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How Are Special Quadrilaterals Visual Learning Bridge

Related to Each Other?

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This Venn diagram shows how

Quadrilaterals
special quadrilaterals are related parallelograms
to each other.
rectangles
How can you use the Venn trapezoids
diagram to describe other squares
ways to classify a square?
rhombuses
What does the diagram show
about how a trapezoid relates
to other special quadrilaterals?
A Venn diagram
uses overlapping circles
to show relationships
between items.

B Each circle in the Venn diagram shows a C In the diagram, the circle for
category of quadrilateral. trapezoids does not intersect with
Items in overlapping sections of the Venn any other circles. This shows that
diagram belong to more than one group. a trapezoid is also a quadrilateral,
but never a parallelogram,
rectangle, rhombus, or square.
“Square” is in more
than one circle in the
Venn diagram.

A square is also a rectangle, rhombus,

parallelogram, and quadrilateral.

Convince Me!  Construct Arguments  When can a rectangle

be a rhombus? Can a rhombus be a rectangle? Explain using
examples.

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Practice Tools Assessment

Do You Understand? Do You Know How?

1. Explain how the Venn diagram on
In 3–6, tell whether each statement
page 630 shows that every rectangle
is true or false. If false, explain.
is a parallelogram.
3. All rectangles are squares.

4. Every rhombus is a parallelogram.

2. How are a rectangle and a rhombus
alike? 5. Parallelograms are special rectangles.

6. A trapezoid can be a square.

In 7–10, write whether each statement is true or false. If false, explain why.

7. All rhombuses are rectangles. 8. Every trapezoid is a quadrilateral.

9. Rhombuses are special parallelograms. 10. All rectangles are quadrilaterals.

11. What properties does the shape 12. Why is a square also a rhombus?
have? Why is it not a parallelogram?

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13. Construct Arguments  Draw a 14. A reflecting pool is shaped like a
quadrilateral with one pair of parallel rhombus with a side length of 6 meters.
sides and two right angles. Explain What is the perimeter of the pool?
why this figure is a trapezoid. Explain how you found your answer.

Think about the

properties of a rhombus
to help you solve.

15. A bakery sold 31 bagels in the first hour
of business and 42 bagels in the second
hour. If the bakery had 246 bagels to start
with, how many bagels were left after the
second hour?
16. Higher Order Thinking  Ann says the
figure below is a square. Pablo says that
it is a parallelogram. Felix says that it is a
rectangle. Can they all be right? Explain.

246 bagels

31 42 ?

Assessment Practice

17. Below is the Venn diagram of Part A

quadrilaterals. Are rhombuses also rectangles? Explain.

Quadrilaterals
parallelograms

rectangles
trapezoids
squares

rhombuses Part B
What are all of the names that describe a
rhombus?

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