QUADRILATERALS

Definitions

100

A quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel. Draw and name me.

Parallelogram

200

A parallelogram with 4 equal sides and 4 equal angles.

Square

300

A quadrilateral with exactly 1 pair of parallel sides and 1 pair of opposite sides equal. Draw and name me.

Isosceles Trapezoid

400

A parallelogram with 4 equal angles. Draw and name me.

Rectangle

500

A quadrilateral with 2 pairs of parallel sides and 4 equal sides, but no right angles

Rhombus

True/False

100

A rectangle is always a square.

False - not all rectangles have 4 equal sides.

200

A tomato is a fruit.

Well, is it?

300

A square is always a rhombus.

True - Both have 4 equal sides and 2 pairs of parallel sides.

400

A rhombus is always a square.

False - a rhombus does not always have 4 right angles.

500

A rhombus is always a parallelogram.

True - a rhombus has 2 pairs of parallel sides and 2 pairs of equal sides.

Name that Quadrilateral

100

Any rectangle with all sides the same length.

Square

200

One side of a parallelogram is 5 inches and another side is 8 inches. What are the lengths of the other sides?

5 inches and 8 inches

300

If two diagonals bisect each other and are not congruent and not perpendicular, you have created this quadrilateral.  Draw and name it.

Parallelogram (not a rectangle).

400

Any rhombus with 4 right angles.

Square

500

All quadrilaterals with both pairs of opposite sides congruent.

What are Parallelogram, Rhombus, Rectangle, Square

Mix it up!

100

Which statement is true? A) Every trapezoid has a pair of parallel sides. B) Every parallelogram has congruent diagonals.

A) (only rectangles and squares have congruent diagonals).

200

True or False: A rectangle is always a parallelogram.

True - parallelograms and rectangles have 2 pairs of parallel sides and 2 pairs of equal sides.

300

True or False: A parallelogram is always a rectangle.

False - not all parallelograms have right angles.

400

True or False: A parallelogram is always a rhombus.

False - a parallelogram does always have 4 equal sides.

500

Can you make a trapezoid with all sides the same length?

No, trapezoids have only 1 pair of equal sides.

Grab Bag

100

This is something schoolchildren in Japan would likely be doing right about now.

Sleeping!

200

Spell the Southern state that has Jackson as its capital - hint- it has a lot of sssssss's.

MISS-ISS-IPPI.

300

I was the Princess in Princess Bride. My name is a yummy-sounding flower.

Princess Buttercup.

400

This is how you find the length of a diagonal side in a quadrilateral when it's on a graph.

The Pythagorean theorem.

500

Mr. Z is from the same hometown as this aging rockstar who was also in a State Farm commercial during the SuperBowl. Name or sing one of his songs to win this question.

Who is Jon Bon Jovi?