Name: Properties of Parallelograms – Riddle Directions: Show your work as you solve for missing pieces in the parallelograms below! Use your answers to solve the riddles on the next page. V S The figure below is a The figure below is a parallelogram. What is the parallelogram. What is the value of the question value of the question mark? mark? B M I Given the figure is a parallelogram, what is the value of x? U What is the measure of angle G? L Given the figure is a parallelogram, what is the value of x? Careful here! Y What is the value of y, given the figure is a parallelogram? F What is the value of x? N What is the value of y? X What is the length of one side of the parallelogram? A What is the length of the entire diagonal? Z What is the measure of x? R What is the measure of y, using the the value of x that you just found. What is the value of x? O P Your answer for this question is that this statement is Your answer for this question is that this statement is ALWAYS true, SOMETIMES true, or NEVER true. ALWAYS true, SOMETIMES true, or NEVER true. Parallelograms are ______________ rectangles. Squares are ______________ parallelograms. C D Your answer for this question is that this statement is Solve for x and y. THEN: solve to find the PERIMETER ALWAYS true, SOMETIMES true, or NEVER true. of the parallelogram. Trapezoids are _________________ parallelograms. Solve for x: Solve for y: Perimeter = Which Venn Diagram is NOT true? A: I: O: E: RHOMBUS
SQUARE
Quadrilateral
Parallelogram
Square
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Rhombus
Rhombus
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