Practice for Benchmark 9 Quad/Triangles

Every quadrilateral is a parallelogram.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Example: Trapezoid is quadrilateral but not parallelogram.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Answer explanation

Because shape in D has 2 pair of parallel sides.

• A square has four right angles, and a rectangle does not.

• A square has four congruent sides, and a rectangle does not.

• A rectangle has four right angles, and a square does not.

• A rectangle has four congruent sides, and a square does not.

Which attributes are important for identifying a rhombus?

• 4 sides that are all equal in length
• sides are different lengths
• has right angles
• sides must be parallel

Which of these could be used to name this shape? (check all that apply) To get full credit, you need to pick all correct answer.

• Parallelogram

• Rectangle

• Rhombus

• Trapezoid

• Quadrilateral

Answer explanation

This shape is rectangle. This is also quadrilateral because it has 4 equal side. This is parallelogram because it has 2 pair of parallel sides --> Opposite sides are parallel and equal!

Which quadrilateral cannot be called a parallelogram?

• Square

• Trapezoid

• Rectangle

• Rhombus

All rhombuses are square.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False because not all rhombus has 4 right angles

Which of these could be used to name this shape? (check all that apply)

• Trapezoid

• Square

• Rectangle

• Rhombus

• Parallelogram

Which of these could be used to name this shape? (check all that apply)

• Parallelogram

• Rectangle

• Rhombus

• Trapezoid

• Quadrilateral

Which of these could be used to name this shape? (check all that apply)

• Trapezoid

• Square

• Quadrilateral

• Rhombus

• Parallelogram