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