Monday, September 26, 2011

Geometry - What is a Dodecagon?





A DODECAGON has 12 sides and 12 angles!  WOW!




Here are some links to help the students learn more about dodecagons. 


~ Cool Math.com ~ Dodecagon-polygon

~ Dodecagon (12-gon)

~ Dodecagon - Wikipedia

~To Construct a DODECAGON with ruler and compass


Suggested Activities

* Each interior angle of a regular dodecagon measures 150 degrees. Students could find the sum of all the interior angles in a dodecagon.

   (150 x 12 = 1800 degrees) 


* Here are printables of dodecagon tessellations  (and other polygon templates plus dot paper and grid paper templates) that students might enjoy. Click on the link below.

~ Totally Tessellated Templates

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2 comments:

  1. Love the resources you have available here! I will absolutely be back to show your activities, etc. to my son! Stopping by from the Alexa Hop!

    - Nicole @ MamaNYC
    www.MamaNYC.net

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  2. Dodecagon is one of the types of polygon which has 12 sides. This is one of the regular polygons and is named dodecagon since it has 12 sides. Dodecagon has 12 angles. There are both regular and irregular dodecagons. Here, we will discuss more about the properties of the regular 12 sided polygon.

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