{"id":601,"date":"2022-01-14T10:21:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=601"},"modified":"2022-01-14T10:21:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:21:11","slug":"polygons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/14\/polygons\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A polygon is a flat figure that is made up of straight lines and is enclosed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few notes on the definition of a polygon that hopefully will help you remember:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> <strong>Flat &#8211;<\/strong> this means it&#8217;s a plane figure or two-dimensional <\/li><li><strong>Straight lines &#8211;<\/strong> these are called segments in geometry<\/li><li> <strong>Enclosed &#8211; <\/strong>all the lines fit end-to-end and form a figure with no openings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>More on what enclosed means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The following figures are not enclosed and are not polygons: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/not_polygon2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"232\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/not_polygon1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"230\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The following figures are enclosed and are polygons: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/square.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/hexagon.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/concave_polygon.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Types of Polygons :<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> There are a lot of types of polygons. Some you&#8217;ve probably heard of before like squares, triangles, and rectangles. We&#8217;ll learn more about these and others. Polygons are named for the number of sides they have. Here is a list of polygon names depending on the number of sides they have, starting with three and ending with ten. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>3 sides &#8211; Triangle <\/li><li>4 sides &#8211; Quadrilateral <\/li><li>5 sides &#8211; Pentagon <\/li><li>6 sides &#8211; Hexagon <\/li><li>7 sides &#8211; Heptagon <\/li><li>8 sides &#8211; Octagon <\/li><li>9 sides &#8211; Nonagon <\/li><li>10 sides &#8211; Decagon <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are, of course, polygons with many more names and sides. When the number of sides gets really high, mathematicians sometimes use the number of sides &#8220;n&#8221; and call it an n-gon. For example if a polygon has 41 sides, it would be called a 41-gon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Convex or Concave Polygons :<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> A polygon is either convex or concave. It&#8217;s convex if any line drawn through it intersects only two other lines. If any line drawn through the polygon can hit more than two other lines, then it&#8217;s concave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Examples:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/concave_polygon.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/convex_polygon.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Concave Convex In a convex polygon, every angle is less than 180 degrees. In a concave there is at least one angle greater than 180 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Simple and Complex Polygons:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In a simple polygon the lines don&#8217;t intersect. In a complex polygon the lines intersect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Examples:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/complex.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/convex_polygon.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Complex Simple Regular Polygons :<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> A regular polygon has lines that are all the same length and it also has all the same angles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Examples:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regular:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/pentagon.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/square.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/hexagon.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Not regular:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/convex_polygon.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/concave_polygon.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ducksters.com\/kidsmath\/complex.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A polygon is a flat figure that is made up of straight lines and is enclosed. A few notes on the definition of a polygon that hopefully will help you remember: Flat &#8211; this means it&#8217;s a plane figure or two-dimensional Straight lines &#8211; these are called segments in geometry Enclosed &#8211; all the lines [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[748],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}