Classifying Quadrilaterals

Jason thinks both quadrilaterals have the same name. Do you agree or disagree with Jason?  Use what you know about classifying figures based on properties to explain your thinking.

Which of the quadrilaterals has exactly one pair of parallel sides and two pairs of congruent angles?

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Sara says that a square can be classified as a quadrilateral, a parallelogram, a rectangle, and a rhombus. Is Sara CORRECT?

• Yes

• No

Classify the quadrilateral. (Choose all correct answers).

• square

• rectangle

• parallelogram

• rhombus

• kite

Classify the quadrilateral. (Choose all correct answers).

• square

• rectangle

• parallelogram

• rhombus

• kite

Fill in the correct quadrilateral name for this diagram.

b

trapezoid

other quadrilaterals

rectangle

triangle

Is this hierarchy correct? 

• yes

• no

Fill in the missing piece of the hierarchy.

b

rectangle

triangle

trapezoid

other quadrilaterals

What polygon should be in blank 15?

• scalene

• irregular hexagon

• rectangle

• kite

What polygon should be in blank 12?

• irregular hexagon

• kite

• rectangle

• trapezoid