Shape and Space - part 1
QUADRILATERAL FACT SHEET
Quadrilaterals are shapes with four sides.
The angles in a quadrilateral add up to 360°.
These quadrilaterals have certain properties:
Square
Rhombus
All sides equal length
All sides equal length
Opposite sides parallel
Opposite sides parallel
Four right angles
Opposite angles equal
Diagonals bisect at 90°
Diagonals bisect at 90°
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Rectangle
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Parallelogram
Opposite sides equal length
Opposite sides equal length
Opposite sides parallel
Opposite sides parallel
Four right angles
Opposite angles equal
Diagonals bisect each other
Diagonals bisect each other
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Trapezium
Kite
One pair of opposite
Two pairs of adjacent
sides parallel
sides equal
One pair opposite angles equal
Diagonals meet at right angles
Try these questions:
1)
From the information above, what is the difference between the
properties of a square and a rhombus?
2)
What is the difference in the properties of a rectangle and a
parallelogram?
3)
Which shape has only 1 pair of equal angles?
4)
Which shapes have diagonals which bisect each other at right
angles?
5)
Which shapes have both pairs of opposite angles equal but not
90°?
6)
Which shape has no necessarily equal angles?
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Check your answers then discuss with your tutor what you need to
work on next.
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Answers
Quadrilateral Fact Sheet
Rhombus hasn’t got right angles
2)
Parallelogram hasn’t got right angles
3)
Kite
4)
Square, Rhombus, Kite
5)
Rhombus and Parallelogram
6)
Trapezium
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