Properties of Squares and Rectangles
Explore the geometric properties of squares and rectangles, including sides, angles, and symmetry, for Grade 4 math.
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Properties of Squares and Rectangles
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the diagrams provided to help you.
1. Which of the following statements is true for ALL squares?
It has 2 pairs of parallel sides.
All sides are of different lengths.
It has exactly 3 right angles.
It has no parallel sides.
2. A rectangle always has:
All four sides equal in length.
Four right angles.
Only one pair of parallel sides.
Acute angles.
3. A square has four sides.
4. Both squares and rectangles have four angles.
5. A rectangle has two pairs of sides.
6. All squares are rectangles.
True
False
7. All rectangles are squares.
True
False
8. Draw a square and label its sides to show they are all equal. Mark its right angles.
9. Draw a rectangle and label its opposite sides to show they are equal. Mark its right angles.
Match the property with the shape it describes.
10. All four sides are equal.
a. Rectangle
11. Has four right angles.
b. Square
12. Opposite sides are equal and parallel.
c. Both Square and Rectangle