Properties of Quadrilaterals

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What are the side properties of a parallelogram?

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Opposite sides are parallel. Opposite sides are congruent.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

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What are the angle properties of a parallelogram?

Back

Opposite angles are congruent. Consecutive angles are supplementary.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

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What is the diagonal property of a parallelogram?

Back

Diagonals bisect each other.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

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What makes a rectangle special?

Back

A rectangle is a parallelogram where all four angles are right angles.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

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What is special about the diagonals of a rectangle?

Back

The diagonals of a rectangle are congruent.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

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What makes a rhombus special?

Back

A rhombus is a parallelogram with all four sides congruent.

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CCSS.3.G.A.1

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What are the diagonal properties of a rhombus?

Back

Diagonals bisect the angles. Diagonals are perpendicular bisectors of each other. Diagonals divide the rhombus into 4 congruent right triangles.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

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What makes a square special?

Back

A square has all the properties of a rectangle and a rhombus.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

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What is a special property of a square's diagonals?

Back

A square's diagonals form 4 congruent isosceles right triangles.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

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What is a trapezoid?

Back

A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides.