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Angles - Polygons

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1.

(a) Calculate the size of angle x.

x = .........................°
(2)

(b) Calculate the size of angle y.

y = .........................°
(2)
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2. The hexagon below has two right angles.
The other four angles are all equal.

Work out the size of angle x.

.........................°
(3)

3. Shown below is a heptagon.

Calculate the size of angle x.

.........................°
(2)
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4. Shown below is a regular pentagon.

(a) Find the size of each interior angle.

x = .........................°
(2)

Three identical regular pentagons are joined as shown above.

(b) Work out the size of angle y.

y = .........................°
(2)

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5. Shown below is a regular hexagon ABCDEF.

Calculate angle x.

x = .........................°
(3)

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6. Shown below is a regular pentagon ABCDE.

(a) Work out angle x.

x = .........................°
(2)

(b) Work out angle y.

y = .........................°
(2)

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7. Shown is a regular hexagon and a regular octagon.

Calculate the size of angle y.

y = .........................°
(3)

8. A regular polygon has 12 sides.

Work out the size of each interior angle.

.........................°
(2)
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9.

Explain why the sum of the interior angles in a regular pentagon is 540°

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(2)

10. Shown below is a regular hexagon, with an exterior angle labeled y.

Work out the size of each exterior angle.

y = .........................°
(2)

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11. A regular polygon has 24 sides.

Work out the size of each exterior angle.

......................... °
(2)

12. Each exterior angle of a regular polygon is 20°

Work out the number of sides of the polygon.

.........................
(2)

13. Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 174°

Work out the number of sides of the polygon.

.........................
(2)
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14. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 135°

Work out the number of sides of the polygon.

.........................
(2)

15. ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon.

(a) Calculate the size of angle AOB.

......................... °
(2)
(b) Calculate the size of angle ABC.

......................... °
(2)

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16. Martin has drawn a regular nonagon (9 sided polygon).

(a) What size is each exterior angle?

......................... °
(2)

(b) What size is each interior angle?

......................... °
(2)

17. Shown below is an interior angle from a regular polygon.

Calculate the number of sides the polygon has.

.........................
(2)

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18. Isaac wants to work out the size of each exterior angle of a regular 12 sided
polygon.

Here is Isaac’s working out.

Explain Isaac’s mistake.

……………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………
(2)

19. The diagram shows a pentagon.

Work out the size of the largest angle in the pentagon.

.........................°
(5)
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20. The diagram shows parts of two regular polygons A and B.

A has 10 sides and exterior angle 3x.

Work out the number of sides regular polygon B has.

.........................
(5)

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21. The diagram below shows part of a regular polygon.

(a) Calculate the size of each exterior angle.

......................... °
(1)

(b) Calculate the number of sides the polygon has.

.........................
(2)

22. Explain why a regular octagon will not tessellate.

(3)

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23. Work out the sum of the interior angles for a 40 sided polygon.

.........................°
(2)

24. The sum of the interior angles in a polygon is 7380°

Calculate the number of sides the polygon has.

.........................
(2)

25. ABCDEF is a hexagon.

Angle BAF : Angle DEF = 6:5

Work out the sizes of angles BAF, DEF and ABC

Angle BAF = ………… Angle DEF = ………… Angle ABC = …………

Work out how many sides the regular polygon has.

.........................
(4)

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27. Shown below are two identical regular polygons and an equilateral triangle.

Calculate the number of sides each regular polygon has.

.........................
(3)

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28. A regular polygon has interior angles that are 5 times larger than each of its
exterior angles.

Calculate how many sides it has.

.........................
(4)

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