegreaterthan
    180degrees.
    SimpleandComplexPolygons
    Inasimplepolygonthelinesdon'tintersect.Inacomplexpolygonthelinesintersect.
    Examples:

    Complex

    Simple

    RegularPolygons
    Aregularpolygonhaslinesthatareallthesamelengthanditalsohasallthesameangles.
    Examples:
    Regular:

    Notregular:

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