Understanding Quadrilaterals

What defines a quadrilateral?

• A shape with any four sides

• A shape with two pairs of parallel sides

• A shape with four right angles

• A shape with four sides of equal length

What transformation turns a square into a rectangle?

• None of the above

• Stretching one pair of opposite sides

• Making all sides unequal

• Changing one angle

What is a rhombus?

• A quadrilateral with no parallel sides

• A quadrilateral with all sides equal but angles not equal

• A quadrilateral with unequal sides

• A quadrilateral with all angles equal

Which statement is true for all parallelograms?

• All sides are of different lengths

• Opposite sides are parallel

• All angles are right angles

• All sides are equal

What is a trapezoid?

• A quadrilateral with all angles equal

• A quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides

• A quadrilateral with all sides equal

• A quadrilateral with no parallel sides

What do we call a quadrilateral with no parallel sides in the U.S.?

• Trapezium

• Rhombus

• Quadrilateral

• Parallelogram

How many degrees do the angles of any quadrilateral add up to?

• 360 degrees

• 270 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 90 degrees

What is the unknown angle in a quadrilateral if three angles are 100, 80, and 60 degrees?

• 100 degrees

• 120 degrees

• 140 degrees

• 160 degrees

In a parallelogram, if one angle is 50 degrees, what is the opposite angle?

• 50 degrees

• 130 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 100 degrees

If the total of two opposite angles in a parallelogram is 100 degrees, what is each angle?

• 200 degrees

• 150 degrees

• 100 degrees

• 50 degrees