POLYGONS, PERIMETER

& AREA

OCTOBER 24, 2024

1 Which of the following is not a convex polygon?

a. b. c. d.
2 The angles of a certain polygon add up to 1080 degrees.
How many sides does the polygon have?
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝒔𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔
𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑔𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝒏 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝒏 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒
a. 4 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠

b. 8 𝒏 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟖𝟎 = 𝟏𝟎𝟖𝟎
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒏 − 𝟑𝟔𝟎 = 𝟏𝟎𝟖𝟎
c. 2 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒏 = 𝟏𝟎𝟖𝟎 + 𝟑𝟔𝟎
d. 10 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒏 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒𝟎
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒏 𝟏𝟒𝟒𝟎
e. 6 =
𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎
𝒏=𝟖
 If the measure of one angle of a regular polygon is 135,
3 then the number of sides of a polygon is
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔
a. 4 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑔𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠
𝒏 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟖𝟎
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝒏 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟
𝒏
b. 6 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠

c. 8 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
𝒏 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟖𝟎
d. 9 𝒏
= 𝟏𝟑𝟓

e. none of these 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒏 − 𝟑𝟔𝟎 = 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝒏

𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒏 − 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝒏 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎
𝟒𝟓𝒏 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎
𝟒𝟓𝒏 𝟑𝟔𝟎
=
𝟒𝟓 𝟒𝟓
𝒏=𝟖
4 How many diagonals can be drawn in regular polygon with
9 sides?
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑖𝑛 𝑎
a. 27 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑔𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠
𝒏 𝒏−𝟑
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝒏 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟
𝟐
b. 36 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠

c. 30
𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
d. 45 𝒏 𝒏−𝟑
=
𝟗 𝟗−𝟑
𝟐 𝟐
e. none of these 𝟗 𝟔
=
𝟐
= 𝟗(𝟑)
= 𝟐𝟕
5 Two angles of a pentagon are right angles while the other three
angles have the ration 2: 3: 4. What is the measurement, degrees, of
the smallest?
𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝟐𝒙 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝟏𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆,
Sum of the interior
𝟑𝒙 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝟐𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅
a. 120 angles in a pentagon,
𝟒𝒙 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆
𝒏 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟖𝟎
b. 90 = 𝟓 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟖𝟎
= 𝟑 𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒𝒙 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎
c. 80 = 𝟓𝟒𝟎 𝟗𝒙 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎
d. 60 Total angle in a
𝟗𝒙 𝟑𝟔𝟎
=
𝟗 𝟗
e. none of these pentagon minus the 𝒙 = 𝟒𝟎
two right angles
𝟓𝟒𝟎 − 𝟗𝟎 − 𝟗𝟎
= 𝟓𝟒𝟎 − 𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝟐𝒙 = 𝟐 𝟒𝟎 = 𝟖𝟎
= 𝟑𝟔𝟎
6 The sum of the exterior angles of a pentagon is drawn in
counterclockwise order is

a. 720 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑔𝑜𝑛, 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑡

b. 1080 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑥, 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝟑𝟔𝟎 𝒅𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔

c. 1800
d. 3600
e. none of these
7 What is the measure of each exterior angles of a regular 12 –gon?

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔

a.
𝟑𝟔𝟎
150 of 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑔𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠
𝒏
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝒏 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠

b. 30
c. 300 𝟑𝟔𝟎
𝟑𝟔𝟎
=
d. 210 𝒏 𝟏𝟐
= 𝟑𝟎
e. none of these
8 Find the perimeter. Length
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ
𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑔𝑜𝑛
a. 14 𝑐𝑚
b. 15 𝑐𝑚
c. 16 𝑐𝑚
d. 17 𝑐𝑚 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 = 𝟑 + 𝟐 + 𝟏 + 𝟏 + 𝟏 + 𝟑 + 𝟏 + 𝟒
= 𝟏𝟔
e. 18 𝑐𝑚
9 The diagonal of a square is 6 2 meters. Find its area.

𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 = 2 × 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ

a. 6 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚 6 2= 2×𝑙
6 2 2
= ×𝑙
b. 12 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚 2 2
6=𝑙
c. 18 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑟𝑒 = 62
d. 24 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚
62 = 36
e. 36 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚
10 The area of a square is 200 sq. cm, what is the length of its side?

𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 = 𝒔𝟐 , 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝒔 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒

a. 50 𝑐𝑚 𝟐𝟎𝟎 = 𝒔𝟐
𝟐𝟎𝟎 = 𝒔𝟐
b. 2 10 𝑐𝑚
𝟐 ∗ 𝟏𝟎𝟎 = 𝒔𝟐
c. 10 2 𝑐𝑚 𝟐 ∗ 𝟏𝟎𝟐 = 𝒔𝟐

d. 5 2 𝑐𝑚 𝟏𝟎 𝟐 = 𝒔

e. 5 𝑐𝑚
11 Find the area of trapezoid whose median and altitude have length
15 and 18, respectively.
𝟏 𝟏
𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 = 𝒂 + 𝒃 𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏(𝒎) = 𝒂 + 𝒃
a. 270 𝟐 𝟐

b. 135 𝑨 = 𝒎(𝒉)
𝑨 = 𝟏𝟓(𝟏𝟖)
c. 66 𝑨 = 𝟐𝟕𝟎

d. 33
e. 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒
12 An equilateral triangle has an altitude of 5 3 cm long. Find its area.

5 3
a. 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚 3
4 5 3=
2
×𝑙

b. 25 3 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚 2
3
× 5√3 =
3
2
2
3
(
)×𝑙

10 = 𝑙
c. 100 3 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚 1
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = × 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 × 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒
2
d. 50 3 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚 1
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = × 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 × 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒
2
e. 2 3 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚 1
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = × 10 × 5 3
2
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 5 × 5 3
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 5 × 5 3
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 25 3
13 The length of the sides of a pentagon are consecutive odd integers.
What is the perimeter if the longest side is 15?

a. 7 Let 𝑥 be the 1st side of the pentagon

𝑥 + 2 be the 2nd side
𝑥 + 4 be the 3rd side
b. 13 𝑥 + 6 be the 4th side
𝑥 + 8 be the 5th side

c. 25 𝑥 + 8 = 15
𝑥 = 15 − 8
d. 55 𝑥=7

e. 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒
𝑥=7
𝑥+2=9
𝑥 = 4 = 11
𝑥 + 6 = 13
𝑥 + 8 = 15

7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 = 55
14 How many sides does a regular polygon have if each interior angle
measures 1400
𝒏−𝟐
= 𝟏𝟒𝟎
𝒏
a. 6 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒏 − 𝟑𝟔𝟎 = 𝟏𝟒𝟎𝒏
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒏 − 𝟏𝟒𝟎𝒏 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎
b. 9 𝟒𝟎𝒏 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎
c. 12 𝟒𝟎𝒏 𝟑𝟔𝟎
=
𝟒𝟎 𝟒𝟎
d. 15 𝒏=𝟗

e. 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒
15 How many diagonals can be drawn from a vertex of a 96 −sided
polygon?
𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑥
𝒏−𝟑
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑔𝑜𝑛
a. 90
b. 93 𝒏 − 𝟑 = 𝟗𝟔 − 𝟑
c. 96 = 𝟗𝟑

d. 99
e. 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒
16 If all the interior angles of an octagon are congruent, how big is
each angle?
𝒏 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟖𝟎
𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 =
a. 1450 𝒏
𝟖 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟖𝟎
=
b. 1350 𝟖
𝟔 𝟏𝟖𝟎
=
c. 1200 𝟖
𝟑 𝟏𝟖𝟎
=
d. 1050 𝟒
= 𝟑 𝟒𝟓
e. 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 = 𝟏𝟑𝟓
17 If the number of sides of a regular polygon is 12, then what will be
the measure of each of its exterior angles?

