Year 8 - Properties of Quadrilaterals

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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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What are the properties of a parallelogram?

Back

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

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How do you find the missing angle in a parallelogram?

Back

In a parallelogram, the sum of adjacent angles is 180 degrees. Use this property to find the missing angle.

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What is a kite in geometry?

Back

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

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What is the difference between a rectangle and a rhombus?

Back

A rectangle has four right angles and opposite sides that are equal, while a rhombus has all sides equal but does not require right angles.

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What is a trapezium?

Back

A trapezium (or trapezoid) is a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides.

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How many pairs of parallel sides can a trapezium have?

Back

A trapezium can have 1 or 2 pairs of parallel sides.

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What are the properties of a square?

Back

A square has all sides equal, all angles are right angles, and the diagonals are equal and bisect each other at right angles.

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What is the relationship between the diagonals of a rectangle?

Back

In a rectangle, the diagonals are equal in length.

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

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