Quadrilaterals Jeopardy

Identifying

100

I have 4 equal sides and 4 equal angles.  What shape am I?

A square.

200

I have one set of parallel sides and one set of congruent sides.  What shape am I?

Isosceles trapezoid.

300

I have 2 sets of congruent sides, 2 sets of parallel sides, and 4 right angles.  What am I?

Rectangle

400

I have 2 sets of parallel sides and no right angles.  What am I?

Rhombus

500

I have 2 adjacent congruent sides.  What am I?

Kite

Parallelograms, Rectangles, Squares

100

Opposite sides and angles of a parallelogram are

congruent

200

Same Side Angles are 

supplementary

300

All 4 angles in a rectangle have a measurement of

90^o

400

Quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram.  AB = 4x - 1, CD = 3x + 6.  Find x.

x = 7

500

MNQR is a rectangle.  The diagonals intersect at Point P.  If PR = 2x + 10 and NP = 4x - 30.  Find MP

MP = 50

Rhombuses, Kites

100

The diagonals of a rhombus are

perpendicular

200

The diagonals of a kite are

perpendicular

300

How many sides of a rhombus are congruent?

4

400

How many sides of a kite are congruent?

2 pairs of 2

500

If the diagonals of a rhombus are both 8cm long, what would be a better name for it?

square

Trapezoids, General Quadrilaterals

100

How many degrees are in a quadrilateral?

360^o

200

How many pairs of parallel sides does a trapezoid have?

1

300

What type of special shape has congruent diagonals and only one pair of parallel sides?

isosceles trapezoid

400

What makes an isosceles trapezoid isosceles?

The legs are congruent

500

The bases of a trapezoid are 18 and 70, and each leg is x.  If the perimeter is 170 cm, find x.

x = 41

Potpourri

100

If two angles of a triangle are 35^o and 72^o, what is the third angle?

73^o

200

Is this a triangle if the three sides of a figure are 7, 8, 16?  (Must show work).

No

(7+8<15)

300

If -16 = x/2 + 2, find x.

x = -9

400

4x + 8 = 2x - 6; find x

x = -7

500

3(x-5) - 4 = 17; find x

x = 12