Quadrilaterals: 20 flashcards

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1. What is a quadrilateral?

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A quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides, four vertices, and four angles.

2. What is the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral?

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The sum of the interior angles of any quadrilateral is $360^\circ$.

3. What is a diagonal of a quadrilateral?

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A diagonal is a line segment joining two non-adjacent vertices of the quadrilateral.

4. How many diagonals does a quadrilateral have?

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A quadrilateral has 2 diagonals.

5. What is a parallelogram?

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A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel.

6. In a parallelogram, what is true about opposite sides?

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Opposite sides of a parallelogram are equal in length.

7. In a parallelogram, what is true about opposite angles?

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Opposite angles of a parallelogram are equal.

8. In a parallelogram, what is true about adjacent angles?

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Adjacent angles of a parallelogram are supplementary (sum to $180^\circ$).

9. What is the property of diagonals of a parallelogram?

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The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.

10. What is a rhombus?

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A rhombus is a parallelogram with all four sides equal.

11. What is special about the diagonals of a rhombus?

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The diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular bisectors of each other.

12. What is a rectangle?

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A rectangle is a parallelogram with all angles equal to $90^\circ$.

13. What is special about the diagonals of a rectangle?

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The diagonals of a rectangle are equal in length and bisect each other.

14. What is a square?

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A square is a parallelogram with all sides equal and all angles equal to $90^\circ$.

15. What is special about the diagonals of a square?

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The diagonals of a square are equal, perpendicular bisectors of each other.

16. What is a kite?

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A kite is a quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of adjacent sides equal.

17. What is a trapezium?

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A trapezium is a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides.

18. What is an isosceles trapezium?

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An isosceles trapezium is a trapezium with non-parallel sides equal.

19. What is the sum of the exterior angles of any quadrilateral?

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The sum of the exterior angles of any quadrilateral is $360^\circ$.

20. What is the angle sum property of a quadrilateral?

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The sum of the four interior angles of a quadrilateral is $360^\circ$.

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