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Geometry Project (Due Mo/Day) GHS 1 Project: Angles in Polygons Name__________________________________ Date _______________ Directions: Answer the questions, and complete the table. Part 1: Interior Angles in Polygons 1. Use your textbook or other references to complete column #1 of the table with the names of each polygon. (Note that the table is two pages.) A polygon with n sides is called an n-gon. 2. What is the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a triangle? _________ 3. We want to be able to find the sum of the measures of the interior angles of any convex polygon. Let’s look at a quadrilateral. On a sheet of paper, use a straightedge to draw a quadrilateral. Draw one diagonal. a. How many triangles do you have? ______ b. How many degrees in each triangle? _______ c. What is the sum of the measures of the interior angles in a convex quadrilateral? _______ 4. Repeat for a pentagon. (Draw a convex pentagon. Draw two diagonals from the same vertex.) a. How many triangles do you have? ______ b. How many degrees in each triangle? _______ c. What is the sum of the measures of the interior angles in a convex pentagon? ________ 5. Repeat #4, adding a side until you find patterns for the number of triangles and the sum of the measures of the interior angles. • For an polygon with n sides, what formula gives the sum of its interior angles? 6. On the table, complete column #3 (“# of ∆s”) and column #5 (“Sum of the interior angles”). 7. If the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a triangle is 180°, how large is each of the 3 congruent angles in a regular (equilateral, equiangular) triangle? ________ How can you use the sum (180°) and the number of sides (3) to get this? 8. What is another name for a regular quadrilateral? _____________________ a. What is the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a convex quadrilateral? (See question #3c above) _________ b. Use this sum and the number of congruent angles in a regular quadrilateral to find the measure of each angle in a regular quadrilateral. ________ 9. Repeat #8, adding a side until you find a pattern for the measure of each interior angle of a regular polygon. 10. On the table, complete column #7 (“Each interior angle of regular n-gon”). Geometry Project (Due Mo/Day) GHS 2 Part 2: Exterior Angles in Polygons An exterior angle of a polygon is formed by extending a side of the polygon (into a ray). We want to be able to find the sum of the measures of the exterior angles of ANY convex polygon (if one exterior angle is drawn at every vertex.) Use an educational website which has geometry lessons on the interior and exterior angles of polygons. One such lesson is at: http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/GG3/LPoly3.htm Other useful websites include: http://www.khanacademy.org/ http://www.sophia.org/ Use your chosen lesson or tutorial to investigate the exterior angles of a polygon. Answer these questions: 11. What is the sum of the measures of the exterior angles of a triangle? ________ . How can you use the sum and the number of angles (3) to get the measure of each of the 3 congruent exterior angles in a regular (equilateral, equiangular) triangle? 12. What is the measure of any exterior angle of a regular triangle? (You can look at the diagram in column #6 of the table.) ___________ 13. Use the sum of the measures of the exterior angles of a quadrilateral and the number of angles to find the measure of each exterior angle of a regular quadrilateral. 14. Find a pattern, and complete column #10 of the table. Geometry Project (Due Mo/Day) GHS 3 Table (p.1): Angles in Polygons (VDOE, 2011) Name of Polygon n (# of sides) 3 4 5 # of ∆s Convex n-gon Sum of the interior angles Regular n-gon Each interior angle of regular n-gon Convex n-gon Sum of the exterior angles Each exterior angle of regular n-gon Geometry Project (Due Mo/Day) GHS 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 20 100 n (formula) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Not enough space for a diagram. Instead, imagine a regular polygon with the specified number of sides. Geometry Project (Due Mo/Day) GHS Quiz Questions. 1. This figure shows a pattern of triangles and regular hexagons. What is the value of x ? a. 30 b. 60 c. 90 d. 120 2. Which figure has all sides of equal measure but not necessarily all angles of equal measure? a. Square b. Rectangle c. Rhombus d. Trapezoid 3. In the figure shown, what is mWXY ? a. 45° b. 107° c. 120° d. 135° 5 Geometry Project (Due Mo/Day) GHS 6 4. This figure is a traffic sign in the shape of a regular octagon. What is the value of x ? a. 45 b. 60 c. 135 d. 180 5. What is wrong with the diagram below? 6. How are an interior and an exterior angle at the same vertex related? 7. How can you find the sum of the measures of a convex 102-gon without using the formula? 8. If four of the angles of a pentagon measure 80°, 90°, 100°, and 110°, what is the measure of the fifth angle? Explain your reasoning. 9. Which is greater: a.) the measure of an exterior angle of a regular triangle, or b.) the measure of an interior angle of a regular pentagon? Explain your reasoning. JOURNAL/WRITING PROMPTS: 1. Complete a journal entry summarizing your investigations. 2. Write directions for how to find the measure of an interior angle of a regular polygon. 3. If you are given the measure of an (exterior or interior) angle of a regular polygon, explain how to determine how many sides the polygon has. 4. Describe a real-world problem that uses angles of polygons.