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Classifying Polygons
Triangles and Quadrilaterals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| polygons with "equal" side lengths, or "equal" interior angles are | congruent |
| a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides | parallelogram |
| a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides | trapezoid |
| a parallelogram with 4 congruent sides | rhombus |
| a parallelogram with four right angles. | rectangle |
| a rectangle with four congruent sides or a rhombus with four right angles | square |
| a triangle with 3 acute angles (less than 90 degrees) | acute triangle |
| One angle in the triangle measures exactly 90 degrees. | right triangle |
| A triangle where one angle measures over 90 degrees. | obtuse triangle |
| A triangle with 3 congruent sides | equilateral triangle |
| A triangle with at least two congruent sides | isosceles triangle |
| A triangle with no congruent sides. | scalene triangle |
| point where lines meet form corners or _________ | vertices |
| Closed 2-D shape that has only straight lines, angles, and vertices | polygon |
| four sided polygon | quadrilateral |
| three sided polygon | triangle |