Characteristics of Parallelogram

Name this quadrilateral.

• Rectangle

• Parallelogram

• Square

• Kite

Classify this quadrilateral in as many ways as possible.

• quadrilateral, parallelogram, rhombus, square

• quadrilateral, parallelogram

• quadrilateral, rhombus

• quadrilateral, parallelogram, rhombus

Classify this quadrilateral in as many ways as possible.

• quadrilateral, parallelogram

• quadrilateral, rhombus, paralleogram

• quadrilateral, paralellogram, rectangle

• quadrilateral, parallelogram, trapezoid

Classify the quadrilateral in as many ways as possible.

• quadrilateral, parallelogram

• rectangle

• quadrilateral,parallelogram, rectangle

• quadrilateral,parallelogram, rectangle, square

Which of these are attributes of a parallelogram? (Click all that are!)

• 2 sets of parallel lines

• 4 vertices

• 1 vertical line

• No right angles

Which property is not a characteristic of every parallelogram?

• Opposite sides are parallel.

• Opposite sides are congruent.

• Opposite angles are congruent.

• All angles are acute.

A parallelogram has two consecutive angles, one of which is twice the size of the other. What is the measure of the smaller angle?

• 30 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 60 degrees

• 90 degrees

A parallelogram has one angle measuring 80 degrees. What is the measure of the consecutive angle?

• 80 degrees

• 100 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 10 degrees

Which statement is always true for parallelograms?

• All sides have the same length

• All angles have the same measure

• Opposite sides are equal in length

• Opposite angles have different measures

Which statement is true?

• All quadrilaterals are parallelograms because they have four sides.

• All squares are parallelograms because they have 2 pairs of parallel sides.

• All trapezoids are parallelograms because they have 1 pair of parallel sides.

• All polygons are parallelograms because they have straight lines and closed sides.