Distinguish regular and irregular polygons
Use the properties of rectangles to deduce related facts and find missing lengths and angles; distinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on reasoning about equal sides and angles
What you'll learn
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Imagine a square piece of paper 🟩. All its sides are the same length, and all its corners are the same size. That's a regular polygon!
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Which shape has all sides the same length and all corners the same size?
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Look at these two shapes. The left one is regular — all sides and angles match. The right one is irregular — they don't.
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Let's check this shape together — is it regular or irregular?
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Tap on the regular shapes. They have all sides equal and all angles equal.
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Which one is a regular shape?
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True or false: All triangles are regular polygons.
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