2D Shapes Flashcards

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What is a trapezium?

A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides.

Which quadrilateral has two pairs of equal adjacent sides, one line of symmetry and diagonals that meet at right angles?

A kite.

What are the properties of the diagonals of a rhombus?

They bisect each other at right angles and bisect the angles of the rhombus.

What is true of the opposite sides and opposite angles of a parallelogram?

Opposite sides are equal and parallel; opposite angles are equal.

True or false? Every rhombus is a square.

False. Every square is a rhombus, but a rhombus need not have right angles.

In a geometric diagram, what do matching dashes on two sides, and matching arrows on two sides, mean?

Matching dashes mean the sides are equal in length; matching arrows mean the sides are parallel.