What's my angle?
Lines & Angles
Triangles
Quadrilaterals
Symmetry
100

What is the definition of a quadrilateral?

A polygon with 4 sides and 4 angles

100

Does every hexagon have 6 angles?

YES!  Lets count.

100

I am a triangle with one pair of perpendicular lines.  

What type of triangle am I?

100

What pair of quadrilaterals have 4 congruent sides? 


Congruent means same size same shape

100

How many lines of symmetry do I have?

4

200

What is the definition of a polygon?

A closed figure made with straight lines.

A circle is not a polygon because it is not made with straight lines.

200

Think about a regular octagon.  In a regular shape all lines and angles are congruent, same size & same shape. 

What type of angles are found in a regular octagon?

OBTUSE angles

200

I am a triangle.  My angles measure 90o, 45o and 45o.  

What type of triangle am I?  

Right  Triangle

200

Complete the following facts about a square -

1. It is a rectangle because ....

2. It is a parallelogram because ...

3. It is a polygon because ...

4. It is a quadrilateral because ...

5. It is NOT a circle because ...


1. It is a rectangle because .... it has 4 right angles.

2. It is a parallelogram because ... it has two pairs of parallel lines.

3. It is a polygon because ... its a closed figure with straight sides.

4. It is a quadrilateral because ... it has 4 sides.

5. It is NOT a circle because ... a circle has curved sides, it is not a polygon,...

200

How many lines of symmetry do I have?

2

300

What is the definition of a rectangle?


A quadrilateral with 4 right angles, opposite sides are congruent.

All squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares.

300

How many pairs of parallel lines does a regular octagon have?

4 Pairs

300

I am a triangle.  What is the sum of all my angles?



180o

300

I am a quadrilateral.  I have - 

...one pair of parallel sides,

...two right angles,

...one acute and one obtuse angle.

What am I?

300

How many lines of symmetry do I have?

2

400

What is the definition of a parallelogram?

A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel lines

Examples are square, rectangle, rhombus, and parallelogram

400

Which of these polygons does not have any pairs of parallel lines?

           A                    B                     C


Polygon A, the pentagon 


400

I am a triangle.  My angles measure 100o, 40o, and 40o. What type of triangle am I?

Obtuse Triangle 

400

Which 2 quadrilaterals have 4 right angles?

400

How many lines of symmetry do I have?

0

500

What is the definition of a trapezoid?

It is a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides.


500

How many pairs of parallel sides does a regular pentagon have?


NONE!

500

If you cut a rectangular piece of paper diagonally to make 2 equal triangles.  What type of triangles will you make?

Right Triangles

500

I am a quadrilateral 

Only my opposite sides are congruent.  

I have 2 acute and 2 obtuse angles.  

What am I?

500

How many lines of symmetry do I have?

"regular" polygons:

5 sides = 5 lines of symmetry

# of lines of symmetry = # of sides