A polygon is a closed geometric figure with straight sides. Common polygons include triangles, squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, pentagons, hexagons, octagons… The perimeter of a polygo...A polygon is a closed geometric figure with straight sides. Common polygons include triangles, squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, pentagons, hexagons, octagons… The perimeter of a polygon is the distance around the outside. In general, to find the perimeter of a polygon, you can add up the lengths of all of its sides.
Many objects have odd shapes made up of simpler shapes. A composite figure is a geometric figure which is formed by—or composed of—two or more basic geometric figures. We will look at a handful of fai...Many objects have odd shapes made up of simpler shapes. A composite figure is a geometric figure which is formed by—or composed of—two or more basic geometric figures. We will look at a handful of fairly simple examples, but this concept can of course be extended to much more complicated figures.
