Classifying Quadrilaterals Practice

Front

I am a polygon with 4 sides. What am I? (Most Specific Name!)

Back

quadrilateral

Answer explanation

All we know is that it has 4 sides!

Front

I am a polygon with no pairs of parallel sides. What am I? (Most Specific Name!)

Back

kite

Answer explanation

Front

I am a polygon with 1 pair of parallel sides. What am I? (Most Specific Name!)

Back

Trapezoid

Answer explanation

Front

I am a polygon with 2 pairs of parallel sides, and four equal sides. What am I? (Most Specific Name!)

Back

rhombus

Answer explanation

A Rhombus is a Parallelogram with 4 congruent sides!

Front

I am a polygon with 2 pairs of parallel sides and 4 right angles. What am I? (Most Specific Name!)

Back

rectangle

Answer explanation

If you said SQUARE, be careful. We don't know that all four sides are Equal!

So, the MOST SPECIFIC we can say our shape is is a rectangle.

Front

Which quadrilateral is also considered a rhombus, rectangle and parallelogram?
Options: trapezoid, square, triangle, hexagon

Back

square

Answer explanation

A square is the "child" of both the rectangle and the rhombus, it has the properties of both shapes!

Think back to our family tree!

Front

What is this shape?

Back

quadrilateral

Answer explanation

We don't know anything about the sides or the angles!

Front

What is the MOST SPECIFIC name of this shape?

• diamond
• kite
• rhombus
• parallelogram

Back

parallelogram

Answer explanation

If you said Rhombus be careful. We do NOT know that all four sides are the same.

All Rhombi are Parallelograms, but not all Parallelograms are Rhombi!

Front

What is the MOST SPECIFIC name of this shape?

rectangle

,

trapezoid

,

parallelogram

,

square

Back

trapezoid

Answer explanation

Fun fact, these are called "Trapezium's" in the UK......

Front

Can a square be a rhombus?

Back

True