Scribd
Upload
30 views11 pages

Understanding Regular Polygons and Perimeter

Uploaded by

sheilafuentes
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
30 views11 pages

Understanding Regular Polygons and Perimeter

Uploaded by

sheilafuentes
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Shapes

Regular
Polygon
Problem solving
Regular or irregular
Polygon Equal

Key Words Vertices


sides
angles
2D closed shapes
Straight sides and more than
three

Recap: What
is a polygon?
.
Regular
polygon
Regular polygons have:
•sides of equal
length and angles of
equal size.
How we calculate the
Perimeter of regular polygons
number of sides × length of one side

Can we use another method for calculating the perimeter?

What happen if we calculate the perimeter of the irregular polygon?


Now is
your turn…
The perimeter of a square is 4cm,
so each side measures 1cm, now
we calculate the perimeter of the
figure in front of us.
Look at Lola and Leo, they are solving problems about the
perimeter of these shapes. Can you identify the mistake?
Work in pairs
We are going to use
toothpicks with equal length
to build regular polygons.
With the ruler measure the
length of the toothpick.
Calculate the perimeter of the
polygon you build on the
whiteboards.
How many different
triangles can you
make using strips
that are length 4,
length 7 and/or
length 11?
Can you find three strips
which cannot be made into
a triangle when you use
them together?
Woking in
pairs
Look at the square, it is divided in
triangles.
How many triangles you can count?

You might also like