This video tutorial explores the properties of special quadrilaterals, including parallelograms, rhombuses, rectangles, squares, and trapezoids. It explains how these shapes are defined by their sides, angles, and diagonals, and how they relate to each other. The video emphasizes that while specific names may apply to certain quadrilaterals, they all share the fundamental characteristic of having four sides. The tutorial also highlights the unique features of each shape, such as the congruent sides of a rhombus or the right angles of a rectangle, and how these properties can lead to different classifications.

What is the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral?

• 180 degrees

• 720 degrees

• 360 degrees

• 540 degrees

Which of the following is NOT a property of a parallelogram?

• Opposite angles are congruent

• All angles are right angles

• Diagonals bisect each other

• Opposite sides are parallel

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

What is a defining property of a rhombus?

• All angles are right angles

• All sides are congruent

• Diagonals are congruent

• Only one pair of sides is parallel

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CCSS.3.G.A.1

Which property is unique to rectangles but not necessarily true for all parallelograms?

• Opposite sides are parallel

• Opposite angles are congruent

• Diagonals are congruent

• Diagonals bisect each other

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

What happens to the diagonals in a rhombus?

• They are congruent

• They bisect each other at right angles

• They do not intersect

• They are parallel

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

What is a square by definition?

• A quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides

• A quadrilateral with all right angles and all congruent sides

• A quadrilateral with no congruent sides

• A quadrilateral with all sides parallel

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CCSS.3.G.A.1

Which of the following is true for both a rhombus and a rectangle?

• All sides are congruent

• All angles are right angles

• Only one pair of sides is parallel

• Diagonals bisect each other

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.11

What is a unique property of a trapezoid?

• All sides are congruent

• Diagonals bisect each other

• Only one pair of sides is parallel

• Both pairs of opposite sides are parallel

In an isosceles trapezoid, which of the following is true?

• Base angles are congruent

• Diagonals bisect each other

• Diagonals are not congruent

• Only one pair of sides is congruent

Which quadrilateral has diagonals that are perpendicular bisectors of each other?

• Trapezoid

• Rhombus

• Parallelogram

• Rectangle