LESSON: Classifying Quadrilaterals

Objectives/Vocab

Objectives

  • Classify quadrilaterals by angles
  • Classify quadrilaterals by sides
  • Draw specified quadrilaterals using ruler and protractor
  • Find unknown angle measures in given quadrilaterals

Vocabulary

Quadrilateral
closed figure with four sides and four vertices.
Trapezoid
Quadrilateral with one pair of opposite sides parallel.
Rectangle
Parallelogram with four right angles.
Parallelogram
Quadrilateral with opposite sides congruent and parallel.
Square
Four congruent sides and four congruent angles.
Rhombus
Parallelogram with four congruent sides.
Parallel
lines that are equidistant apart and will never intersect
Congruent
exactly the same, having the same measure