MathsYears 8–9Geometry - Properties of Shapes

Angles in polygons

Calculate interior and exterior angles of regular and irregular polygons

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a triangle made from 3 lollipop sticks. Each corner is an angle — like a hinge!

  2. 2

    How many corners does a triangle have?

  3. 3

    Here's a triangle. The 3 angles inside always add up to 180° — like a straight line!

  4. 4

    Let's find the missing angle in a triangle!

  5. 5

    Use the protractor to measure this angle inside a pentagon.

  6. 6

    What do all 3 angles in a triangle add up to?

  7. 7

    A quadrilateral (4-sided shape) can be split into 2 triangles. What do its 4 angles add to?

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