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Quadrilaterals: Try For Yourself

This document defines and describes the different types of quadrilaterals: squares, rectangles, rhombuses, trapezoids, parallelograms, and kites. It explains their key properties such as equal or parallel sides and right angles. Squares, rectangles, and rhombuses are identified as specific types of parallelograms. The document also discusses irregular quadrilaterals and uses a family tree chart to illustrate how the different quadrilateral types are related and inclusive of one another.

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Quadrilaterals: Try For Yourself

This document defines and describes the different types of quadrilaterals: squares, rectangles, rhombuses, trapezoids, parallelograms, and kites. It explains their key properties such as equal or parallel sides and right angles. Squares, rectangles, and rhombuses are identified as specific types of parallelograms. The document also discusses irregular quadrilaterals and uses a family tree chart to illustrate how the different quadrilateral types are related and inclusive of one another.

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Quadrilaterals - Square, Rectangle, Rhombus, Trapezoid, Parallelogram

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Quadrilaterals
Quadrilateral just means "four sides" (quad means four, lateral means side). Any four-sided shape is a Quadrilateral. But the sides have to be straight, and it has to be 2-dimensional.

Try for Yourself

(You can also play with Interactive Quadrilaterals)

Properties
our sides (ed!es) our vertices (corners) "he interior an!les add up to 360 degrees#

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"ry drawin! a $uadrilateral, and measure the an!les. "hey should add to 360

Types of Quadrilaterals
"here are special types of $uadrilateral#

%ome types are also included in the definition of other types& or e'ample a square, rhombus and rectangle are also parallelograms. %ee below for more details. (et us loo) at each type in turn#

The Rectangle
means "right angle" and show equal sides

* rectan!le is a four+sided shape where every an!le is a ri!ht an!le (,-.). *lso opposite sides are parallel and of e$ual len!th.

The Rhombus

* rhombus is a four+sided shape where all sides have e$ual len!th. *lso opposite sides are parallel and opposite an!les are e$ual. *nother interestin! thin! is that the dia!onals (dashed lines in second fi!ure) meet in the middle at a ri!ht an!le. In other words they "bisect" (cut in half) each other at ri!ht an!les. * rhombus is sometimes called a diamond.

The Square
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means "right angle" show equal sides

* s$uare has e$ual sides and every an!le is a ri!ht an!le (,-.) *lso opposite sides are parallel. * s$uare also fits the definition of a rectangle (all an!les are ,-.), and a rhombus (all sides are e$ual len!th).

The Parallelogram

* parallelo!ram has opposite sides parallel and e$ual in len!th. *lso opposite an!les are e$ual (an!les "a" are the same, and an!les "b" are the same).

/0"1# %$uares, 2ectan!les and 2hombuses are all 3arallelo!rams&

1'ample#
* parallelogram with# all sides e$ual and an!les "a" and "b" as ri!ht an!les is a square&

The Trapezoid (UK Trapezium!

"rape4oid

Isosceles "rape4oid

* trape4oid (called a trape4ium in the 56) has a pair of opposite sides parallel. It is called an Isosceles trape4oid if the sides that aren7t parallel are e$ual in len!th and both

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an!les comin! from a parallel side are e$ual, as shown. *nd a trapezium (56# trape4oid) is a $uadrilateral with /0 parallel sides#

"rape4oid 5%# a pair of parallel sides 56# /0 parallel sides

"rape4ium /0 parallel sides a pair of parallel sides

The Kite

8ey, it loo)s li)e a )ite. It has two pairs of sides. 1ach pair is made up of adjacent sides that are e$ual in len!th. "he an!les are e$ual where the pairs meet. 9ia!onals (dashed lines) meet at a ri!ht an!le, and one of the dia!onal bisects (cuts e$ually in half) the other.

... and that7s it for the special $uadrilaterals.

"rregular Quadrilaterals
"he only re!ular $uadrilateral is a s$uare. %o all other $uadrilaterals are irregular.

The #$amily Tree# %hart


Quadrilateral definitions are inclusi e.

1'ample# a s$uare is also a rectan!le.


%o we include a s$uare in the definition of a rectan!le. (We don't say "Having all 90 angles makes it a rectangle except when all sides are equal then it is a square."

"his may seem odd, as in daily life we thin) of a s$uare as not bein! a rectan!le ... but in mathematics it is.

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5sin! the chart below you can answer such $uestions as# Is a %$uare a type of 2ectan!le: (Yes) Is a 2ectan!le a type of 6ite: (/o)

%omple& Quadrilaterals
0h Yes& when two sides cross over, you call it a ";omple'" or "%elf+Intersectin!" $uadrilateral li)e these#

"hey still have < sides, but two sides cross over.

Polygon
* $uadrilateral is a poly!on. In fact it is a <+sided poly!on, just li)e a trian!le is a =+sided poly!on, a penta!on is a >+sided poly!on, and so on.

Play 'ith Them

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/ow that you )now the different types, you can play with the Interactive Quadrilaterals.

(ther )ames
* $uadrilateral can sometimes be called#

a Quadrangle ("!our angles"), so it sounds li)e "trian!le" a !etragon ("!our and polygon"), so it sounds li)e "penta!on", "he'a!on", etc.

Question ? Question @ Question = Question < Question > Question A Question B Question C Question , Question ?-

%earch ## Inde' ## *bout ## ;ontact ## ;ontribute ## ;ite "his 3a!e ## 3rivacy


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