Quadrilaterals: Master the Basics of Four-Sided Shapes

Question 1

Which quadrilateral is a parallelogram but NOT a rectangle?

Accepted Answer

Rhombus

Answer

Trapezoid

Answer

Square

Answer

Kite

Question 2

What kind of quadrilateral has four equal sides and four right angles?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Rhombus

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Parallelogram

Question 3

A quadrilateral with NO parallel sides is called a:

Accepted Answer

Trapezoid

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Parallelogram

Answer

Square

Question 4

Which quadrilateral has exactly ONE pair of parallel sides?

Accepted Answer

Trapezoid

Answer

Parallelogram

Answer

Square

Answer

Rectangle

Question 5

If a quadrilateral has two consecutive right angles, it must be a:

Accepted Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Parallelogram

Answer

Rhombus

Answer

Trapezoid

Question 6

What is the name of a quadrilateral with four right angles and four equal sides?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Rhombus

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Parallelogram

Question 7

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a parallelogram?

Accepted Answer

All sides are equal

Answer

Opposite angles are equal

Answer

Diagonals cut each other in half

Answer

Opposite sides are parallel

Question 8

A rectangular garden is 10 feet long and 6 feet wide. What is its area?

Accepted Answer

60 square feet

Answer

240 square feet

Answer

16 square feet

Answer

30 square feet

Question 9

Which shape is ALWAYS a quadrilateral?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Triangle

Answer

Hexagon

Answer

Circle

Question 10

A trapezoid has bases measuring 12 cm and 16 cm, and a height of 8 cm. What is its area?

Accepted Answer

112 square centimeters

Answer

224 square centimeters

Answer

384 square centimeters

Answer

56 square centimeters

Question 11

Which quadrilateral has diagonals that cut each other in half at a right angle?

Accepted Answer

Rhombus

Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Square

Answer

Parallelogram

Question 12

A farmer's rectangular field has a perimeter of 200 feet. If the field is 60 feet long, how wide is it?

Accepted Answer

40 feet

Answer

30 feet

Answer

100 feet

Answer

140 feet

Question 13

Which of these is NOT true about a square?

Accepted Answer

Opposite sides are parallel

Answer

Diagonals are equal

Answer

All angles are 90 degrees

Answer

All sides are the same length

Question 14

A rhombus has a perimeter of 40 cm. If one diagonal is 12 cm long, how long is the other diagonal?

Accepted Answer

16 cm

Answer

24 cm

Answer

32 cm

Answer

8 cm

Question 15

Which quadrilateral has diagonals that are the same length?

Accepted Answer

Rectangle

Answer

Rhombus

Answer

Parallelogram

Answer

Trapezoid

Question 16

A quadrilateral has four sides that are all the same length. Which of these could it be?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

Parallelogram

Answer

Rhombus

Answer

Rectangle