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1-6 Study Guide and Intervention

Polygons
Polygons A polygon is a closed figure formed by a finite number of coplanar line

Lesson 1-6
segments. The sides that have a common endpoint must be noncollinear and each side
intersects exactly two other sides at their endpoints. A polygon is named according to its
number of sides. A regular polygon has congruent sides and congruent angles. A polygon
can be concave or convex.

Example
Name each polygon by its number of sides. Then classify it as
concave or convex and regular or irregular.
a. D E F b. H

I L

G J K
The polygon has 4 sides, so it is a quadrilateral. The figure is not closed, so it is

E
It is concave because part of D
or E
F

lies in the not a polygon.
interior of the figure. Because it is concave, it
cannot have all its angles congruent and so it is
irregular.
c. d.

The polygon has 5 sides, so it is a pentagon. It is The figure has 8 congruent sides
convex. All sides are congruent and all angles are and 8 congruent angles. It is
congruent, so it is a regular pentagon. convex and is a regular octagon.

Exercises
Name each polygon by its number of sides. Then classify it as concave or convex
and regular or irregular.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

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1-6 Study Guide and Intervention (continued)

Polygons
Perimeter The perimeter of a polygon is the sum of the lengths of all the sides of the
polygon. There are special formulas for the perimeter of a square or a rectangle.

Example
Write an expression or formula for the perimeter of each polygon.
Find the perimeter.
a. 4 in. b. 5 cm c. 3 ft
b s

3 in. a c 5 cm s s 5 cm 2 ft w w
5 in.
s
5 cm

Pabc P  4s P  2
 2w
345  4(5)  2(3)  2(2)
 12 in.  20 cm  10 ft

Exercises
Find the perimeter of each figure.

1. 2.
2.5 cm 3 cm 5.5 ft

3.5 cm square

3. 27 yd 4.
19 yd

1 cm
12 yd 14 yd
24 yd

Find the length of each side of the polygon for the given perimeter.

5. P  96 6. P  48
2x x

x2 x
x

rectangle 2x

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1-6 Skills Practice

Polygons
Name each polygon by its number of sides and then classify it as convex or

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concave and regular or irregular.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

Find the perimeter of each figure.

7. 20 yd 8. 4m 6m 9. 2 in.
10 in.
2 in.
18 yd 20 yd 2 in. 2 in.
2m 3m 2 in. 2 in.
40 yd 5m 10 in.

COORDINATE GEOMETRY Find the perimeter of each polygon.

10. triangle ABC with vertices A(3, 5), B(3, 1), and C(0, 1)

11. quadrilateral QRST with vertices Q(
3, 2), R(1, 2), S(1,
4), and T(
3,
4)

12. quadrilateral LMNO with vertices L(
1, 4), M(3, 4), N(2, 1), and O(
2, 1)

ALGEBRA Find the length of each side of the polygon for the given perimeter.
13. P  104 millimeters 14. P  84 kilometers 15. P  88 feet
4w  1
w

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1-6 Practice
Polygons
Name each polygon by its number of sides and then classify it as convex or
concave and regular or irregular.

1. 2. 3.

Find the perimeter of each figure.

4. 7 mm 18 mm 5. 6. 14 cm
2 cm
21 mi 33 mi 4 cm 6 cm
6 cm
6 cm
10 mm 4 cm
18 mm
32 mi 14 cm

COORDINATE GEOMETRY Find the perimeter of each polygon.

7. quadrilateral OPQR with vertices O(
3, 2), P(1, 5), Q(6, 4), and R(5,
2)

8. pentagon STUVW with vertices S(0, 0), T(3,
2), U(2,
5), V(
2,
5), and W(
3,
2)

ALGEBRA Find the length of each side of the polygon for the given perimeter.
9. P  26 inches 10. P  39 centimeters 11. P  89 feet
6n  8 3x  5 2x  2
2x  3 x9
n
5x  4

SEWING For Exercises 12–13, use the following information. 16 in.

Jasmine plans to sew fringe around the scarf shown in the diagram. 4 in. 4 in.
16 in.
12. How many inches of fringe does she need to purchase?

13. If Jasmine doubles the width of the scarf, how many inches of fringe will she need?

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1-6 Reading to Learn Mathematics

Polygons
Pre-Activity How are polygons related to toys?

Lesson 1-6
Read the introduction to Lesson 1-6 at the top of page 45 in your textbook.
Name four different shapes that can each be formed by four sticks connected to
form a closed figure. Assume you have sticks with a good variety of lengths.

Reading the Lesson

1. Tell why each figure is not a polygon.
a. b. c.

2. Name each polygon by its number of sides. Then classify it as convex or concave and
regular or not regular.
a. b. c.

3. What is another name for a regular quadrilateral?

4. Match each polygon in the first column with the formula in the second column that can
be used to find its perimeter. (s represents the length of each side of a regular polygon.)
a. regular dodecagon i. P  8s
b. square ii. P  6s
c. regular hexagon iii. P  a  b  c
d. rectangle iv. P  12s
e. regular octagon v. P  2
 2w
f. triangle vi. P  4s

Helping You Remember

5. One way to remember the meaning of a term is to explain it to another person.
How would you explain to a friend what a regular polygon is?

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1-6 Enrichment

Perimeter and Area of Irregular Shapes

Two formulas that are used frequently in mathematics are perimeter and
area of a rectangle.

Perimeter: P  2
 2w
Area: A 
w, where
is the length and w is the width

However, many figures are combinations of two or more rectangles creating

irregular shapes. To find the area of an irregular shape, it helps to separate
the shape into rectangles, calculate the formula for each rectangle, then find
the sum of the areas.

ExampleFind the area of the 9m

figure at the right. 2m
Separate the figure into two rectangles. 5m

A 
w
3m
A1  9 2 A2  3 3
 18 9 9m

18  9  27 2m 1
5m
The area of the irregular shape is 27 m2. 2

3m

Find the area and perimeter of each irregular shape.

1. 1 in. 2. 12 m

4 in. 4 in. 9m
7m
13 m 6m
2 in.
26 m
3. 6 cm
2 cm
4 cm 4. 7 ft
3 ft
6 ft
4 cm 2 ft
2 cm 4 ft
4 cm 9 ft
4 cm

8 cm

For Exercises 5–8, find the perimeter of the figures in Exercises 1–4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

9. Describe the steps you used to find the perimeter in Exercise 1.

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