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Rectangle statements
Discuss these statements with your group and decide whether each one is: always true,
sometimes true, never true, or you’re not sure.
An oblong is another name for a rectangle.
If one side of a rectangle measures 5cm then its perimeter will be 20cm.
If one side of a rectangle measures 5cm then its area will be 25cm².
All rectangles are congruent.
A rectangle has four lines of symmetry.
A rectangle is made up of two squares.
A square is also a rectangle.
The diagonals of a rectangle are always longer than its sides.
All rectangles are made up of right-angled triangles.
The angles of a rectangle are all congruent.
The diagonals of a rectangle intersect in a right angle.
A rectangle has one pair of opposite sides of equal length.
A rectangle is also a parallelogram.
A rectangle is a convex quadrilateral.
A rectangle can be equiangular but not equilateral.
WORDS © JOHN DABELL
The area of a rectangle is 2w + 2l.
PHOTOCOPIABLE 1
Junior Education Plus
October 2009
www.scholastic.co.uk/junioredplus
Rectangle statements:
Answers
• An oblong is another name for a rectangle.
Answer: Sometimes true
• All rectangles are made up of rightangled triangles.
Answer: False
• If one side of a rectangle measures 5cm
then its perimeter will be 20cm.
Answer: Sometimes true
• The angles of a rectangle are all congruent.
Answer: True
• If one side of a rectangle measures 5cm
then its area will be 25cm².
Answer: Sometimes true
• The diagonals of a rectangle intersect in a
right angle.
Answer: Sometimes true
• All rectangles are congruent.
Answer: False
• A rectangle has one pair of opposite sides of
equal length.
Answer: Sometimes true
• A rectangle has four lines of symmetry.
Answer: Sometimes true
• A rectangle is made up of two squares.
Answer: Sometimes true
• A square is also a rectangle.
Answer: True
• A rectangle is a convex quadrilateral.
Answer: True
• A rectangle can be equiangular but not
equilateral.
Answer: True
• The area of a rectangle is 2w + 2l.
Answer: False
WORDS © JOHN DABELL
• The diagonals of a rectangle are always
longer than its sides.
Answer: True
• A rectangle is also a parallelogram.
Answer: True
PHOTOCOPIABLE 2
Junior Education Plus
October 2009
www.scholastic.co.uk/junioredplus