Classifying quadrilaterals
Understand that shapes in different categories may share attributes defining a larger category; classify quadrilaterals (rhombuses, rectangles, squares) and draw examples of quadrilaterals not in those subcategories
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Classify quadrilaterals inclusively using sides and angles.
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Classify quadrilaterals inclusively using sides and angles.
Classify quadrilaterals inclusively using sides and angles.
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Illustrative Mathematics · Practice link — not the full lesson
What is a Trapezoid? (Part 1)
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Definitions of trapezoid are compared while classifying quadrilaterals. Not every triangle classification.
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Before you openAsk whether a given quadrilateral fits the trapezoid definition used in the task and why.
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Illustrative Mathematics. “What is a Trapezoid? (Part 1).” Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. External task; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
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Check understanding
- Explain that a square is a special rectangle and also a special rhombus
- Sort shapes into a Venn diagram: quadrilaterals vs rectangles vs squares
- Draw a quadrilateral that is not a rectangle, rhombus, or square
“If you show your child a square, a rectangle, and a rhombus, can they explain what makes them all quadrilaterals — and what makes each one different from the others?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Geometry
- Age range
- Ages 8–12
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