GCSE Interior and Exterior Angles

Exercise 1 2) If a n -sided polygon has exactly 3 obtuse

angles (i.e. 90 ° <θ<180 ° ), the rest acute or
1) Determine the angle x . right-angled, then determine the possible
values of n (Hint: determine the possible
a) b)
range for the sum of the interior angles, and
use these inequalities to solve).
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(Lesson 2) Test Your Understanding:

c) d)

1) Determine the exterior angle of a 40-

sided regular polygon.
2) Determine the interior angle of a 15-
sided regular polygon.
e) 3) The interior angle of a regular polygon
f) is 178 °. Determine how many sides it
has.
4)

g) h)

5) [Edexcel] The diagram shows a regular

hexagon and a regular octagon.
Calculate the size of the angle marked
x . You must show all your working.

i)

Exercise 2

1) [Edexcel IGCSE Jan2014(R)-3H

2) The total of the interior angles of a polygon Q3b] The diagram shows a
is 1260 °. How many sides does it have? regular 6-sided polygon.
Work out the value of  y .

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Q3a] The diagram shows a
1) The interior angle of a regular polygon is regular 5-sided polygon. Work
179 °. How many sides does it have? out the value of x .
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3) Determine the value of a . size of the largest of these angles?

10) [IMC 2015 Q9] What

is the value

4) Determine how many sides a regular of  p+q +r +s +t + u+v + w+ x + y in the

polygon with the following exterior angle diagram?
would have:
a. 30 ° ______________
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b. 45 ° ______________
c. 12 ° ______________ Lesson 3: Test Your Understanding 1
d. 9 ° ______________
5) Determine how many sides a regular The diagram shows 4 congruent
polygon with the following interior angle regular pentagons that form the
would have: sides of an n -sided regular polygon.
a. 156 ° ______________ Determine the value of n .
b. 162 ° ______________ Test Your Understanding 2
c. 144 ° ______________
d. 175 ° ______________ [IMC 2006 Q19] The diagram
6) [Edexcel GCSE shows a regular pentagon and a
Mar13-1H Q13] regular hexagon which overlap.
The diagram shows What is the value of  x ?
a square and 4
regular pentagons.
Test Your Understanding 3
Work out the size
of the angle marked x . [IMC 2009 Q12] The diagram
shows a square inside a regular
7) [Edexcel IGCSE hexagon. What is the size of the
May2015(R)-3H marked angle at  X ?
Q2b]
The diagram Exercise 3
shows 3 identical
1) [KS3 SATs 2004 L6-L8 Paper 2
regular
Q19 Edited] A pupil has three
pentagons. Work
tiles. One is a regular octagon,
out the value of y .
one is a regular hexagon, and
one is a square. The side
8) [Edexcel IGCSE
length of each tile is the same.
May2015(R)-3H Q2b]
The pupil says the hexagon will fit exactly
The diagram shows 3
like this. Is the pupil correct?
identical regular
pentagons. Work out
the value of y .
2) [Edexcel IGCSE
Nov2009-3H Q3a]
9) [JMO 2007 A6] The sizes in degrees of the
The diagram shows a
interior angles of a pentagon are
regular octagon,
consecutive whole numbers. What is the

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 with centre O. Work out the value of x . 8) [JMO 2014 B1] The figure
shows an equilateral
3) [Edexcel IGCSE Nov-2010-4H Q13] triangle ABC, a
The size of each interior angle of a regular square BCDE, and a regular
polygon is 11 times the size of each pentagon BEFGH.
exterior angle. Work out the number of What is the difference
sides the polygon has. between the sizes
of ∠ADE and ∠AHE?
4) [Edexcel GCSE Nov2014-1H Q17]
ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon. BCKFGJ is 9) [IMC 2005 Q14] Ten stones, of identical
a hexagon. JK is a line of symmetry of the shape and size, are used to make an arch,
hexagon. Angle  BJG=¿ angle as shown in the diagram. Each stone has a
CKF=140 ° . Work out the size of cross-section in the shape of a trapezium
angle KFE. with three equal sides. What is the size of
the smallest angles of the trapezium?

10) [IMC 2018 Q18] The diagram

shows a regular pentagon and
an equilateral triangle placed
5) A regular polygon inside a square. What is the
A is surrounded by value of  x ?
squares and
equilateral
triangles in an 11) Find all regular polygons which tessellate
alternating (when restricted only to one type of
pattern, as shown. Show that A is a polygon).
hexagon.

6) A regular 1. By thinking about interior angles, prove

polygon B with that the regular polygons you identified above
n sides is are the only regular polygons which tessellate.
surrounded by
squares and
regular
pentagons in an alternating pattern, as
shown. Determine the value of n .

7) [IMC 2003 Q22] The

diagram shows a regular
dodecagon (a polygon with
twelve equal sides and
equal angles). What is the
size of the marked angle?

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