Back to Polygons: Properties, Construction, and Angle Sums — Problem 3 · Task Set 29

Exercises: Polygons, Construction, and Angle Sums

Use the interior angle sum formula (n−2)×180°(n-2) \times 180\degree and remember: dividing by nn to get a single angle only works for regular polygons.

Grade 7·16 problems·~25 min·Uganda NCDC Primary 7 Mathematics·lesson·construction-03
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Fluency Practice

A pentagon split into three triangles by diagonals drawn from one vertex
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A pentagon is split into triangles by drawing diagonals from one vertex. How many triangles result, and what is the pentagon's interior angle sum?