Find missing exterior angles of polygons

Find missing exterior angles of polygons

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will calculate missing exterior angles of any regular or irregular polygon.

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3 Questions

Q1.
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a
Correct answer: b
c
d
Q2.
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a
b
c
Correct answer: d
Q3.
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a
b
c
Correct answer: d

5 Questions

Q1.
What is the sum of exterior angles of any polygon?
180º
Correct answer: 360º
540º
Different with each polygon
Q2.
Calculate the size of angle a.
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15º
Correct answer: 30º
67º
73º
Q3.
Calculate the size of angle b.
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134º
Correct answer: 44º
48º
98º
Q4.
4. What is the size of each exterior angle of a regular 15 sided polygon?
Correct answer: 24º
42º
48º
72º
Q5.
5. A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 30º. How many sides does it have?
10
Correct answer: 12
14
16

Lesson appears in

UnitMaths / Polygons 2 (Interior and Exterior)

UnitMaths / Revise - Angles, Polygons, Bearings