Interior Angles

The headquarters of the United States Department of Defense is The Pentagon. The shape is based on a regular pentagon and it houses the largest floor space office area in the world. You might like to consider the advantages of using a pentagonal rather than rectangular prism shapes. Whilst aesthetically interesting, the choice of shape does create some problems. Can you think of any other buildings made in this...


Tags: conjecturing; dynamic geometry; ICT; investigation; virtual manipulatives; 2D geometry; angles; polygons; regular polygons; tessellations

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