Math Playground
Geometry

Exterior angles of polygons

Walk around a polygon — the turns always add to 360°.

Walk around any convex polygon — the total turn is 360°. So the exterior angles always sum to 360°, no matter how many sides.

Build a polygon
5
regular pentagon
interior each
108.0°
exterior each
72.0°
interior sum
540°
diagonals
5

For a regular n-gon, each exterior angle is exactly 360°/n.