Polygons - NSW Department of Education

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Polygons 2D shapes 2D shapes have two dimensions – length and width. A polygon is a 2D shape with at least three straight sides and three angles. It can be regular (all sides equal and all angles the same) or irregular (sides different lengths and angles different).

Polygon

Name

Number of sides

Number of angles

triangle

3

3

rectangle

4

4

4

4

5

5

square A square is a special type of rectangle with all its sides equal.

pentagon

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Polygon

Name

Number of sides

Number of angles

hexagon

6

6

heptagon

7

7

octagon

8

8

nonagon

9

9

decagon

10

10

These shapes are not polygons because all their sides are not straight.

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