Classifying Quadrilaterals

Front

What is a quadrilateral?

Back

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

Front

What are the properties of a parallelogram?

Back

A parallelogram has opposite sides that are equal in length, opposite angles that are equal, and the diagonals bisect each other.

Front

What is the most specific name for a quadrilateral with four equal sides and four right angles?

Back

Square.

Front

How do you classify a rectangle?

Back

A rectangle is a quadrilateral with opposite sides that are equal and four right angles.

Front

What is a trapezoid?

Back

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

Front

What is the relationship between a square and a rectangle?

Back

A square is a special type of rectangle where all four sides are equal.

Front

What is the formula for finding the area of a rectangle?

Back

Area = length × width.

Front

How can you identify a rhombus?

Back

A rhombus is a quadrilateral with all four sides of equal length, but not necessarily with right angles.

Front

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

If one angle of a parallelogram is 70 degrees, what are the measures of the other angles?

Back

The opposite angle is also 70 degrees, and the other two angles are 110 degrees each.