Regular Polygon Teacher Resources

A complete reference guide to regular polygons. It provides definitions, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to calculate the area and perimeter of regular polygons. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...

Learn how to construct regular polygons.

The instructor of this video lesson demonstrates how to find the number of diagonals in a regular polygon using a formula. [3:01]

An activity for students to explore symmetry on different regular polygons.

Students determine the area and perimeter of regular polygons and use that information to conduct a beginning investigation of limits.

Use Cabri Jr. to find the area of several regular polygons and then use that investigation to derive the area of a circle from a many-sided polygon.

In this lesson, students learn to inscribe regular polygons inside a circle.

This activity has the students derive the formula for finding the area of a regular polygon. Demonstrating the procedure of constructing a regular polygon in front of the class maybe necessary depending on the students prior experience

Students discover a very intuitive method for determining the area of a regular polygon. They use that information to develop the standard area formula.

In this activity, students will construct regular polygons. The activity will reinforce the difference between a construction and a drawing.

Learn how to find the area of a regular polygon using the formula A=1/2ap in this free math video tutorial [5 mins, 17 secs]with two examples by Mario's Math Tutoring.

This site gives a description of regular polygons along with visual representations of several polygons. There are links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the interactive check point...

In this video tutorial, the instructor uses data to derive the formula to solve for number of diagonals in a regular polygon. Assess understanding with a quiz. [5:43]

The interactive tutorial examines the properties and formulas of regular polygons, inscribed circles, and circumscribed circles.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students are introduced to regular polygons. Students learn how to find the drawing angle of any given polygon, exterior angle, interior angle and the sum of the angles for a regular...

Use this calculator to calculate properties of a regular polygon. Enter any 1 variable plus the number of sides or the polygon name. Calculates side length, inradius, circumradius, area, and perimeter.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify regular polygons and their characteristics

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to calculate the sum of the interior angles of a polygon and the measure of one interior angle of a regular polygon.

In this video tutorial, students will determine if a polygon is regular by examining the sides and angles for congruency. Check understanding by the assessment. [2:06]

This video tutorial demonstrates how to use the terms equiangular and equilateral to determine if a polygon is regular or irregular. Check understanding with the assessment. [6:07]

An applet is used to investigate the rotation symmetry of regular polygons.

Investigate the properties of triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons using this interactive Learn Alberta math resource. Students are able to practice classifying shapes based on their different properties. Be sure to follow the...

Seventh graders find the area of regular polygons, recalling what they already know about the area of geometric shapes and generalizing a formula for any regular polygon.