A polygon is a shape where all the sides are straight lines and all the inside angles are the same.
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| Drawing a Square |
A square is made up of four sides and the angle the turtle will need to turn at each corner is 90o degrees.
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| Drawing an Equilateral Triangle |
An equilateral triangle is made up three sides and the angle the turtle will need to turn at each corner is 120o degrees.
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| Drawing other Polygons |
The table below shows how you could draw other polygons. Notice that the angle to turn is worked out by dividing 360 by the number of sides.
| Shape |
Angle to Turn |
Pentagon |
72 |
Hexagon |
60 |
Octagon |
45 |
You could use the penup and pendown commands to draw lots of different polygons on the same page.
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