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Deriving the sum of interior angles in multiple ways

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Deriving the sum of interior angles in multiple ways”, from the unit “Geometrical properties: polygons” (Year 8 Maths) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. A ___ is a flat (2D), closed figure made up of straight line segments.
  2. What is the size of ∠BCD?
  3. A hendecagon has 11 sides. The minimum number of triangles that it could be split into is ___.
  4. A hexadecagon has 16 sides. Which calculation would find the sum of its interior angles?
  5. Angles around a point sum to ___°.
  6. Evaluate the expression 20(x − 2) when x=5.
  7. Each time the number of sides of a polygon increases by 1, the sum of the interior angles increases by ___°.
  8. The interior angles in 19-sided polygon sum to 3060°. Therefore the interior angles in a 20-sided polygon sum to ___°.
  9. Which expression can be used to calculate the sum of interior angles in a polygon by substituting n for the number of sides?
  10. A triacontagon is a polygon with 30 sides. Which calculation finds the sum of its interior angles?
  11. A tetracontagon is a polygon with 40 sides. Its interior angles sum to ___°.
  12. A polygon has interior angles which sum to 720°. The polygon has ___ sides.

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