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A pentagon has five sides. The prefix "penta-" in pentagon refers to the number five, which is indicative of the shape having five sides. Each side of a pentagon connects two vertices, resulting in a total of five sides for the polygon.

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Remember the names for the given number of sides of polygons.

3 ; Tri-gon (Triangle)

4 ; Tetra-gon (Quadrilateral )

5 ; Penta-gon

6 ; Hexa-gon

7 ; Hepta-gon

8 ; Octa-gon

9 ; Nona-gon

10; Deca- gon.

NB Notice all these 2-dimensional figures end in '---gon'.

NNB The prefix names are from Latin, for the given number.

NNNB ; Careful with 6 & 7 , 'Hexa' & Hepta' respectively.

NNNNB Octa , for '8' as in Octopus, or October.

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