Types of Polygon

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Types of

Polygons
1. Simple and complex polygons

• A simple polygon has only one boundary


and the sides do not cross each other,
otherwise it is a complex polygon.
• Simple polygon

• Complex polygon
2. Concave and convex polygons

• A convex polygon has no internal angle


more than 180º and if there are any
internal angles greater than a straight
angle, then it is a concave polygon.
• Concave polygon

• Convex polygon
3. Regular and Irregular polygons

• Regular polygon is one whose sides are all


equal and whose interior angles are all
congruent. Thus, a regular polygon is both
equilateral and equiangular. If, otherwise, the
polygon is said to be irregular polygon.
• Regular polygon
• Irregular polygon
• Irregular polygon
NAMES OF
POLYGONS
• Polygons are named or classified
according to their number of
sides. A polygon with n sides is
called n-gon.
n (sides) Polygon
1 Henagon
2 Digon
3 Triangle, trigon
4 Quadrilateral, tetragon
5 Pentagon
6 Hexagon
7 Heptagon
8 Octagon
9 Nonagon, enneagon
10 Decagon
Sides Polygon
11 Hendecagon
12 Didecagon
13 Tridecagon
14 Tetradecagon
15 Pentadecagon
16 Hexadecagon
17 Heptadecagon
18 Octadecagon
19 Enneadecagon
20 Icosagon
• To construct a polygon’s name, combine the
corresponding prefix and suffix.
Example:
Construct the name for 28 and 46 sided
polygons.
Sides Prefix Sides Suffix
20 Icosa 8 Octagon

Icosaoctagon
Sides Prefix Sides Suffix

40 tetracon 6 hexagon

Tetraconhexagon

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