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Under the Sea
Illustration by Echo Chernik
Analyze the image on the left, then answer the math questions below.
What shape is the yellow eye of the octopus?
What type of polygon is the shark’s fin on its back?
Identify the shape in the center of the sea star.
The fishes’ scales are which polygon?
Design your own sea creature on a separate sheet of paper. What polygons did you use?
Polygons are closed shapes with straight sides. They can be identified by the number of sides they have.
Triangles: Shapes that have 3 sides
Quadrilaterals: Shapes that have 4 sides
Pentagons: Shapes that have 5 sides
Hexagons: Shapes that have 6 sides