WorksheetsIdentifying Polygons
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
A closed figure with three or more straight sides.
Examples: triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon (a)
Which of the following is not a polygon?
Parallelogram
Triangle
Rectangle
Shape with a curved edge
Which polygon has exactly 2 sets of parallel lines?
A
B
C
D
Match the following polygons with their names.
a pentagon
A polygon with 5 sides
a quadrilateral
A polygon with 4 sides
an octagon
A polygon with 8 sides
a triangle
A polygon with 3 sides
Which choice shows a set of perpendicular lines?
A
B
C
D
Which two line segments are parallel?
A and B
A and E
B and C
E and C
Which two line segments are perpendicular?
CD and DE
AB and BC
EF and FG
GH and HI
Name two quadrilaterals that have obtuse and acute angles.
Kite, Square
Square, Rectangle
Rhombus, Trapezoid
Rectangle, Trapezoid
What is angle A?
obtuse
right
left
acute
What is angle B?
obtuse
right
left
actute
What is angle C?
obtuse
right
left
acute
Name two shapes that have four right angles.
Rectangle, Square
Triangle, Circle
Pentagon, Hexagon
Oval, Trapezoid
Sam wants cookies in the shape of a quadrilateral. The cookies shapes he has are: pentagon, square, circle, trapezoid, rectangle. Which cookie cutter shapes can Sam use from the list above?
square, trapezoid, rectangle
pentagon, square, circle
circle, pentagon, rectangle
pentagon, trapezoid, circle
Jane is baking some cookies and only wants cookies in the shape of a quadrilateral. She has 5 cookie cutter shapes. They are listed below. pentagon, square, circle, trapezoid, rectangle Part B. What are the similarities between a square and rectangle?
Both have four sides, four right angles, and opposite sides are equal.
Both have three sides and no right angles.
Both are round in shape and have no sides.
Both have five sides and all angles are equal.
I can tell this is a square because of the (a) and (b) . (answers are in alphabetical order.)
What are the differences between a square and rectangle?
A square has no right angles sides; the rectangle has 4 right angles.
A square has all angles different, a rectangle has all angles equal.
A square has all equal sides; the opposite sides of a rectangle are equal.
A square and a rectangle have no sides equal.
A rhombus has ____ sets of parallel lines.
1
2
3
4
A parallelogram has ____ sets of parallel lines.
1
2
3
4
Which category would a rhombus fit in the best?
Triangle
Trapezoid
Parallelogram
Pentagon
List two attributes of a rhombus.
All sides are of different lengths and it has right angles.
All angles are right angles and the lines are perpendicular.
Only opposite sides are equal and all angles are different.
All sides are of equal length and opposite angles are equal.
Choose two that describe the rhombus.
it has exactly 2 congruent (same) sides
it is a quadrilateral
it has 4 right angles
it has 4 congruent (same) sides
Which statement is false about a square?
It has exactly 2 right angles and 4 equal sides
It is a parallelogram
All 4 sides are equal length
It is a quadrilateral
Timothy is sorting a set of shapes and he wants to put the quadrilaterals together. What would he sort rectangle with?
Pentagon
Circles
Triangles
Parallelograms
One similarity between Shape A and Shape B is:
They both are polygons and quadrilaterals
They both have equal sides
They both have right angles
They both are parallelograms
Which of the following is a difference between Shape A and Shape B?
Shape A has 2 sets of parallel sides; Shape B. has 1 pair of parallel sides.
Shape A has opposite sides of equal length; Shape B has all equal sides.
Shape A has right angles; Shape B has acute angles.
Shape A and Shape B have the same number of sides.
What quadrilateral is on the front of the box (opposite sides are equal - top = bottom; left = right)?
Rhombus
Trapezoid
Square
Rectangle
Julie wants to bake cookies that has 5 angles and 5 sides. Which cookie cutter shape should she use?
Triangle
Pentagon
Square
Octagon
Does the palm tree shape have a line of symmetry?
Does not have a line of symmetry
Has one vertical line of symmetry
Has two horizontal lines of symmetry
Has four diagonal lines of symmetry
Does the image have a line of symmetry?
Does not have a line of symmetry
Has one line of symmetry
Has two lines of symmetry
Has three lines of symmetry
Mike says the dotted line is a line of symmetry. Is he correct?
Yes
No
Lines of symmetry means?
A figure that can
be folded across an
imaginary line into
matching parts.
A figure that has some matching parts.
How many lines of symmetry does this polygon have?
4
3
2
1
