Characteristics of a 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 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 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.

Samantha states that a parallelogram is always a rhombus. Is she correct?

• Yes, because a parallelogram has opposite angles that are equal in size.

• Yes, because a parallelogram has opposite sides that are equal in length.

• No, because a parallelogram does not have opposite sides that are equal.

• No, because a parallelogram does not always have 4 equal sides.

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