Mastering Quadrilaterals Concepts

What defines a polygon?

• A closed shape with at least three straight sides

• A shape with any number of sides, as long as they are straight

• A shape with at least four sides

• A shape with sides that can be curved or straight

Which shape has exactly one pair of parallel sides?

• Rhombus

• Trapezoid

• Rectangle

• Square

What is a parallelogram?

• A four-sided shape where all sides are equal

• A four-sided shape with one pair of parallel sides

• A four-sided shape with no parallel sides

• A four-sided shape with two pairs of parallel sides

What is true about all angles in a rectangle?

• All are obtuse angles

• All are right angles

• Two are acute and two are obtuse

• All are acute angles

What is a trapezoid?

• A shape with at least one pair of parallel sides

• A shape with no parallel sides

• A shape with two pairs of parallel sides

• A shape with four right angles

Which shape does not necessarily have four sides of the same length?

• Rhombus

• Square

• Rectangle

• Trapezoid

Which of these is not a characteristic of a parallelogram?

• Opposite sides are parallel

• All sides are of equal length

• Opposite angles are equal

• It has four sides

What distinguishes a rhombus from a square?

• A rhombus has no right angles

• A rhombus has only two parallel sides

• A square has sides of different lengths

• A rhombus has four equal sides and sometimes right angles

What makes a square a special type of rhombus?

• It cannot have obtuse angles

• Its sides are not equal

• It has four right angles

• It has no parallel sides

Which statement correctly describes a square?

• It has more than two lines of symmetry

• It has two lines of symmetry

• It has only one line of symmetry

• It has no lines of symmetry