Because it is a plane shape with FIVE sides and FIVE vertices (corners).
In Greek Penta means 5 and gonyon means angle
The Pentagon is located near Washington DC in Arlington, Virginia (United States of America) and is called the pentagon because it is a five sided building.
The name of a 5 sided polygon is Pentagon.
It was named after a pentagon, it wasn't the 'Pentagon' that named the 'pentagon'.
No, a scalene is not named a pentagon. A scalene refers to a triangle where all three sides and angles are of different lengths and measures. In contrast, a pentagon is a polygon with five sides and five angles, regardless of whether it is regular or irregular. The terms describe different geometric shapes.
The military Pentagon is named after the geometric shape, the pentagon, due to its architectural structure. The Pentagon building itself is a five-sided polygon with five equal sides and five equal angles, representing a classic example of a pentagon shape in geometry. However, apart from its shape, there is no direct connection between the military Pentagon and the study of geometry.
A pentagon is a five-sided figure, typically found in geometry. The Pentagon in Washington D.C. is five sided and named after the polygon. A pentagon is a thing, so it would be a noun. Some examples of sentences where the word pentagon functions as a noun are: "A pentagon has five sides." (subject) "That shape is a pentagon." (Predicate Nominative; a nominative is a fancy word for noun) Hope that helps!
A five sided polygon is called a pentagon because pentagon means five sided polygon I think.
A pentagon has five sides and five vertices.
the meaning of pentagon is five sided,so a pentagon is a five sided shape
A Pentagon has five sides.
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