𝑺𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂

a. 300 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒙 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒈𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟎

b. 360
𝟑𝟔𝟎
c. 400 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 =
𝒏

d. 480 =
𝟑𝟔𝟎
𝟏𝟐
e. 500 = 𝟑𝟎
18 If the exterior angles of a regular polygon is 450 , then find the
number of diagonal of the polygon.
𝟑𝟔𝟎
𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 =
𝒏
360
45 =
a. 40
𝑛
45𝑛 = 360
45𝑛 360
=
b. 30 45
𝑛=8
45

c. 20 𝒏 𝒏−𝟑
𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 =
d. 15 =
𝟐
8(8−3)
2
8(5)
e. 8 =
2
40
=
2
= 20
19 What is the area of a regular hexagon whose side is 12 cm?

𝟑 𝟑 × 𝒔𝟐
a. 432 𝑐𝑚2 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒈𝒐𝒏 =
𝟐

b. 432 3 𝑐𝑚2 𝑨=
𝟑 𝟑 × 𝟏𝟐 𝟐
𝟐
c. 216 3 𝑐𝑚 2
𝟑 𝟑 × 𝟏𝟒𝟒
=
d. 216 𝑐𝑚2 𝟐
= 𝟑 𝟑 × 𝟕𝟐
e. 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 = 𝟐𝟏𝟔 𝟑
20 What is the area of the square at the right?

𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍
𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 =
𝟐
a. 16.7 𝑐𝑚 2
𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 = 𝟏𝟐 × 𝟐 = 𝟐𝟒
b. 36.5 𝑐𝑚 2

c. 72 𝑐𝑚 2
𝒔=
𝟐𝟒
= ×
𝟐𝟒
=
𝟐
𝟐𝟒 𝟐
= 𝟏𝟐 𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
d. 144 𝑐𝑚2 𝑨 = 𝒔𝟐
𝟐
e. 288 𝑐𝑚 2 𝑨 = 𝟏𝟐 𝟐
𝑨 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒 × 𝟐
𝑨 = 𝟐𝟖𝟖
21 What is the perimeter of a regular polygon of a side 3cm whose
interior angles measure 135 degrees each?

𝒏 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟖𝟎
𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 =
a. 27 𝒏
𝒏 − 𝟐 𝟏𝟖𝟎
b. 24 𝟏𝟑𝟓 =
𝒏
𝟏𝟑𝟓𝒏 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒏 − 𝟑𝟔𝟎
c. 21 𝟑𝟔𝟎 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝒏 − 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝒏
d. 8 𝟑𝟔𝟎 = 𝟒𝟓𝒏
𝟑𝟔𝟎 𝟒𝟓𝒏
=
e. 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝟒𝟓 𝟒𝟓
𝟖=𝒏

𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒓 = 𝒏 × 𝒔 = 𝟖 × 𝟑𝒄𝒎 = 𝟐𝟒𝒄𝒎

22 How long is each sides of a regular hexagon with perimeter 108
inches?
𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑔𝑜𝑛
𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 = 𝒏 × 𝒔
a. 22 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝒏 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 &
𝒔 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑔𝑜𝑛
b. 18 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠
Given:
c. 24 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑯𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝟔 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔(𝒏 = 𝟔)
𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝒊𝒏 (𝒔 = 𝟏𝟎𝟖)
d. 36 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠
𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 = 𝒏 × 𝒔
e. 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒
𝟏𝟎𝟖 = 𝟔𝒔
𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝟔𝒔
=
𝟔 𝟔
𝟏𝟖 = 𝒔
23 What is the area of a flower garden shaped like an equilateral
triangle whose side is 6√2 ft.
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒
𝟑
a. 6 6 𝑠𝑞. 𝑓𝑡 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 =
𝟒
× 𝒔𝟐
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝒔 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒.
b. 36 3 𝑠𝑞. 𝑓𝑡
𝟑
c. 72 3 𝑠𝑞. 𝑓𝑡 𝑨=
𝟒
× 𝒔𝟐

d. 18 3 𝑠𝑞. 𝑓𝑡 =
𝟑
× 𝟔 𝟐
𝟐
𝟒
e. 2 3 𝑠𝑞. 𝑓𝑡 =
𝟑
× 𝟑𝟔 × 𝟐
𝟒
= 𝟑×𝟗×𝟐
= 𝟏𝟖 𝟑