Polygons

60B
Polygons
Definition:
Name of Polygon
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# of Sides
# of Angles
Example
Quadrilateral Properties
Vocabulary
Definition
Perpendicular
Bisector
Congruent
Adjacent
Labeling Quadrilaterals:
Example
Quadrilateral Properties
Quadrilateral
Example
Properties
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Memorize the properties of your quads!
NAME EVERY QUADRILATERAL THAT DESCRIBES EACH FIGURE.
THEN, CIRCLE THE NAME THAT BEST DESCRIBES THE FIGURE.
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Always, Sometimes, or Never?
Quadrilateral
Parallelogram
Rhombus
Rectangle
Square
Always
Kite
Always, sometimes or never?
1) A square is a rhombus.
4) A rectangle is a square.
Trapezoid
OR
Isosceles Trapezoid
Never
2) A kite is a trapezoid.
3) A parallelogram is a
rectangle.
5) A quadrilateral is a
trapezoid.
6) A kite is a quadrilateral.
Use the diagram or vocabulary to answer the following.
1) What shape is a rectangle 2) Which shape has
and a rhombus?
diagonals that are always
perpendicular bisectors?
4) What parallelogram has
four congruent sides
whose diagonals bisect
each other and intersect
at four right angles?
Sometimes
5) What property do all
quadrilaterals have?
3) Which shape is a
parallelogram with four
right angles and has
congruent diagonals that
bisect each other?
6) What shapes have
adjacent congruent sides?
Homework
Write the quadrilateral that solves the riddle.
1) I am a quadrilateral with four equal
sides and no right angles. What am I?
2) I am a six-sided polygon with sides of
assorted lengths. What am I?
3) I am an eight-sided polygon with all sides
congruent. What am I?
4) I am a quadrilateral with four right angles
and two pairs of congruent and parallel
lines. What am I?
5) I have 10 sides that are different lengths.
What am I?
6) I am a quadrilateral with no right angles and
two pairs of congruent and parallel lines.
what am I?
7) I am a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel
sides. What am I?
8) I have two sides more than a triangle. All
Sides are the same length. What am I?
9) Explain why a square is always a rhombus, but a rhombus is never a square?
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Name every quadrilateral that describes each figure. Then, circle the name that
best describes the figure.
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