Download Name: 1. In the following chart, complete each blank with the correct

Name:
GEOMETRY
AND
SPATIAL SENSE: CLASSIFYING QUADRILATERALS
R EMEMBER !
A quadrilateral is any polygon with four sides.
A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides.
A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides.
A rhombus is a parallelogram with four equal sides.
A rectangle is a parallelogram with four 90º (right) angles.
A square is both a rhombus and a rectangle.
1. In the following chart, complete each blank with the correct number or word.
This shape appears to have…
_______ pairs of parallel sides.
_______ pairs of equal sides.
_______ right angles.
This shape appears to have…
_______ pairs of parallel sides.
_______ pairs of equal sides.
_______ right angles.
I think this shape is a ___________.
I think this shape is a ___________.
This shape appears to have…
_______ pairs of parallel sides.
_______ pairs of equal sides.
_______ right angles.
This shape appears to have…
_______ pairs of parallel sides.
_______ pairs of equal sides.
_______ right angles.
I think this shape is a ___________.
I think this shape is a ___________.
2. In the table below, print the letter of each shape in every column in which it appears to
belong. One column has been done for you.
A
B
E
Quadrilateral
F
Trapezoid
Parallelogram
B, C, F, G, H
C
D
G
Rhombus
H
Rectangle
Square
3. Play Call of Geometry: Quadrilateral Warfare! Go to mathfrog.ca for the link.
Expectation: i) identify and compare different types of quadrilaterals
The same number of
ticks on two lines
means these lines are
equal in length.
The same number of
arrows on two lines
means these lines
are parallel.
A square in a corner of a
shape means the corner
is a right angle ( 90 0 ).
4. Complete this chart.
Labelled
Quadrilateral
Name
Characteristics
5.
trapezoid
square
- four equal sides
- two pairs of
parallel sides
-four sided figure
In each blank below, print the best name for that shape. Your choices are square, rectangle,
parallelogram, quadrilateral, trapezoid, and rhombus. The diagram to the right should help you.
Four sides
Quadrilaterals
Trapezoids
One pair of parallel sides
Parallelograms
Two pairs of parallel sides
Rectangles Squares
Four right angles
Rhombi
Four equal sides
Four equal sides
Four right angles
Which Shape Am I?
1. I am NOT a parallelogram but I have one pair of parallel sides.
__________________
2.Two of me are made if a straight line connects opposite corner points(vertices) of a quadrilateral.
__________________
3. If I am NOT a rhombus, can I be a square? ____Why/why not?__________________________
4. If I am a parallelogram, am I always a trapezoid? ____________________________________
Expectation: i) identify and compare different types of quadrilaterals