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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 6 Maths Chapter 5 Understanding Elementary Shapes Ex 5.8
Question 1.
Examine whether the following are polygons. If any one among them is not, say why?

Solution:
a) It is not a polygon as it is not a closed figure
b) Yes, it is a polygon made of 6 sides
c) No, it is not made of line segments.
d) No, it is not made of only line segments
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Question 2.
Name each polygon.

Make two more examples of each of these.
Solution:
a) The given figure is a Quadrilateral as this closed figure is made of 4
Line segments two more example are.

b) The given figure is a triangle as this closed figure is made of 3 line segments two more

c) The given figure is a pentagon as this closed figure is made of 5 line segments two more example are

d) The give figure is an octagon as this closed figure is made of 8 fine segments Two more examples are

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Question 3.
Draw a rough sketch of a regular hexagon. Connecting any three of its vertices, draw a triangles identify the type of the triangle you have drawn.
Solution:
An isosceles triangle by joining three of the vertices of a hexagon can be drawn as follows.

ABCDEF is a required octagon.
Question 4.
Draw a rough sketch of a regular octagon, (Use squared paper if you wish) Draw a rectangle by joining exactly four of the vertices of the octagon.
Solution:

ABCDEFGH is a required octagon.
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Question 5.
A diagonal is a line segment that joins any two vertices of the polygon and is not a side of the polygon. Draw a rough sketch of a pentagon and draw its diagonals.
Solution:

It can be observed here that AC, AD, BD, BE, CE are the diagonals