Name: __________________________________
Date: ______________________________
Quadrilaterals STUDY GUIDE
1.) Billy draws a quadrilateral that has sides measuring 6 cm, 10 cm, 6 cm, and 10 cm. The angles
are all right angles. What type of quadrilateral did Billy draw? Justify your answer and include a
drawing.
2.) Abbi has four pipe cleaners. If she arranges them into a shape of a trapezoid, which set of
lengths could be the ones she used?
a.)
b.)
c.)
d.)
5 in, 5 in, 5 in, 5 in
3 cm, 7 cm, 3 cm, 5 cm
9 in, 9 in, 11 in, 11 in
2 cm, 4 cm, 2 cm, 4 cm
3.) Alex drew a quadrilateral that has 2 pairs of congruent, parallel sides and 4 right angles. Which
quadrilateral BEST represents the one that Alex drew?
a.) square
b.) rectangle
c.) rhombus
d.) trapezoid
WHY?:
Name: __________________________________
Date: ______________________________
4.) Cameron draws a quadrilateral that has sides each measuring 5 cm in length. None of the
angles are right angles. What type of quadrilateral did Cameron draw? Justify your answer and
include a drawing.
5.) Emily says that all squares are quadrilaterals, rhombi, rectangles, and parallelograms. Sarah
says they are only rectangles and parallelograms. Who is right and WHY?
6.) Which statement is the MOST true for a parallelogram? Why?
a.) A quadrilateral with four congruent sides and four congruent angles.
b.) A quadrilateral with opposite sides and opposite angles congruent.
c.) A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides.
d.) A quadrilateral that is always a rhombus or a square.
7.) What is the difference between a rhombus and a square?
8.) What is the difference between a square and a rectangle?
Name: __________________________________
Date: ______________________________
9.) Is a rectangle always a square? Justify your answer?
10.) What is the difference between a parallelogram and a trapezoid?
11.) Name the types of shapes that best describe the figure below. Write all that apply.
12.) Draw and label the following Quadrilaterals: Parallelogram, Rhombus, Rectangle, Square, and
Trapezoid.
Blast from the Past
1.) Which sequence uses a common ratio of -3?
a. -1, -3, -9, -27, …
b. -2, -6, -18, -54, …
c. 1, -3, 6, -18, …
2.) Write the relationship as an expression for the sequence 40, 20, 10, 5, …
3.) Convert
5
to a decimal and a percent.
6
d. 1, -3, 9, -18, …