Exploring the World of Quadrilaterals

The video introduces quadrilaterals, focusing on squares, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids, and trapeziums. It explains their properties, such as parallel sides and equal angles, and highlights the sum of angles in any quadrilateral is 360 degrees. The video also covers solving problems involving unknown angles in quadrilaterals, emphasizing the importance of practice.

What defines a quadrilateral?

• A shape with 2 pairs of parallel sides

• A shape with 3 sides

• A shape with 4 sides

• A shape with 4 right angles

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What transformation turns a square into a rectangle?

• Making all sides unequal

• Shortening one pair of opposite sides

• Making all angles obtuse

• Lengthening one pair of opposite sides

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What is a rhombus?

• A quadrilateral with 2 pairs of parallel sides and all angles equal

• A quadrilateral with 4 equal sides but not all angles are equal

• A quadrilateral with no parallel sides

• A quadrilateral with 4 equal sides and 4 right angles

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Which statement is true for all parallelograms?

• All sides are equal

• All angles are right angles

• Made from two pairs of parallel sides

• No sides are parallel

What is a trapezoid known as in the U.K.?

• Rhombus

• Parallelogram

• Rectangle

• Trapezium

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What do we call a quadrilateral with no parallel sides in this video?

• Trapezium

• Parallelogram

• Square

• Quadrilateral

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What is the sum of angles in any quadrilateral?

• 90 degrees

• 270 degrees

• 360 degrees

• 180 degrees

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How do we find an unknown angle in a quadrilateral?

• Divide the sum of known angles by 4

• Add all known angles and subtract from 360 degrees

• Multiply the known angles by 2

• Add all known angles and subtract from 180 degrees

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In a parallelogram, how are opposite angles related?

• They are complementary

• They are supplementary

• They are equal

• They are not related

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How do you find the measure of angle A in a parallelogram if you know one angle?

• Use the property that opposite angles are equal

• Subtract the known angle from 180 degrees

• Subtract the known angle from 360 degrees

• Calculate the average of all angles

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