Compare Quadrilaterals

Rhombi and squares are alike because ​ (a)  

• they have all sides congruent.

• they have all right angles.

• they have acute and obtuse angles

• they have one set of parallel sides

• they have one set of congruent sides

I am a quadrilateral with all right angles, all sides congruent, 2 pairs of parallel and perpendicular sides. I am a ​ (a)  

• square.

• rectangle

• rhombus

• trapezoid

• parallelogram

• rectangle.

• rhombus.

• trapezoid.

• parallelogram.

I am a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of parallel sides, opposite sides congruent and all right angles. I am a ​ (a)  

• rectangle.

• rhombus.

• trapezoid.

• parallelogram.

• square.

Parallelograms and trapezoids are different because a parallelogram has two pairs of parallel sides while a trapezoid has ​ (a)  

• only one set of parallel sides.

• all right angles.

• two sets of perpendicular sides

• obtuse and acute angles.

• all congruent sides

Name that shape.

• quadrilateral, rectangle

• quadrilateral, rectangle, square

• quadrilateral, parallelogram, rectangle

• quadrilateral, parallelogram, rectangle, square

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

• TRUE

• FALSE

A __________________ is a quadrilateral with two sets of parallel sides and 4 right angles

• trapezoid

• parallelogram

• rectangle

• square

A ___________ is a quadrilateral with two sets or parallel sides and 4 congruent (equal) sides. 

• trapezoid

• rhombus

• parallelogram

• rectangle

Which statement explains why a rectangle is a parallelogram?

• They both are rhombuses.

• They are both quadrilaterals.

• They both have two pairs of parallel sides.

• They are both quadrilaterals with four right angles.

Name that shape. 

• square

• square
  rhombus

• quadrilateral
  parallelogram
  rhombus

• quadrilateral
  parallelogram
  square