Quadrilaterals and Geometric Shapes

How is a square different from a rhombus?

• A square has sides that are unequal and the rhombus has equal sides.

• The rhombus has unequal sides and the square has equal sides.

• The square has all right angles and the rhombus does not.

• The rhombus has all right angles and the square does not.

Which of the following is a quadrilateral AND a parallelogram?

• Pentagon

• trapezoid

• square

• triangle

Which of the following is a rhombus?

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Answer explanation

All sides are the same length and are parallel.

Which of the following shapes are parallelograms?

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Answer explanation

Trapezoid is not a parallelogram because it only has 1 pair of parallel lines.

Which correctly describes a square?

• 4 right angles and 4 equal sides

• 4 unequal sides and 4 unequal angles

• 4 right angles and 2 different pairs of equal sides

• 4 equal sides and 2 different pairs of equal angles

Which two shapes always have all sides of the same length?

• square and rhombus

• square and rectangle

• rhombus and rectangle

• rhombus and parallelogram

Patrice drew a polygon with four right angles and four equal sides.

What is the most specific figure that Patrice drew?

• circle

• trapezoid

• triangle

• square

Which of these quadrilaterals always has sides that are perpendicular, four parallel sides, and four right angles?

• rectangle

• trapezoid

• parallelogram

• rhombus

What description should the students have used for Group B?

• Quadrilaterals

• Only parallel sides

• Only perpendicular sides

• Both parallel and perpendicular sides

Identify ALL of the correct names for the geometric figure. There may be more than one.

• polygon, quadrangle, parallelogram, rhombus

• polygon

• polygon, quadrangle, parallelogram, rectangle

• polygon, quadrangle