Describing Quadrilaterals

Description Description Interesting

Example Name
of Sides of Angles Information
Any 4 sided
A polygon is a closed plane
polygon May have no
Quadrilateral (flat) shape with straight
May have no equal angles
sides.
equal sides
4 equal sides A square is a special type
Square 2 sets of parallel 4 right angles of rectangle, rhombus, and
sides parallelogram.

2 sets of parallel A rectangle is a type of

Rectangle 4 right angles
sides parallelogram

4 equal sides A rhombus is an irregular

Opposite angles
Rhombus 2 sets of parallel polygon. The sides are
are equal
sides equal, but the angles are not
Squares, rectangles, and
2 sets of equal Opposite angles
Parallelogram rhombi are all
parallel sides are equal
parallelograms
There are 2 named types
At least1 set of May have no
Trapezoid of trapezoids
parallel sides equal angles
(isosceles and right)
An isosceles trapezoid looks
Isosceles 1 set of parallel Adjacent angles
like the bottom half of an
Trapezoid sides are equal
isosceles triangle.
A right trapezoid is the
Right 1 set of parallel Exactly 2 right
only quadrilateral with
Trapezoid sides angles
exactly 2 right angles.
Adjacent means nearby.
Adjacent sides 1 set of equal
Kite A kite can have 1 right
are equal opposite angles
angle.
A dart is a kind of kite.
Adjacent sides 1 set of equal
Dart A kite is convex and a dart
are equal opposite angles
is concave.