The Greedy Triangle (Looking at Polygons)
Triangle
Quadrilateral
Pentagon
Hexagon
Heptagon
Octagon
Nonagon
Decagon
Can you make a triangle by putting your hand on your hip?
MATCH TRIANGLE HEXAGON OCTAGON HEPTAGON NONAGON QUADRILATERAL DECAGON PENTAGON
Let’s look at irregular polygons Irregular polygons are made up of segments that are not all the same size, so their interior angles will not be equal. However they are still named according to how many sides they have
What’s this?
Quadrilateral
What’s this?
Quadrilateral It’s got four sides, right?
What’s this?
Pentagon
How about these?
Are they polygons? How many segments make up each one?
How about these? hexagon
How about these? hexagon octagon
How about these? hexagon octagon This one is not a polygon! Why not?
What polygons can you find in our classroom?