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Quadrilaterals Worksheet

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Quadrilaterals

8.2

How can you classify quadrilaterals?

STANDARDS

NDARDS

OF LEARNING

“Quad” means four and “lateral”

Quadrilaterals

means side. So, quadrilateral means

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a polygon with four sides.

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ACTIVITY:

Using Descriptions to Draw Quadrilaterals

Work with a partner. Use a geoboard to form a quadrilateral that ﬁ ts the given

description. Record your results on geoboard dot paper.

Sample:

a. Form a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides.

The top and

bottom sides

are parallel.

b. Form a quadrilateral with four congruent sides and four right angles.

c. Form a quadrilateral with four right angles that is not a square.

d. Form a quadrilateral with four congruent sides that is not a square.

e. Form a quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent adjacent sides and

whose opposite sides are not congruent.

Form a quadrilateral with congruent and parallel opposite sides that

is not a rectangle.

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ACTIVITY:

Naming Quadrilaterals

Work with a partner. Match the names square, rectangle, rhombus,

parallelogram, trapezoid, and kite with your 6 drawings in Activity 1.

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Chapter 8

Geometry

Quadrilaterals Worksheet