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Question from Kiara, a student:

Hi! My name is Kiara and I was wondering what you call a 13 sided figure. I'm in
6th grade and my teacher said i could get extra credit if I figure this out. Thanks
alot for your help.When I get extra credit I will be sure to mention you guys!
Thanks!

Hi Kiara.

The name we usually use for a 13-sided polygon is "triskaidecagon".
There is a Wikipedia entry on it here. However, another excellent (but rather advanced) math site called Math World prefers the term "tridecagon". That's rather less well-known in my experience.

By the way, there are quite a few other names for many-sided polygons at the Math World link. Did you know, for example, that a 10,000-sided figure is a "myriagon"? We also have a list of names for polygons but ours only goes up to 20 sides.

Now here's a question for you: what three-dimensional figure, that you can make with paper, scissors and a bit of tape, has only one side and only one edge?

Stephen La Rocque.>

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