Objective: - Find The Sum of Interior Angles of A
Objective: - Find The Sum of Interior Angles of A
Objective: - Find The Sum of Interior Angles of A
polygon
180o
What do the interior angles of a
quadrilateral always add up to?
180o
180o
180o
180o
180o
3 x 180o = 540o
Hexagon
180o
180o
180o
180o
4 x 180o = 720o
Heptagon
180o
180o
180o
180o
180o
5 x 180o = 900o
Octagon
180o
180o
180o 180o
180o
180o
6 x 180o = 1080o
IMPORTANT – Find the Formula
Polygon Sum of Interior Angles
Quadrilateral (4 – 2) x 1800 = 3600
Pentagon (5 – 2) x 1800 = 5400
Hexagon (6 – 2) x 1800 = 7200
Heptagon (7 – 2) x 1800 = 9000
N-gon (……. – 2) x 1800 = ….. 0
c = 285o – 255
Exterior Angles
These are exterior angles –
they are on the outside
– 280
a = 80o
b) Exterior angles always add to 360o, so
b + 135 + 55 + 60 = 360o
b + 250 = 360o
– 250
b = 110o
c) Exterior angles always add to 360o, so
c + 58 + 83 + 72 + 95 = 360o
c + 308 = 360o
– 308
c = 52o
Example
By finding the sizes of each of the exterior
angle of a regular polygon with 12 sides,
calculate the size of each interior angle.
This has 5 sides, so the sum of the angles is
180(5 – 2) = 540o
So to find angle x, we work out
x + x + x + 90 + 90 = 540o
3x + 180 = 540o
– 180
x = 120o ÷3
Finding Number of Sides Given
Exterior angles
Each exterior angle of a polygon is 240.
Find the number of sides of the polygon.
Finding Number of Sides Given
Interior angles
Each interior angle of a polygon is 1500. Find
the number of sides of the polygon.
Summary
A polygon is a flat shape made from straight
lines