Special quadrilateral properties

Sample Special quadrilateral properties questions

A few of the 36 questions, from easier to harder. Choose your exam board and tier to practise them, with every answer marked.

1. Question 11 markGrade 4-5
   A quadrilateral with all angles equal (90°) but sides not necessarily equal. What is it?
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   All angles 90° but sides not necessarily equal is the definition of a rectangle.
2. Question 21 markGrade 4-5
   Which of these special quadrilaterals have one pair of parallel sides? Select all that apply: square, rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus, kite, trapezium. Write the names separated by commas.
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   Trapezium has exactly one pair of parallel sides. The others have either 0 or 2 pairs.
3. Question 31 markGrade 4-5
   A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides. What is it?
4. Question 41 mark

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• Confuses which geometric property applies to the shape/configuration given

  Remember: a square has ALL properties, a rectangle has right angles, a rhombus has equal sides, a parallelogram has opposite sides parallel, a kite has two pairs of adjacent equal sides, and a trapezium has one pair of parallel sides.

• Confuses which special quadrilaterals are subtypes of others (e.g. square as a subtype of rectangle)

  A more specific shape (e.g. square) always inherits the properties of a more general shape it is a special case of (e.g. rectangle, rhombus), but the reverse is not true - a general shape does not automatically have the extra properties of the special case.

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How many Special quadrilateral properties practice questions are there?

There are 36 self-marking GCSE and IGCSE Maths questions on Special quadrilateral properties, written for AQA, Pearson, OCR, Pearson International GCSE Maths A (4MA1) across Foundation and Higher tier. Each one is marked instantly and has a full worked solution.

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