Parallelogram

Name that shape. 

• square

• square
  rhombus

• quadrilateral
  parallelogram
  rhombus

• quadrilateral
  parallelogram
  square

Which statement is true?

• A rhombus is never a square.

• A rhombus is only a square.

• A rhombus is never a rectangle.

• A rhombus is a parallelogram.

List all the names for this quadrilateral.

• parrellogram, rectangle

• paralleogram, rhombus, rectangle

• parallelogram, rhombus

• parallelogram, rhombus, square

Use letters to name the triangles you can make with the diagonals.

• ΔAOD, ΔBOC, ΔAOB, ΔDOC

• ΔDOA, ΔCOB, ΔADO, ΔDCO

• ΔDOA, ΔCOB

Parallelogram ABCD is shown. What are the values of x and y?

x = ​ (a)  

y = ​ (b)  

• 70

• 110

• 8

• 10

• 120

• 60

Find the values of a and b in the parallelogram. Note that the figure is not drawn to scale.

c

d

39^o

66^o

60^o

114^o

Answer explanation

• EC

• DC

• DCB

• ABC

• AD

• BE

b

11 m

10 m

21 m

5 m

Refer to parallelogram ABCD. LABEL what side AD should be.

a

173

2.5

7

14