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Geometric shapes formed from three or more straight lines (polygons) include:
3 sides
triangle
4 sides (quadrilaterals)
square (4 equal sides, right angles)
trapezoid (4 sides with only 1 set of parallel lines)
rectangle (4 sides with 2 sets of parallel lines)
rhombus (4 sides, 2 parallel pair)
5 sides - pentagon
6 sides - hexagon
7 sides - heptagon (rarely septagon)
8 sides - octagon
9 sides - enneagon (classically - nonagon)
10 sides - decagon
11 sides - hendecagon (classically - undecagon)
12 sides - dodecagon (classically - duodecagon)
13 sides - tridecagon or triskaidecagon
14 sides - tetradecagon
15 sides - pentadecagon
16 sides - hexadecagon
17 sides - heptadecagon
18 sides - octadecagon
19 sides - enneadecagon (nonadecagon)
20 sides - icosagon
*For a list of some other basic shapes, see the related link.
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What does geometric shapes mean?
Geometric shapes mean that the shape is just a basic shape, like for example, a trapazoid would be a geometric shape because of it continuous lines that connect at each corner.
Can you show a picture of geometric shapes?
Type the words "geometric shapes" in the search field of your browser and click SEARCH. You will get many websites with pictures of almost any geometric shape you can think of.
What are the four most basic geometric shapes?
Square, rectangle, circle and triangle.
What are the main geometric shapes?
There are many geometric shapes. But the square, octagon, rectangle, pentagon, triangle, circle, hexagon and heptagon would be considered the main shapes.
What are the 4 most basic geometric shapes?
A point, a line, a plane and a [3-d] space
