Name:_______________
Date: ____________
Class: ___________
The Do-You-Really-Know-Your-Quadrilaterals Worksheet
1. Can You Properly Identify Geometric Figures?
Use the figures below to answer questions (a) through (g)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
a.
Which of these figures are polygons? ___________________
b.
Which of these figures are quadrilaterals? _______________
c.
Which of these figures are parallelograms? _______________
d.
Which of these figures are trapezoids? __________________
e.
Which of these figures are rhombuses (rhombi)? ___________
f.
Which of these figures are rectangles? __________________
g.
Which of these figures are squares? ____________________
2. Can You Succeed at this Quick Quad Question Quiz?
a.
What is the main difference between a trapezoid and a
parallelogram? ____________________________________
________________________________________________
b.
Is every square a rectangle? ________
Why or why not? __________________________________
________________________________________________
c.
Is every rectangle a square? ________
Why or why not? ___________________________________
________________________________________________
d.
Why is figure 7 above not a parallelogram, even though it has
lots of parallel sides?
________________________________________________
e.
Why is figure 5 not a polygon, even though it is a closed figure?
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Name:_______________
Date: ____________
Class: ___________
The Do-You-Really-Know-Your-Quadrilaterals Worksheet
3. And Finally, Can You Successfully Draw These Quads?
Make sure to put appropriate right angle, congruent, parallel marks on your figures.
a. Draw a quad that is NOT a trapezoid and also NOT a parallelogram.
b.
Draw a parallelogram that is NOT a rectangle and NOT a rhombus.
c.
Draw a quadrilateral that has four congruent sides. By what
other name is this quadrilateral called? ____________
d.
Draw a rhombus that has four right angles. By what more common
name is this rhombus called? _____________
e.
Draw a rectangle that has four congruent sides. By what more
common name is this rectangle called? _____________
f.
Draw a quad with three congruent sides, but a fourth that is not
congruent? Is this figure a rhombus? ____________
If not, what is this figure called? _____________