Naming Polygons

Question 0

What is the name of a polygon with 3 sides which are all different lengths?

Answer 0

Scalene triangle

Question 1

What is the name of a polygon with 5 sides?

Answer 1

Pentagon

Question 2

What is the name of a polygon with 4 equal sides and 4 equal angles?

Answer 2

Square

Question 3

What is the name of a polygon with 6 sides?

Answer 3

Hexagon

Question 4

What is the name of a polygon with 3 equal sides?

Answer 4

Equilateral triangle

Question 5

What is the name of a polygon with 10 sides?

Answer 5

Decagon

Question 6

What is the name of a polygon with 3 sides, 2 of them being equal?

Answer 6

Isosceles triangle

Question 7

What is the size of each angle of a square?

Answer 7

90 degrees

Question 8

How many degrees are there inside a triangle?

Answer 8

180 degrees

Question 9

How many vertices does an octagon have?

Answer 9

8 corners

Question 10

What is the general name for any 4 sided shape?

Answer 10

Quadrilateral

Question 11

If a polygon is regular what does this tell you?

Answer 11

All the sides are the same length and all the angles are the same size.

Question 12

Name a quadrilateral with parallel sides.

Answer 12

Square. Rectangle. Trapezium. Parallelogram.

Question 13

What does parallel mean.

Answer 13

Lines which will never meet because they are always the same distance apart. (Like train tracks)

Question 14

What is the formula for the area of a square or rectangle?

Answer 14

Length x width

Question 15

What is the formula for the area of a triangle?

Answer 15

Base x height divided by 2

Question 16

What is an area?

Answer 16

The amount of space inside a shape.

Question 17

What is a perimeter?

Answer 17

The distance around the outside of a shape.

Question 18

How do you calculate a perimeter?

Answer 18

Add the length of all the sides together.