CLASSIFICATION OF
POLYGONS
ACCORDING TO THE
NUMBER OF SIDES
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CONVEX POLYGONS:
A CONVEX POLYGON IS A POLYGON
WHERE ALL INTERIOR ANGLES ARE LESS
THAN 180 DEGREES, AND NO VERTICES
POINT INWARD. IN OTHER WORDS, A LINE
SEGMENT DRAWN BETWEEN ANY TWO
POINTS IN THE POLYGON WILL ALWAYS LIE
INSIDE OR ON THE BOUNDARY OF THE
POLYGON.
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NON-CONVEX (CONCAVE) POLYGONS:
A NON-CONVEX OR CONCAVE POLYGON
IS A POLYGON THAT HAS AT LEAST ONE
INTERIOR ANGLE GREATER THAN 180
DEGREES. THIS TYPE OF POLYGON HAS AT
LEAST ONE VERTEX THAT POINTS INWARD,
AND A LINE SEGMENT DRAWN BETWEEN
SOME POINTS WITHIN THE POLYGON MAY
PASS OUTSIDE IT.
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLE OF CONVEX
POLYGON:
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLE OF NON-
CONVEX POLYGON:
GROUP ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY 1: “COMPLETE MY TABLE”
USING YOUR PROTRACTOR,
MEASURE THE ANGLES OF THE GIVEN
FIGURE TO COMPLETE THE TABLE.
CONVEX OR CONCAVE?
CONVEX OR CONCAVE?
CONVEX OR CONCAVE?
CONVEX OR CONCAVE?
CONVEX OR CONCAVE?
CONVEX OR CONCAVE?
CONVEX OR CONCAVE?
CONVEX OR CONCAVE?
CONVEX OR CONCAVE?
CONVEX OR CONCAVE?
WHAT ARE THE THINGS
THAT COMES IN PAIRS?
• COMPLEMENTARY
ANGLES ARE TWO
ANGLES WHOSE
MEASURES ADD UP
TO 90°.
SUPPLEMENTARY
ANGLES ARE TWO
ANGLES WHOSE
MEASURES ADD UP
TO 180°.
•ADJACENT ANGLES ARE
TWO ANGLES THAT SHARE
COMMON SIDE AND
COMMON VERTEX AND DO
NOT OVERLAP. THEY ARE
NEXT TO EACH OTHER
• LINEAR PAIR IS A PAIR OF
ADJACENT ANGLES
FORMED WHEN TWO
LINES INTERSECT. THE
ANGLES IN A LINEAR PAIR
ADD UP TO 180°.
•VERTICAL ANGLESARE
THE PAIRS OF OPPOSITE
ANGLES MADE BY TWO
INTERSECTING LINES.

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