A polygon with five sides is called what?

A polygon with five sides is called what?

• A. Pentagon
• B. Hexagon
• C. Heptagon
• D. Nonagon

Answer: (A)

Naming polygons by the number of sides is the idea here. The suffix -gon marks a polygon, and the prefixes tell how many sides: penta means five, hex means six, hepta means seven, nona means nine. So a polygon with five sides is called a pentagon. The other terms correspond to six, seven, and nine sides, respectively.

Naming polygons by the number of sides is the idea here. The suffix -gon marks a polygon, and the prefixes tell how many sides: penta means five, hex means six, hepta means seven, nona means nine. So a polygon with five sides is called a pentagon. The other terms correspond to six, seven, and nine sides, respectively.