Find missing angles when two or more polygons are joined

Find missing angles when two or more polygons are joined

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will apply regular polygon knowledge to find missing angles when two or more polygons are joined together.

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4 Questions

Q1.
The sum of interior angles of a polygon is 720º. How many sides does the polygon have?
5
Correct answer: 6
7
8
Q2.
The sum of interior angles of a polygon is 2880º. How many sides does the polygon have?
15
16
17
Correct answer: 18
Q3.
The sum of interior angles of a regular polygon is 3960º. What is the size of each interior angle of the regular polygon?
150º
Correct answer: 165º
170º
175º
Q4.
The sum of interior angles of a regular polygon is 5040º. What is the size of each exterior angle of the regular polygon?
100.8º
Correct answer: 12º
168º
79.2º

4 Questions

Q1.
The diagram shows two hexagons joined. Calculate the size of the angle marked b.
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Correct answer: 120º
144º
60º
90º
Q2.
A regular pentagon and a regular hexagon are joined. Calculate the size of angle a.
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105º
117º
Correct answer: 132º
144º
Q3.
An octagon and a nonagon are joined. Calculate the size of the angle labelled g.
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105º
117º
75º
Correct answer: 85º
Q4.
Calculate the size of the angle marked.
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Correct answer: 12º
15º
18º
27º

Lesson appears in

UnitMaths / Polygons 2 (Interior and Exterior)

UnitMaths / Revise - Angles, Polygons, Bearings