Quadrilaterals and Geometric Shapes

Julio’s art assignment was to draw three different geometric figures that also had one geometric characteristic in common. His figures are displayed below. Which term describes the characteristic that the three shapes have in common?

• regular

• irregular

• quadrilateral

• parallelogram

Which figure is BEST described by all of the statements?

• square

• rhombus

• trapezoid

• parallelogram

Which word BEST describes every rhombus?

• parallelogram

• rectangle

• regular

• square

Which term should NOT be used to describe a square?

• parallelogram

• rhombus

• rectangle

• trapezoid

A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel and equal sides;

opposite angles are equal.

• Rhombus

• Parallelogram

• Trapezoid

What is the best description of the kite?

• Quadrilateral

• Paralleogram

• Trapezoid

• Rectangle

A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel equal sides and four right angles.

• Square

• Rectangle

• Rhombus

What shape is this?

• trapezoid

• rhombus

• parallelogram

Identify the quadrilateral that has four right angles but does not have sides of equal length.

• Square

• Rectangle

• Rhombus

• Parallelogram

Which name could be used to describe all parallelograms?

• quadrilateral

• rectangle

• regular

• square