Polygons are two-dimensional geometric shapes that have straight sides and angles. The different types of polygons are classified based on the number of sides they have. Below are some of the most common types of polygons:
- Triangles: A triangle is a polygon with three sides and three angles. Triangles can be classified as scalene, isosceles or equilateral, depending on whether all sides are different, two sides are equal or all sides are equal.
- Quadrilaterals: A quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides and four angles. Some examples of quadrilaterals include squares, rectangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids.
- Pentagons: A pentagon is a polygon with five sides and five angles. A regular pentagon has equal sides and angles, while an irregular pentagon has sides and angles of different lengths.
- Hexagons: A hexagon is a polygon with six sides and six angles. Similar to pentagons, hexagons can be regular or irregular.
- Heptagons: A heptagon is a polygon with seven sides and seven angles.
- Octagons: An octagon is a polygon with eight sides and eight angles.
- Nonagons: A nonagon is a polygon with nine sides and nine angles.
- Decagons: A decagon is a polygon with ten sides and ten angles.
- Dodecagons: A dodecagon is a polygon with twelve sides and twelve angles.
These are just a few examples of the many different types of polygons that exist. More polygons exists based on the number of sides and angles.
