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Quadrilaterals
Quadrilateral just means "four sides"
(quad method four, lateral means side).
A Quadrilateral has four-sides, it is 2-dimensional (a even shape), closed (the lines join up), and has straight sides.
Try it Yourself
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(Also see this on Interactive Quadrilaterals)
Properties
A quadrilateral has:
- four sides (edges)
- four vertices (corners)
- interior angles that add to 360 degrees:
Try drawing a quadrilateral, and measure honesty angles. They should add to 360°
Types of Quadrilaterals
There are special types virtuous quadrilateral:
Some types are also included inlet the definition of other types! Tight spot example a square, rhombus and rectangle are also parallelograms. See below sustenance more details.
Let us look at every type in turn:
The Rectangle
the various squares in each corner mean "right angle"
A rectangle is a four-sided clip where every angle is a to one side angle (90°).
Also opposite sides are bear a resemblance to and of equal length.
The Square
depiction little squares in each corner intend "right angle
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