Classifying Quadrilaterals

Into which category can a trapezoid be placed?

• parallelogram

• quadrilateral

• rectangle

• rhombus

Classify the quadrilateral in as many ways as possible.

• quadrilateral, parallelogram

• rectangle

• quadrilateral,parallelogram, rectangle

• quadrilateral,parallelogram, rectangle, square

Classify this quadrilateral in as many ways as possible.

• quadrilateral, parallelogram, rhombus, square

• quadrilateral, parallelogram

• quadrilateral, rhombus

• quadrilateral, parallelogram, rhombus

Which describes a rhombus?

• has all right angles

• has all acute angles

• has all equal sides

• has all obtuse angles

Classify the quadrilateral. (Choose all correct answers).

• square

• rectangle

• parallelogram

• rhombus

• kite

Classify the quadrilateral. (Choose all correct answers).

• square

• rectangle

• parallelogram

• rhombus

• kite

Is this hierarchy correct? 

• yes

• no

Fill in the correct quadrilateral name for this diagram.

b

rectangle

triangle

other quadrilaterals

trapezoid

Fill in the missing piece of the hierarchy.

b

triangle

rectangle

trapezoid

other quadrilaterals

Colton drew a parallelogram with four sides of equal length and two pairs of equal angles. What shape did he draw?

• kite

• rectangle

• square

• trapezoid