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The Polygon Hierarchy

The document outlines the polygon hierarchy, beginning with polygons as the most general shape and becoming more specific. Polygons are closed figures with straight sides. Quadrilaterals are polygons with four sides. Parallelograms are quadrilaterals with two sets of parallel sides. Trapezoids are parallelograms with one set of parallel sides. Rectangles are parallelograms with four right angles. Rhombuses are parallelograms where all sides are congruent. Squares have the properties of all preceding shapes, being a rectangle and rhombus with four congruent sides.

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The Polygon Hierarchy

The document outlines the polygon hierarchy, beginning with polygons as the most general shape and becoming more specific. Polygons are closed figures with straight sides. Quadrilaterals are polygons with four sides. Parallelograms are quadrilaterals with two sets of parallel sides. Trapezoids are parallelograms with one set of parallel sides. Rectangles are parallelograms with four right angles. Rhombuses are parallelograms where all sides are congruent. Squares have the properties of all preceding shapes, being a rectangle and rhombus with four congruent sides.

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Brown 1st

Ben Sluss

5/1/15

The Polygon Hierarchy


Polygons
Quadrilaterals
Parallelograms
Rectangle
s

Trapezoids

Rhombus

Squares

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Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Polygons

A polygon is the beginning of the


polygon hierarchy because everything
in the hierarchy is a polygon, it is sort
of the great-great grandfather of all of
the shapes on the chart. A polygon is
a closed figure that is formed by line
segments, and it cannot have any
curve at all

Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Quadrilaterals

A quadrilateral is a more specific


version of a polygon, more
distinguished. As where just a plain
polygon has three or more sides, a
quadrilateral specifically has four.
Also, when all of the angles of a
quadrilateral are added together, they
equal 360 degrees.

Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Parallelograms

A parallelogram is under quadrilateral


on the polygon hierarchy because, like
a quadrilateral is a polygon in more
detail, a parallelogram is a
quadrilateral in more detail. It has two
sets of parallel sides. Its opposite
sides are congruent, as are the
angles. Its consecutive angles are
supplementary, meaning they add up
to 180 degrees, and the diagonals of it
bisect each other.

Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Trapezoid

A trapezoid is a parallelograms
brother, and like the parallelogram, a
trapezoid is under quadrilateral
because it is just a more detailed
version. It has one pair of parallel
sides called bases, and the nonparallel
sides are called legs, but if the legs
measurements are congruent, it is
called an isosceles trapezoid. Its
diagonals are congruent. It has a
median that is a segment that joins at
the midpoints of its legs

Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

Rectangles

A rectangle is a more in depth


parallelogram, which is why it is
beneath the parallelogram on the
polygon hierarchy, it has the exact
same properties, except all of its
angles are 90 degrees.

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Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Rhombus

A rhombus is the rectangles brother,


and like the rectangle it has almost all
of the same properties as the
parallelogram, and that is why the
rhombus is beneath the
parallelogram. The only difference is
that all of the sides are congruent.

Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Square

A square is the most in depth


quadrilateral, and it has some of the
properties of everything on the
hierarchy, and that is why it is the last
one. It has two sets of parallel sides, it
is, of course, a quadrilateral, all of its
sides are congruent, all of its angles
are 90 degrees, and its consecutive
angles are supplementary. Its
diagonals bisect each other also.

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