Description: Properties of types of quadrilaterals
QUADRILATERALS
RECTANGLE
- A rectangle is a quadrilateral having opposite sides equal and parallel.
- All 4 angles of a rectangle are right angles measuring 90 degrees each.
- The diagonals of a rectangle bisect each other.
SQUARE
- A square is a quadrilateral having 4 equal sides and 4 equal angles.
- All 4 angles of a square are right angles measuring 90 degrees each.
- The diagonals of a square bisect its angles.
- The opposite sides of a square are parallel.
PARALLELOGRAM
- A parallelogram is a quadrilateral having opposite sides equal and parallel.
- The opposite angles of a parallelogram are equal.
- The consecutive angles of a parallelogram are supplementary.
- The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.
KITE
- A kite is a quadrilateral with 2 equal and 2 unequal sides.
- The adjacent sides of a kite are equal.
- The diagonals of a kite are perpendicular.
RHOMBUS
- A rhombus is a quadrilateral with all 4 sides equal.
- The opposite sides of a rhombus are parallel.
- The opposite angles of a rhombus are equal.
- The diagonals of a rhombus bisect at right angles.
TRAPEZOID
- A trapezoid is a quadrilateral having only one pair of opposite parallel sides.
- The legs of a trapezoid are equal.
- The lower and upper base angles of a trapezoid are equal.
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