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Quadrilaterals Report

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QUADRILATERALS

QUADRILATERALS
 Quadrilateral just means "four sides"
(quad means four, lateral means side).
 A Quadrilateral has four-sides, it is 2-
dimensional (a flat shape), closed (the lines
join up), and has straight sides.
 Properties
 A quadrilateral has:

 four sides (edges)

 four vertices (corners)

 interior angles that add to 360 degrees:

 Try drawing a quadrilateral, and measure the angles. They


should add to 360°
TYPES OF
QUADRILATERALS
 There are special types of quadrilateral:
THE RECTANGLE

the little squares in each corner mean


"right angle“

 A rectangle is a four-sided shape where every


angle is a right angle (90°).
 Also opposite sides are parallel and of equal
length.
T HE SQUARE

• the little squares in each corner mean


"right angle“

 A square has equal sides (marked "s") and every angle


is a right angle (90°)
 Also opposite sides are parallel.

 A square also fits the definition of a rectangle (all


angles are 90°), and a rhombus (all sides are equal
length).
THE RHOMBUS
A rhombus is a four-sided shape where
all sides have equal length (marked
"s").

 Also opposite sides are parallel and opposite angles


are equal.
 Another interesting thing is that the diagonals (dashed
lines) meet in the middle at a right angle. In other
words they "bisect" (cut in half) each other at right
angles.
A rhombus is sometimes called a rhomb or
a diamond.
THE PARALLELOGRAM
A parallelogram has opposite sides parallel and
equal in length. Also opposite angles are equal
(angles "A" are the same, and angles "B" are
the same).

NOTE: Squares, Rectangles and Rhombuses are all Parallelograms!

Example:
A parallelogram with:
all sides equal and
angles "A" and "B" as right angles
is a square!
THE TRAPEZOID (UK: TRAPEZIUM)

 A trapezoid (called a trapezium in the UK) has a pair of opposite


sides parallel.
 And a trapezium (called a trapezoid in the UK) is a quadrilateral
with NO parallel sides:
  Trapezoid Trapezium In the US: a pair of parallel sides NO parallel
sides In the UK: NO parallel sides a pair of parallel sides(the US
and UK definitions are swapped over!)
 An Isosceles trapezoid, as shown above, has left and right sides of
equal length that join to the base at equal angles.
THE KITE

• Hey, it looks like a kite (usually).


• It has two pairs of sides:
• Each pair is made of two equal-length sides
that join up.

Also:
the angles where the two pairs meet are equal.
the diagonals, shown as dashed lines above, meet at a right
angle.
one of the diagonals bisects (cuts equally in half) the other.
that's it for the
special
quadrilaterals.
Irregular Quadrilaterals
The only regular (all sides equal and
all angles equal) quadrilateral is a
square. So all other quadrilaterals
are irregular.
COMPLEX QUADRILATERALS

They still have 4 sides, but two sides


cross over.
POLYGON
A quadrilateral is a polygon.
In fact it is a 4-sided polygon,
just like a triangle is a 3-sided
polygon, a pentagon is a 5-
sided polygon, and so on.
Other Names
A quadrilateral can sometimes be called:
a Quadrangle ("four angles"), so it
sounds like "triangle"a Tetragon ("four
polygon"), so it sounds like "pentagon",
"hexagon", etc.

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