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Polygons 6
ANGLES IN POLYGONS

For a regular n-sided polygon, each exterior angle = each interior angle =
For any n-sided polygon, sum of the interior angles = 180(n  2)

1. A regular polygon has 10 sides. Calculate the size of each interior angle.

Answer …………………………… [2]

2. How many sides does a regular polygon have if each interior angle is 168?

Answer …………………………… [2]

3. How many sides does a regular polygon have if each exterior angle is 22½?

Answer …………………………… [2]

4. The diagram shows a pentagon.

95 115

x
110

115
Calculate the size of the exterior angle x.

Answer ……………… [2]

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A

5. In the pentagon ABCDE, the angles 116

A, B, C, D and E are 116, 103, 114,
118 and x respectively. E x
Calculate the value of x.
103 B

118 114

D C

Answer x = ……………………. [3]

A
6. In the pentagon ABCDE, angle BAE = 140.
The other 4 angles are all equal. 140
Calculate the size of angle BCD.  E
B

C D

Answer angle BCD = …………………………… [2]

7. ABCDE is a pentagon. E
The angles A, B, C, D and E are x, 2x, D
3x, 4x and 120 respectively. 120 4x
Find the value of x. C
3x
x 2x
A B

Answer x = …………………………… [3]

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C
8.

B D

A E

Pentagon ABCDE represents the cross-section of a house.

Angle BAC = angle AED = 90.
Given that angle ABC = angle BCD = angle CDE, find the size of angle BCD.

Answer angle BCD = …………………… [3]

9. PQRST is a regular pentagon. R

Q S

X
P T
(a) Calculate the size of the exterior angles of the pentagon.

Answer (a) ……………………………… [1]

(b) The sides PT and RS are produced to meet at X.

(i) Calculate angle TXS.

Answer (b) (i) Angle TXS = ………………………… [2]

(ii) What type of quadrilateral is PQSX?

Answer (b) (ii) ……………..…….………………… [1]

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10.

p

q

(a) The diagram shows three regular pentagons.

Find the value of

(i) p,

Answer (a) (i) p = ………………………… [1]

(ii) q.

Answer (a) (ii) q = ………………………… [2]

(b) Additional pentagons are added to these three to form a closed ring surrounding a regular
polygon. What is the total number of pentagons which form the ring?

Answer (b) ……………..……………… [2]

11.
x
x

x

Brigitta wants to cut off the shaded section from a rectangular shelf in the diagram.
In the resulting hexagon, three of the angles are right angles and three are each equal to x.
Calculate x.

Answer x = …………………………… [3]

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12. A regular octagon, drawn opposite has

eight sides. One side of the octagon q
has been extended to form angle p.

(a) Work out the size of angle p.

Answer (a) p = ……………… [2]

(b) Work out the size of angle q.

Answer (b) q = ……………… [2]

13. The diagram shows part of a regular octagon ABCDEFGH and part of a regular hexagon
ABWXYZ which are drawn on opposite sides of the common line AB.

H C

A B

Z W

Calculate
(a) angle ABC,

Answer (a) Angle ABC = …………………… [1]

(b) angle ABW,

Answer (b) Angle ABW = …………………… [1]

(c) angle BCW.

Answer (c) Angle BCW = …………………… [2]

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14. AB, BC and CD are adjacent sides B

A
of a regular polygon. 18

Given that angle CAB = 18, calculate D

(a) an exterior angle of the polygon,

Answer (a) …………………… [1]

(b) the number of sides of the polygon,

Answer (b) …………………… [1]

(c) angle ACD.

Answer (c) angle ACD = ……………… [1]

15. The seven interior angles of a heptagon are 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 9x and 10x.
Calculate the size of its smallest angle.

Answer …………………………………….. [2]

16. The six interior angles of a hexagon are x, (x + 20), 2x, (2x + 30), 3x and (3x + 10).
Calculate the size of the largest angle of the hexagon.

Answer ………………………………… [2]

17. The diagram shows the net for right-pyramid with a regular pentagon as its base.
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The net is constructed using five straight lines.

a
b

Calculate the size of angle b.

Answer ………………………… [2]

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18. D
B F

50
40 40

C E

A G

In the concave heptagon ABCDEFG, angle BAG = angle AGF = 90, angle ABC =
angle GFE = 40 and angle CDE = 50.
The reflex angles BCD and FED are equal.
Calculate the size of reflex angle BCD.

Answer Angle BCD = ………………………… [3]

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HARDER POLYGON QUESTIONS

1. If the interior angle of a regular polygon is times the exterior angle, how many sides
does
it have?

Answer ………………………… [3]

2. An n-sided polygon has one interior angle of 90. The other interior angles are all equal.
If the size of one of the equal angles is 150, calculate the value of n.

Answer n = ……………… [3]

3. In a polygon with n sides, one third of the angles are each 147 and the other two thirds are
each 174. Calculate the value of n.

Answer n = …………………………… [4]

4. A regular polygon has each interior angle equal to x where x is an integer such that
150  x  160.
How many sides has the polygon?

Answer …………………………… [3]

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5.
B C
A
D

105
G E

135

In the heptagon ABCDEFG, AB is parallel to FE and FG is parallel to ED.

Angle EFG = 135 and angle AGF = 105.
Angle ABC = angle BCD = angle CDE.

Find the size of

(a) angle GAB,

Answer (a) Angle GAB = …………………… [1]

(b) angle ABC.

Answer (b) Angle ABC = …………………… [2]

6. A nonagon has 9 sides.

(a) Calculate the size of each interior angle of a regular nonagon.

Answer (a) …………………… [2]

(b) An irregular nonagon has 5 interior angles of 148 each and the other 4 interior angles
are in the ratio 5 : 6 : 7 : 8. Calculate the size of the largest angle of the nonagon.

Answer (b) …………………… [2]

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7. In a polygon with n sides, one third of the angles are each 174, one quarter of the angles
are each 178 and the rest of the angles are each 177.
Calculate the value of n.

Answer n = ……………………… [5]

8. A regular 3n-sided polygon has an interior angle of k.

A regular 4n-sided polygon has an interior angle of (k + 1).
Find the value of n and the value of k.

Answer n = …………………
k = ………………… [5]

9. The ratio of the size of the interior angle of a regular n-sided polygon to the size of the
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interior angle of a regular (n + 2)-sided polygon is 15 : 16.

Calculate the value of n.

Answer n = ……………………… [4]

10. The interior angle of a regular n-sided polygon is 22 more than the interior angle of a
regular
nonagon.
(a) Find the size of the interior angle of the n-sided polygon.

Answer (a) ………………………… [2]

(b) Find the value of n.

Answer (b) n = ………………………… [2]

TESSELATIONS
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1.

NOT TO
REGULAR SCALE
SQUARE
HEXAGON
X

REGULAR A square, a regular hexagon and a

n-SIDED regular n-sided polygon fit together
POLYGON exactly at the point X, as shown in
the diagram.
Calculate the value of n.

Answer n = ……………… [4]

2.

REGULAR
SQUARE PENTAGON NOT TO
SCALE
X

REGULAR
n-SIDED A square, a regular pentagon and a
POLYGON regular n-sided polygon fit together
exactly at the point X, as shown in
the diagram.
Calculate the value of n.

Answer n = ……………… [4]

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