- William G. Houston Middle School
- Names of Polygons
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Sides
Name nN-gon 3Triangle 4Quadrilateral 5Pentagon 6Hexagon 7Heptagon 8Octagon 10Decagon 12Dodecagon Names for other polygons have been proposed.
SidesName 9Nonagon, Enneagon 11Undecagon, Hendecagon 13Tridecagon, Triskaidecagon 14Tetradecagon, Tetrakaidecagon 15Pentadecagon, Pentakaidecagon 16Hexadecagon, Hexakaidecagon 17Heptadecagon, Heptakaidecagon 18Octadecagon, Octakaidecagon 19Enneadecagon, Enneakaidecagon 20Icosagon 30Triacontagon 40Tetracontagon 50Pentacontagon 60Hexacontagon 70Heptacontagon 80Octacontagon 90Enneacontagon 100Hectogon, Hecatontagon 1,000Chiliagon 10,000Myriagon To construct a name, combine the prefix+suffix
SidesPrefix 20Icosikai... 30Triacontakai... 40Tetracontakai... 50Pentacontakai... 60Hexacontakai... 70Heptacontakai... 80Octacontakai... 90Enneacontakai... +SidesSuffix +1...henagon +2...digon +3...trigon +4...tetragon +5...pentagon +6...hexagon +7...heptagon +8...octagon +9...enneagon Examples:
46 sided polygon - Tetracontakaihexagon28 sided polygon - Icosikaioctagon
However, many people use the form n-gon, as in 46-gon, or 28-gon instead of these names.