What is a Polygon? A closed plane figure made up of several line segments that are joined together.

The sides do not cross each other. Exactly two sides meet at every vertex. Types | Formulas | Parts | Special Polygons | Names Types of Polygons Regular - all angles are equal and all sides are the same length. Regular polygons are both equiangular and equilateral. Equiangular - all angles are equal. Equilateral - all sides are the same length.
Convex - a straight line drawn through a convex polygoncrosses at most two sides. Every interior angle is less than 180. Concave - you can draw at least one straight line through a concave polygon that crosses more than two sides. At least one interior angle is more than 180.

Polygon Formulas (N = # of sides and S = length from center to a corner) Area of a regular polygon = (1/2) N sin(360/N) S2 Sum of the interior angles of a polygon = (N - 2) x 180 The number of diagonals in a polygon = 1/2 N(N-3) The number of triangles (when you draw all the diagonals from onevertex) in a polygon = (N - 2) Polygon Parts

Side - one of the line segments that make up the polygon. Vertex - point where two sides meet. Two or more of these points are called vertices. Diagonal - a line connecting two vertices that isn't a side. Interior Angle - Angle formed by two adjacent sides inside the polygon. Exterior Angle - Angle formed by two adjacent sides outside the polygon.

Special Polygons Special Quadrilaterals - square, rhombus, parallelogram, rectangle, and the trapezoid. Special Triangles - right, equilateral, isosceles, scalene, acute, obtuse. Polygon Names Generally accepted names
Sides n 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 Name N-gon Triangle Quadrilateral Pentagon Hexagon Heptagon Octagon Decagon Dodecagon

Names for other polygons have been proposed.

Sides Name

9 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1,000 10,000

Nonagon, Enneagon Undecagon, Hendecagon Tridecagon, Triskaidecagon Tetradecagon, Tetrakaidecagon Pentadecagon, Pentakaidecagon Hexadecagon, Hexakaidecagon Heptadecagon, Heptakaidecagon Octadecagon, Octakaidecagon Enneadecagon, Enneakaidecagon Icosagon Triacontagon Tetracontagon Pentacontagon Hexacontagon Heptacontagon Octacontagon Enneacontagon Hectogon, Hecatontagon Chiliagon Myriagon

To construct a name, combine the prefix+suffix

Sides Prefix 20 Icosikai... 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Triacontakai... Tetracontakai... Pentacontakai... Hexacontakai... Heptacontakai... Octacontakai... Enneacontakai... Sides Suffix +1 ...henagon +2 +3 ...digon ...trigon ...tetragon ...pentagon ...hexagon ...heptagon ...octagon ...enneagon

+4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9

Examples: 46 sided polygon - Tetracontakaihexagon 28 sided polygon - Icosikaioctagon However, many people use the form n-gon, as in 46-gon, or 28-gon instead of these names.