Thursday, April 30, 2009

What is an 11-sided polygon called?


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Why: Sadie's placemat has various shapes on it, but none have 11 sides.

Answer: Hendecagon! And an 11-sided polyhedron is called a hendecahedron. It might look like this:


Source: Mathforum.org

The More You Know: Here are some other names:
  • 9 - enneagon
  • 12 - dodecagon
  • 13 - triskaidecagon
  • 14 - tetrakaidecagon
  • 19 - enneakaidecagon
  • 20 - icosagon
  • 21 - icosikaihenagon
  • 22 - icosikaidigon
  • 23 - icosikaitrigon
  • 30 - triacontagon
  • 31 - triacontakaihenagon
  • 32 - triacontakaidigon
  • 40 - tetracontagon
  • 50 - pentacontagon
  • 100 - hectogon
  • 1000 - chiliagon
  • 10000 - myriagon