How To Make A Hexagon On Grid Paper

A hexagon is polygon with six different sides. Regular hexagons are six-sided polygons with sides of equal length. You have most likely seen a hexagon if you have examined bee hives, which are typically comprised of different hexagons. Drawing a hexagon is relatively easy–all you need is a sheet of grid paper and a pencil.

Step 1

Draw a square on your grid paper. Use more boxes of the grid paper to draw a large hexagon; less boxes to draw a small hexagon. For this example, draw a square that is five boxes long by five boxes deep. Press down lightly on the pencil when drawing the square.

Step 2

Darken the lines of the three middle boxes on the top and the bottom of your square. This will form the top and bottom of your hexagon.

Step 3

Draw a small circle in the middle of each side of your square except for the top and the bottom. This circle will act as a guidepost to help you draw the the angles of the hexagon and complete the figure.

Step 4

Connect lines from the circle you drew in Step 3 to the edges of the darkened lines you made in Step 2. The angle of the line should be equal for each line you draw. You should draw four lines; each line should begin at the center of the circle and end at the edge of one of the darkened lines made in Step 2.