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Examine whether the following are polygons. If anyone among them is not, say why?


(a) No, it is not a polygon as it’s not a closed figure.


(b) Yes, it is a polygon as it is made of 6 line segments.


(c) No, it is not a polygon. It’s a circle and it is not made of any line segments.


(d) No, it’s not a polygon as it is not only made of line segments.


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Give reason for the following:

(a) A square can be thought of as a special rectangle.


(b) A rectangle can be thought of as a special parallelogram.


(c) A square can be thought of as a special rhombus.


(d) Squares, rectangles, parallelograms are all quadrilaterals.


(e) Square is also a parallelogram.

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A figure is said to be regular, if its sides are equal in length and angles are equal in measure. Can you identify the regular quadrilateral?

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Name each polygon:



Make two more examples of each of these.

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Draw a rough sketch of a regular hexagon. Connecting any three of its vertices, draw a triangle. Identify the type of the triangle you have drawn.