Properties of Quadrilaterals + Polygon Angles

What are the characteristics of a parallelogram?

• Parallelogram has 2 pairs of parallel Sides

• Parallelogram has no parallel lines

A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with exactly one set of parallel sides.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A rectangle can be a trapezoid.

• True
• False

Select all the true statements about the shape above.

• It is a quadrilateral.

• It has 4 right angles.

• It has two sets of parallel lines.

• It is a parallelogram.

• It has equal sides.

My shape is a quadrilateral. It has two sets of parallel lines. It does not have any right angles, but it does have equal sides. Which one is my shape?

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What do a rhombus and a rectangle have in common?

• they are both parallelograms
• they always have four right angles
• they are not polygons
• they have five sides

Which quadrilateral has all right angles and all sides the same length?

• Rhombus
• Parallelogram
• Square
• Trapezoid

Which quadrilateral cannot be called a parallelogram?

• Square
• Trapezoid
• Rectangle
• Rhombus

Bob says that the red shape is a trapezoid. Mary says that these are both trapezoids. Who is correct?

• Mary, because both are quadrilaterals and have one pair of parallel lines.

• Bob, because only the first shape has slanted lines and looks like a trapezoid.

______ angles of parallelograms are congruent.

• Consecutive

• Opposite

• parallel

• diagonal