Know : Triangle, Square, Pentagon… How long it goes?


Triangle Δ (3), Square (4), Pentagon (5), Hexagon (6), Heptagon(7), Octagon(8)… How long it can go?

A Megagon is a shape with 1,000,000 equal sides.  Even if drawn at the size of the Earth, a regular megagon would be very difficult to distinguish from a circle.

regular polygon is a polygon that is equiangular (all angles are equal in measure) and equilateral (all sides have the same length). 

How many you know before? How to draw a perfect polygon with 10 sides? Know more here… (To see how to draw them? Scroll down the table)

Number of sides Name of polygon Picture
n Regular n-gon
3 Equilateral Triangle  Triangle.Equilateral.svg
4 Square  Regular polygon 4 annotated.svg
5 Regular Pentagon  Regular polygon 5 annotated.svg
6 Regular Hexagon  Regular polygon 6 annotated.svg
7 Regular Heptagon  Regular polygon 7 annotated.svg
8 Regular Octagon  Regular polygon 8 annotated.svg
9 Regular Nonagon  Regular polygon 9 annotated.svg
10 Regular Decagon Regular polygon 10 annotated.svg 
11 Regular Hendecagon  Regular polygon 11 annotated.svg
12 Regular Dodecagon  Regular polygon 12 annotated.svg
13 Regular Tridecagon  Regular polygon 13 annotated.svg
14 Regular Tetradecagon Regular polygon 14 annotated.svg 
15 Regular Pentadecagon  Regular polygon 15 annotated.svg
16 Regular Hexadecagon  Regular polygon 16 annotated.svg
17 Regular Heptadecagon Regular polygon 17 annotated.svg 
18 Regular Octadecagon  Regular polygon 18 annotated.svg
19 Regular Enneadecagon Regular polygon 19 annotated.svg 
20 Regular Icosagon  Regular polygon 20 annotated.svg
100 Regular Hectagon Internal Angle 176.40°External Angle 3.60°
1000 Regular Chiliagon  Chiliagon.pngA whole regular chiliagon is not visually discernible from a circle. The lower section is a portion of a regular chiliagon, 200 times as large as the smaller one, with the vertices highlighted.Internal Angle = 179.64°
10000 Regular Myriagon  Internal Angle = 179.96°
1,000,000 Regular Megagon  Circle - black simple.svgEven if drawn at the size of the Earth, a regular megagon would be very difficult to distinguish from a circle.Internal Angle = 179.99964°

Geometric Construction of Regular Polygons

Equilateral Triangle Inscribed in a Circle.gif
Equilateral triangle

 

File:Straight Square Inscribed in a Circle 240px.gif
Square

 

File:Regular Pentagon Inscribed in a Circle 240px.gif
Pentagon

 

Hexagon

 

Approximated Heptagon Inscribed in a Circle.gif
Heptagon

 

File:Regular Octagon Inscribed in a Circle.gif
Octagon

 

Approximated Nonagon Inscribed in a Circle.gif
Nonagon

 

Construction of a regular decagon
Decagon

 

Costruzione approssimata dell'endecagono regolare
Hendecagon

 

Regular Dodecagon Inscribed in a Circle.gif
Dodecagon

 

File:Approximated Tridecagon Inscribed in a Circle.gif
Tridecagon

 

Approximated Tetradecagon Inscribed in a Circle.gif
Tetradecagon

 

Regular Pentadecagon Inscribed in a Circle.gif
Pentadecagon

 

Regular Hexadecagon Inscribed in a Circle.gif
Hexadecagon

 

Regular Heptadecagon Using Carlyle Circle.gif
Heptadecagon

 

Octadecagon

 

Enneadecagon

 

Regular Icosagon Inscribed in a Circle.gif
Icosagon

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