POLYGONS

QUADRILATERAL

A quadrilateral shape has four sides and four

vertices or angles.
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A quadrilateral has four sides and four vertices.

Rhombus

A rhombus has four equal sides.

A rhombus is a kind of parallelogram. Because all
the sides are equal length, the rhombus has
parallel sides.
A square is a rhombus.
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A quadrilateral has four sides and four vertices.

Rectangle

A rectangle has four equal angles. All of the

angles are right angles.
A rectangle is a kind of parallelogram. It has two
pairs of parallel sides.
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A quadrilateral has four sides and four vertices.

Square

A square is a special kind of rectangle that is also

a rhombus.
A square has four equal angles and four equal
sides.
A square is a kind of parallelogram. It has
parallel sides.
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A quadrilateral has four sides and four vertices.

Parallelogram

A parallelogram has two pairs of opposite,

parallel sides.
A square is a parallelogram. A rectangle is a
parallelogram. A rhombus is a parallelogram.
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A quadrilateral has four sides and four vertices.

Isosceles
Trapezoid

Two of the opposite sides of an isosceles

trapezoid are parallel. Two ends of each
parallel side have equal angles and equal
length.
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TRIANGLES

A triangle has three sides and three angles.

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A triangle has three sides and three vertices.

Equilateral Triangle

An equilateral triangle has three equal sides.

It also has three equal angles.
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A triangle has three sides and three vertices.

Isoceles Triangle

An isosceles triangle has two equal sides.

It also has two equal angles.
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A triangle has three sides and three vertices.

Scalene Triangle

A scalene triangle has three inequal sides.

It also has three inequal angles.
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A triangle has three sides and three vertices.

Right Triangle

A right triangle has

one 90° angle.
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A triangle has three sides and three vertices.

Obtuse Triangle

An obtuse triangle has

one angle 90° or larger.
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A triangle has three sides and three vertices.

Acute Triangle

An acute triangle has

all of its angles 90° or smaller.
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Pentagon

A pentagon has five sides. A regular pentagon

has five equal sides and five equal angles.
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Hexagon

A hexagon has six sides. A regular hexagon

has six equal sides and six equal angles.
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Octagon

An octagon has eight sides. A regular octagon

has eight equal sides and eight equal angles.
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 CURVED SHAPES

A curved shape usually has one side, no other

lines, no vertices, and no angles.
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Circle
A curved shape has no angles.

A circle has one line. It has no edges, no vertices,

no angles. All the parts of the circle line are the
same distance from the center.
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Oval
A curved shape has no angles.

An oval has one line. It has no edges, no vertices,

no angles. It is egg-shaped.
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Crescent
A curved shape has no angles.

A crescent is made by two intersecting circles.

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