Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Geometric Shapes

There are many different kinds of shapes. For our next unit, you will be required to know the followings shapes.

Quadrilateral: A four-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of a quadrilateral is 360 degrees.

Rectangle: A four-sided polygon having all right angles. The sum of the angles of a rectangle is 360 degrees.

Square: A four-sided polygon having equal-length sides meeting at right angles. The sum of the angles of a square is 360 degrees.
ParallelogramA four-sided polygon with two pairs of parallel sides. The sum of the angles of a parallelogram is 360 degrees.

Rhombus: A four-sided polygon having all four sides of equal length. The sum of the angles of a rhombus is 360 degrees.

Trapezoid: A four-sided polygon having exactly one pair of parallel sides. The two sides that are parallel are called the bases of the trapezoid. The sum of the angles of a trapezoid is 360 degrees.

Pentagon: A five-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of a pentagon is 540 degrees.

Hexagon: A six-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of a hexagon is 720 degrees.

Heptagon: A seven-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of a heptagon is 900 degrees.

Octagon: An eight-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of an octagon is 1080 degrees

Nonagon: A nine-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of a nonagon is 1260 degrees.

Decagon: A ten-sided polygon. The sum of the angles of a decagon is 1440 degrees.

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