MathsYears 8–9Geometry - Properties of Shapes
Angles in polygons
Calculate interior and exterior angles of regular and irregular polygons
What you'll learn
- 1
Imagine a triangle made from 3 lollipop sticks. Each corner is an angle — like a hinge!
- 2
How many corners does a triangle have?
- 3
Here's a triangle. The 3 angles inside always add up to 180° — like a straight line!
- 4
Let's find the missing angle in a triangle!
- 5
Use the protractor to measure this angle inside a pentagon.
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What do all 3 angles in a triangle add up to?
- 7
A quadrilateral (4-sided shape) can be split into 2 triangles. What do its 4 angles add to?
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