Comments on: Top 8 most popular polygons

By: Sonya James

Sonya James — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:13:07 +0000

I agree. Why should a 4th or 5th grader need to know this. Half of the students I teach can’t tell me the difference between a rectangle and a rectangular prism. They have had this taught to them at this school since they were in I know second grade. Mathematicians are trying to push skills down lower and lower, and mentally children are not developmentally ready for this skill.

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By: drj11

drj11 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:21:11 +0000

And in fact, a quick google suggests that 7-gon and 9-gon are each more popular then heptagon and nonagon.

By: D S

D S — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:44:50 +0000

“Both of my kids (one of whom is 2 years old) know what an octagon is, but I doubt my college students know the heptagon.”

Really? And should college students care about such trivia? Perhaps we need to stop caring about names that don’t add any meaning. Lets just call it a 7-gon and be happy.

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