What are quadrilaterals?

tmp86e4-1Another type of polygon has four sides and is called a quadrilateral. The sum of its four angles is always 360°. The sum of the lengths of its sides is called the perimeter.

A parallelogram has four sides, of which the opposite ones are parallel.

A square has four equal sides, and each of its four angles is 90°.

A rectangle is a parallelogram with four angles of 90° each.

A rhombus has four equal sides. Two of its angles are obtuse, that is greater than 90°.

A trapezoid has only two parallel sides.

A trapezoid has no parallel sides.

Regular and irregular polygons (Polygon means polygon) can have more than three or four sides. For example, a pentagon has five sides, a hexagon six, a heptagon seven, an octagon eight and a dode-kagon twelve sides.