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  • Sum of Interior Angles in a Polygon
  • Discovering the Sum of Interior Angles in a Polygon
  • Moving on to Bigger Polygons

Sum of Interior Angles in a Polygon

Author:
caydenja
Topic:
Angles
A student-based discovery activity that explores the sum of the interior angles of a polygon by deconstructing the polygons into triangles, and then calculating the sum of degrees for every triangle that could be made.
Sum of Interior Angles in a Polygon

Table of Contents

  • Discovering the Sum of Interior Angles in a Polygon

    • Sum of the Interior Angles in a Quadrilateral
    • Sum of the Interior Angles in a Pentagon
    • Sum of the Interior Angles in a Hexagon
    • Sum of the Interior Angles in a Heptagon
    • Sum of the Interior Angles in an Octagon
  • Moving on to Bigger Polygons

    • Generalizing and Finding a Pattern
    • Practical Practice
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Sum of the Interior Angles in a Quadrilateral

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