Properties of Parallelograms and Squares

Select all the properties of parallelograms:

• opposite sides are parallel

• opposite sides are congruent

• opposite angles are congruent

• consecutive angles are supplementary

• diagonals bisect eachother

A square is a parallelogram which includes all of which properties?

• four right angles

• diagonals bisect eachother and are congruent

• diagonals form a right angle AKA are perpendicular

• four congruent sides

• diagonals bisect opposite angles

Which quadrilaterals have two pairs of opposite sides that are parallel?

• rectangle

• rhombus

• parallelogram

• trapezoid

• square

Which quadrilaterals have two pairs of opposite sides that are congruent?

• rectangle

• rhombus

• parallelogram

• trapezoid

• square

• AB = BD

• AD = AB

• AC = BX

Which quadrilaterals have consecutive angles (angles next to eachother) that are supplementary (=180°)?

• rectangle

• rhombus

• parallelogram

• trapezoid

• square

Which quadrilaterals have diagonals that bisect eachother?

• rectangle

• rhombus

• parallelogram

• trapezoid

• square

Which quadrilaterals have diagonals that bisect opposite angles?

• rectangle

• rhombus

• parallelogram

• trapezoid

• square

Answer explanation

Diagonals bisect opposite angles when you have four congruent sides, and square and rhombi have four congruent sides.

Which quadrilaterals have four congruent sides?

• rectangle

• rhombus

• parallelogram

• trapezoid

• square

Which quadrilaterals have four right angles?

• rectangle

• rhombus

• parallelogram

• trapezoid

• square