Wednesday, May 23, 2007
posted by arianne at 7:32 PM
Hello fellow Gummy Bears,

On our last test, I noticed we had a hard time justifying our answers. So, i'm posting the the properties of the quadrilaterals.

Parallelogram
  • opposite sides are equal
  • consecutive angles are suplementary
  • diagonals bisect each other

Rectangle

  • opposite sides are equal
  • opposite angles are right angles
  • consecutive angles are suplementary
  • diagonals are congruent
  • diagonals bisect each other

Rhombus

  • opposite sides are equal
  • opposite angles are right angles
  • consecutive angles are suplementary
  • diagonals bisect each other
  • diagonals bisect opposite angles
  • diagonals are perpendicular to each other

Square

  • opposite sides are equal
  • opposite angles are right angles
  • opposite angles are right angles
  • consecutive angles are suplementary
  • diagonals are congruentdiagonals bisect each other
  • diagonals bisect opposite angles
  • diagonals are perpendicular to each other