Let’s summarize the relationships among quadrilaterals.
- Print this chart.
- Go to the Math Is Fun web site.
- Answer the following questions about quadrilaterals by placing an X in the appropriate box for each trait of the quadrilateral in the left column of the chart.
- Check your chart.
- Answer the following questions:
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Which properties are common for all four shapes? Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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Opposite sides parallel, opposite sides congruent, opposite angles congruent, and diagonals bisect each other.
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In a rectangle, you have all of the properties of a Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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parallelogram
. Additionally, you have Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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congruent
diagonals and four Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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congruent
sides.
- In a rhombus, you have all of the properties of a Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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parallelogram
. Additionally, you have Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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congruent
diagonals and four Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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congruent
sides.
- In a square, you have all of the properties of a Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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parallelogram
. Additionally, you have Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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four right angles and four Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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congruent sides.
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The difference between a square and a rhombus is that the angles of a rhombus Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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may be right angles and four Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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congruent sides.
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The difference between a square and a rectangle is that a square Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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must have four congruent sides and a rectangle Interactive button. Assistance may be required.
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may have four congruent sides.