Interior Angles of a polygon are the angles formed by the

consecutive sides of a polygon.

Given the figure on the side, ∠ 1, ∠ 2, ∠ 3, ∠ 4 and ∠ 5
are interior angles of the polygon.

Name of Figure Number of Number of Sum of Interior

Polygons Sides Dissected Angles
(CONVEX) Triangles (n-2)180
Triangle 3 1 (1x180)=180

Quadrilateral 4 2 (2x180)=360

Pentagon 5 3 (3x180)=540

Hexagon 6 4 (4x180)=720

Heptagon 7 5 (5x180)=900

Octagon 8 6 (6x180)=1080

n-gon n-sides n-2 (n-2)(x180)=(n-2)180

Illustrative Examples:
1. Four interior angles of a pentagon measures 105⁰, 102⁰, 75⁰ and 95⁰,
respectively. Find the measure of the measures of the remaining angle.
Solution: A pentagon has five sides (n = 5):
To find the sum of interior angles of a pentagon, we will used:
𝑆 = (𝑛 − 2)180
𝑆 = (5 − 2)180
𝑆 = 540⁰
To find the remaining measures of the interior angle of a pentagon, we will
use:
𝑚∠1 + 𝑚∠2 + 𝑚∠3 + 𝑚∠4 + 𝑚∠5 = 540⁰
105⁰ + 102⁰ + 75⁰ + 90⁰ + 𝑚∠ 5 = 540⁰
372⁰ + 𝑚∠ 5 = 540⁰
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 372⁰ − (372⁰) + 𝑚∠ 5 = 540⁰ − (372⁰)
𝑚∠ 5 = 168⁰
The remaining angle of the interior angle of the pentagon is 168⁰
2. A vegetable garden in VNHS formed a hexagonal shape. The interior
angles are 90°, 90°, 100°, 160° and 120° respectively. Find the
measures of the other interior angles.
Solution: A pentagon has five sides (n=6) :
To find the sum of interior angles of a hexagon, we will used:
𝑆 = (𝑛 − 2)180
𝑆 = (6 − 2)180
𝑆 = 720⁰
To find the remaining measures of the interior angle of a hexagon, we will
use:
𝑚∠1 + 𝑚∠2 + 𝑚∠3 + 𝑚∠4 + 𝑚∠5 + 𝑚∠6 = 720⁰
90⁰ + 90⁰ + 100⁰ + 160⁰ + 120⁰ + 𝑚∠ 6 = 720⁰
560⁰ + 𝑚∠6 = 720⁰
560⁰ − (560⁰) + 𝑚∠6 = 720⁰ − (560⁰)
𝑚∠6 = 160⁰
The remaining angle of the interior angle of the hexagon is 160⁰
3. Find the measure of each interior angles on the given figure:
Solution:
𝑚∠𝐴 + 𝑚∠𝐵 + 𝑚∠𝐶 + 𝑚∠𝐷 + 𝑚∠𝐸
= 540⁰
𝑥 + 75⁰ + 𝑥 + 2𝑥 + 140⁰ + 33⁰ = 540⁰
4𝑥 + 248⁰ = 540⁰
4𝑥 = 292⁰
𝑥 = 73⁰
𝒎∠𝑨 = 𝒙 + 𝟕𝟓⁰ = 𝟕𝟑⁰ + 𝟕𝟓⁰ = 𝟏𝟒𝟖⁰
𝒎∠𝑩 = 𝟕𝟑⁰
𝒎∠𝑪 = 𝟐𝒙 = 𝟐(𝟕𝟑⁰) = 𝟏𝟒𝟔⁰

Exterior Angles of a polygon are the angles formed

when the side of the polygon is extended.
Given the figure on the side, ∠6, ∠7, ∠8, ∠9 and ∠10
are exterior angles of the polygon.

Note: The sum of exterior angles of any polygon is always equal to

360⁰

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 Name of Figure Number of Number of Sum of Exterior
Polygons Sides Dissected Angles
(CONVEX) Triangles
Triangle 3 1 360⁰

Quadrilateral 4 2 360⁰

Pentagon 5 3 360⁰

Hexagon 6 4 360⁰

Heptagon 7 5 360⁰

Octagon 8 6 360⁰

n-gon n-sides n-2 360⁰

Illustrative Examples
1. Three exterior angles of a quadrilateral measures 86⁰, 100⁰, and 58⁰.
Find the measures of the remaining exterior angle of the quadrilateral.
Solution: A quadrilateral has four sides (n=4):
To find the sum of exterior angles of a quadrilateral is 360⁰:
To find the remaining measures of the exterior angle of a quadrilateral, we
will use:
𝑚∠1 + 𝑚∠2 + 𝑚∠3 + 𝑚∠4 = 360⁰
86⁰ + 100⁰ + 58⁰ + 𝑚∠4 = 360⁰
254⁰ + 𝑚∠4 = 360⁰
254⁰ − (254⁰) + 𝑚∠4 = 360⁰ − (254⁰)
𝑚∠4 = 106⁰
The remaining angle of the exterior angle of the quadrilateral is 106⁰

The relationship of interior and exterior angles of a polygon are linear.

Linear pairs are supplementary and adjacent. The sum of the angles is equal
to 180⁰.
∠1 and ∠10, ∠2 and ∠6, ∠3 and ∠7, ∠4 and ∠8, and ∠5 and ∠9 are linear
pairs.

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Illustrative Examples
Using the figure, find the remaining angles of the given figure.
Solution:
To solve for m∠1, To solve for m∠2,
92⁰ + m∠1= 180⁰ 123⁰ + m∠2= 180⁰
m∠1= 180⁰ - 92⁰ m∠2= 180⁰ - 123⁰
m∠1= 88⁰ m∠2= 57⁰

To solve for m∠4, To solve for m∠3,

92⁰ + 123⁰ + m∠4= 360⁰ 145⁰ + m∠3= 180⁰
m∠4= 360⁰ - 215⁰ m∠3= 180⁰ - 145⁰
m∠4= 145⁰ m∠3= 35⁰
MEASURES OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ANGLES
OF A REGULAR POLYGON

Illustrative Examples:
1. Find the number of sides of a regular polygon if each exterior angle
is 30°and determine the name of a polygon.
Solution: If the polygon has n sides, Then, we know that; n = 360°/measure
of each exterior angle
Here, exterior angle = 30°
𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 = 360°/𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒
𝑛 = 360°/30°
𝑛 = 12
Therefore, there are 12 sides of the regular polygon. It is a dodecagon.