Explore the connection between the name and number of sides of a polygon in this activity.
[i]Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections. [/i]
What connection do you notice between the root word in the polygon names and the number of sides?
A [b]tri[/b]cycle has 3 wheels and a [b]tri[/b]angle has 3 sides. [br]What other words in everyday life use prefixes with a number meaning?