Quadrilaterals, Kites, and Trapezoids Flashcard

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What is a quadrilateral?

Back

A quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides, four vertices, and four angles.

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How many pairs of parallel sides does a trapezoid have?

Back

A trapezoid has exactly 1 pair of parallel sides.

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What are the properties of a parallelogram?

Back

In a parallelogram, opposite sides are equal and parallel, opposite angles are equal, and consecutive angles are supplementary.

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What is the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral?

Back

The sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral is 360 degrees.

Front

Define a kite in geometry.

Back

A kite is a quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of adjacent sides that are equal.

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What is the relationship between the angles in a parallelogram?

Back

In a parallelogram, consecutive angles are supplementary (add up to 180 degrees).

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How can you determine if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram?

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A quadrilateral is a parallelogram if both pairs of opposite sides are parallel or if one pair of opposite sides is both equal and parallel.

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What is the difference between a rhombus and a rectangle?

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A rhombus has all sides equal and opposite angles equal, while a rectangle has opposite sides equal and all angles are right angles.

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If two angles of a trapezoid are 92 degrees and 46 degrees, what are the other two angles?

Back

The other two angles are also 92 degrees and 46 degrees, as the sum of the angles in a trapezoid is 360 degrees.

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What is a special property of the diagonals of a kite?

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The diagonals of a kite intersect at right angles and one diagonal bisects the other.