angles in polygons worksheet

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2. Donʼt spend too long on one question.
3. Attempt every question.
4. Check your answers seem right.
5. Always show your workings
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2. ! (a) Calculate the size of angle x.
x = .........................⁰
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! (b) Calculate the size of angle y.
y = .........................⁰
(2)
3. 2.! Shown below is a regular pentagon.
! (a) Find the size of each interior angle.
x = .........................⁰
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! Three identical regular pentagons are joined as shown above.
! (b) Work out the size of angle y.
y = .........................⁰
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4. 3.! Shown below is a regular hexagon ABCDEF.
! Calculate angle x.
x = .........................⁰
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5. 4.! Shown below is a regular pentagon ABCDE.
! (a) Work out angle x.
x = .........................⁰
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! (b) Work out angle y.
y = .........................⁰
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6. 5.! Shown is a regular hexagon and a regular octagon.
! Calculate the size of angle y.
y = .........................⁰
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6.! A regular polygon has 12 sides.
! Work out the size of each interior angle.
.........................⁰
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7. ! Explain why the sum of the interior angles in a regular pentagon is 540⁰.
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8.! Shown below is a regular hexagon, with an exterior angle labeled y.
! Work out the size of each exterior angle.
y = .........................⁰
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8. 9.! A regular polygon has 24 sides.
! Work out the size of each exterior angle.
......................... ⁰
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10.! Each exterior angle of a regular polygon is 20⁰.
! Work out the number of sides of the polygon.
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11.! Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 174⁰.
! Work out the number of sides of the polygon.
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9. 12.! The interior angle of a regular polygon is 135⁰
! Work out the number of sides of the polygon.
.........................
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13.! ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon.
! (a) Calculate the size of angle AOB.
......................... ⁰
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! (b) Calculate the size of angle ABC.
......................... ⁰
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10. 14.! Martin has drawn a regular nonagon (9 sided polygon).
! (a) What size is each exterior angle?
......................... ⁰
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! (b) What size is each interior angle?
......................... ⁰
(2)
15.! Shown below is an interior angle from a regular polygon.
! Calculate the number of sides the polygon has.
.........................
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11. 16.! The diagram shows parts of two regular polygons A and B.
! A has 10 sides and exterior angle 3x.
! B has exterior angle 2x.
! Work out the number of sides regular polygon B has.
.........................
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12. 17.! The diagram below shows part of a regular polygon.
! (a) Calculate the size of each exterior angle.
......................... ⁰
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! (b) Calculate the number of sides the polygon has.
.........................
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18.! Explain why a regular octagon will not tessellate.
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13. 19.! Work out the sum of the interior angles for a 40 sided polygon.
.........................⁰
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20.! The sum of the interior angles in a polygon is 7380⁰.
! Calculate the number of sides the polygon has.
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21.! Shown below are two identical regular polygons and an equilateral triangle.
! Calculate the number of sides each regular polygon has.
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14. 22.! A regular polygon has interior angles that are 5 times larger than each of its
! exterior angles.
! Calculate how many sides it has.
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