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WHAT IS THE NAME OF A FIFTEEN SIDED SHAPE?

FROM JOANN, PARENT OF A FIFTH GRADER.



Hi Joann,

There is a mathematician at Princeton University, named John Conway, who has a list of the names of polygons. You can find it on the Math Forum site at http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.polygon.names.html

Penny


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