Lesson 1: Kinds of Parallelograms and their Properties Flashcards
A polygon with four sides and four angles.
Quadrilateral
A quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel.
Parallelogram
A quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides.
Trapezoid
A special thpe of quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent adjacent sides.
Kite
A quadrilateral with no parallel sides, and each of its pair of adjacent sides are not congruent.
Trapezium
A parallelogram with four right angles.
Rectangle
A parallelogram with four congruent sides.
Rhombus
A parallelogram with four congruent sides and four right angles.
Square
A parallelogram with no right angles and whose adjacent sides are not congruent.
Rhomboid
In naming quadrilaterals or polygons- write the letters in consecutive vertices.
Naming Quadrilaterals