Exploring Quadrilaterals: Sides, Diagonals and Angle
Investigate the following questions and use the given chart to organize
your findings
! What are some attributes about the sides
and the diagonals of each figure?
! How do they relate to one another?
! Are they perpendicular? Parallel? When?
Always?
! Are they congruent? Always?
!
How do the
angles relate to each other? (Those formed by the sides and the diagonals
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Sides
(opposite
and adjacent) |
Diagonals
(length
and angles formed) |
Angles
(Measures,
Relationships, Sums) |
Parallelogram |
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Rectangle |
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Square |
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Rhombus |
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Non-Isosceles Trapezoid |
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Isosceles Trapezoid |
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Kite |
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