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POLYGONS & QUADRILATERALS
POLYGON•A polygon is a flat, closed plane figure made up of three or more line segments.
polygons
Not polygons
TRIANGLE
•A triangle is a 3-sided polygon.
QUADRILATERAL•A quadrilateral is a 4-sided polygon.
PENTAGON
•A pentagon is a 5-sided polygon.
HEXAGON
•A hexagon is a 6-sided polygon.
HEPTAGON or SEPTAGON
•A heptagon is a 7-sided polygon.
OCTAGON
•An octagon is an 8-sided polygon.
QUADRILATERALS
PARALLELOGRAM
•A parallelogram has opposite sides parallel and opposite sides are equal in length. NAMES: Quadrilateral,
Parallelogram
RECTANGLE
•A rectangle has opposite sides parallel and four right angles. NAMES: Quadrilateral,
Parallelogram, Rectangle,
TRAPEZOID
•A trapezoid has only one pair of parallel sides.
NAMES: Quadrilateral, Trapezoid
RHOMBUS
•A rhombus has opposite sides parallel and all four sides are equal in length.
NAMES: Quadrilateral, Parallelogram, Rhombus,
SQUARE
•A square has four sides of the same length and four right angles.
NAMES: Quadrilateral, Parallelogram, Rectangle, Rhombus, Square