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How do you draw, label and name a polygon?
LEARNING
STANDARDS
Draw polygons, label
A polygon is named according to the number of its sides. vertices of polygons
and name the
polygons based on
the labelled vertices.

Name of
polygon

Triangle Quadrilateral Pentagon Hexagon
Number 3 4 5 6
of sides

Name of
polygon
Heptagon Octagon Nonagon Decagon
Number 7 8 9 10
of sides

A polygon can be drawn according to the following steps.

Identify the Mark points Join all the points Label the
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number of equal in number with straight vertices and
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sides of to the number lines to form a name the
the polygon. of sides. closed figure. polygon.

2

Draw a polygon with six sides. Then label and name
the polygon. The vertices of a polygon
are usually labelled in
alphabetical order and
the polygon is named
D either clockwise or
C anticlockwise of
E the vertices.

F B Make sure that when
A drawing a polygon, do
Thus, the polygon is a hexagon ABCDEF. not mark two or more
points that can form a
straight line.

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