Quadrilaterals Lesson

4-5 Special Quadrilaterals

Multiple Choice

How many sides are there all together in 4 triangles?

• 9 sides

• 12 sides

• 15 sides

• 18 sides

Multiple Choice

How many sides are there all together in 4 pentagons?

• 5 sides

• 10 sides

• 15 sides

• 20 sides

Multiple Choice

How many sides are there all together in 3 octagons?

• 8 sides

• 16 sides

• 24 sides

• 32 sides

Math Message

Sketch at least three different quadrilaterals on a sheet of dot paper. What makes them different?

Quadrilateral

• polygon with 4 sides

• examples: squares, rectangles, parallelograms, rhombuses, trapezoids, and kites

Multiple Choice

What attributes are the same for the quadrilaterals in the picture?

• 4 sides

• 4 right angles

• no parallel sides

• no sides equal

Multiple Choice

What attributes are different for the quadrilaterals in the picture?

• Rhombus has 4 equal sides, Rectangle does not have equal sides

• Rhombus has no right angles, Rectangles has 4 right angles

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What attributes do the quadrilaterals in the picture have in common?

• all 4 sides the same

• four square corners

• no square corners

Multiple Choice

What attributes do the quadrilaterals in the picture have that are different?

• One has parallel sides, the other does not have parallel sides

• One has 4 square corners, the other does not have 4 square corners

• One has 4 sides the same, the other does not have 4 sides the same

Multiple Choice

What attributes do the trapezoid and the rectangle have in common?

• They have 2 sets of parallel sides

• They have 4 corners

• They have 1 set of parallel sides

Keep your Quadrilateral Cards!

Use your Shape cards from the last lesson for the next questions.

Multiple Choice

What is a quadrilateral that is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle?

• square

• trapezoid

• kite

Multiple Choice

What is a shape that is neither a kite nor a parallelogram?

• square

• trapezoid

• kite

Multiple Choice

What is a shape that does not fit into any of the quadrilateral subcategories?

• Non-parallelogram trapezoid

• Non-kite quadrilateral

• Non-trapezoid quadrilateral

• Any non-trapezoid, non-kite quadrilateral