1. What forms the sides of both regular and irregular polygons?

line segments

2. What is formed where two sides of a polygon meet?

angle

3. What do you call the common point where two sides of a polygon meet to form an angle?vertex

4. What word would you use when you talk about more than one vertex?

vertices

5. What do you know aboutthe number of sides, angles, and vertices of a polygon?They are the same.

tri-

8 vertices

quad-

penta-

hexa-

octa-

4 angles

4 sides

3 angles

7 vertices

3 sides

7 sides

6 vertices6 sides

5 vertices

5 angles8

angles

tri-

8 vertices

quad-octa-

4 angles

4 sides

3 angles

7 vertices

3 sides

7 sides

5 angles8

anglespenta- 5

vertices

tri-

8 verticesocta

-

3 angles

7 vertices

3 sides

7 sides

5 angles8

anglespenta- 5

vertices

tri-

3 angles

7 vertices

3 sides

7 sides

5 angles

penta- 5

vertices

penta-

7 vertices

7 sides

5 vertices

5 angles

decagon

tridecagon

pentadecagon

octadecagon

quadrilateralssquar

e

square

rectangle

rect

ang

le

quadrilateralssquar

e

square

rectangle

rect

ang

leparallelogra

ms

quadrilateralssquar

e

square

rectangle

rect

ang

le

opposite sidesare parallel

4 right angles

opposite sidesare parallel

opposite sidesare parallel

4 right angles 4 equal sides

opposite sidesare parallel

4 equal sides

Rectangle

Parallelogram

Square

Rhombus

perimeterthe distance around a

figure“measure around”

5 in.

3 in.

side + side + side + side = perimeter3 in. + 5 in. + 3 in. + 5 in.

=16 in.

8 ft

8 ft

8 ft + 8 ft + 8 ft + 8 ft =

32 ft

5 yd

9 yd

9 yd + 5 yd + 9 yd + 5 yd =

28 yd

8 ft

6 ft

6 ft + 8 ft + 4 ft + 9 ft + 5 ft =

32 ft

4 ft

9 ft5 ft

Victoria wants to put up a fence around her flower

garden.She measured the garden and found that 2 opposite

sides of the garden measured 12 feet, and the other two sides measured 8 feet. How much fencing

does Victoria need?

12 ft

8 ft

12 ft + 8 ft + 12 ft + 8 ft =

40 ft