5.1 Polygons
A ___________________ is a closed figure which is the
union of line segments. _________________ have sides and
corners. Those corners are called __________________. (A
single one is called a _________________.)
We can classify polygons according to the number of sides
they have:
Numbers of sides
3
Name
triangle
quadrilateral
5
6
7
8
9
10
Example
Summary of Formulas:
Sum of Interior Angles
Name
#
Sum of
of
Sides Interior
Polygon
s
Measure
of Each
Interior
Sum of
Exteriors
Measure
of Each
Exterior