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Maths Quiz - Level 3-4 Shapes - Quadrilaterals (Questions)

In your KS3 Maths journey, you've encountered lots of cool shapes - circles, triangles, pentagons, and more. But guess what? This quiz is all about quadrilaterals!

Quadrilaterals are 2D shapes with four sides and four angles. You might think of squares and oblongs, but there are different types of quadrilaterals with unique properties.

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The name "quadrilaterals" comes from Latin, where QUAD means 4, and LATERAL means sides. What's special about them? The interior angles of any quadrilateral always add up to 360^o

There are more rules, like side lengths or parallel sides, that help classify quadrilaterals into types like rhomboids or trapeziums. Take the quiz that follows to test how well you know your quadrilaterals!

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Which of these shapes is NOT a quadrilateral?

[ ]	Circle
[ ]	Rectangle
[ ]	Rhombus
[ ]	Square

How many angles of a square MUST be 90 degrees?

[ ]	2
[ ]	3
[ ]	4
[ ]	None

How many sides of a trapezium MUST be parallel?

[ ]	2
[ ]	3
[ ]	4
[ ]	None

What is a true statement about a kite?

[ ]	All four sides are equal in length
[ ]	Has one pair of parallel sides
[ ]	Has two pairs of adjacent sides equal in length
[ ]	It has no lines of symmetry

Here are four shapes. Which one is NOT a quadrilateral?

[ ]	Kite
[ ]	Parallelogram
[ ]	Trapezium
[ ]	Triangle

The interior angles of a quadrilateral add up to how many degrees?

[ ]	90
[ ]	180
[ ]	360
[ ]	720

A scalene quadrilateral has no sides which are .......

[ ]	curved
[ ]	parallel
[ ]	equal
[ ]	smooth

Which of the following does a parallelogram NOT have?

[ ]	A line of symmetry
[ ]	Four angles
[ ]	Opposite angles are equal
[ ]	Opposite sides which are equal in length

What makes an isosceles trapezium different to an 'ordinary' trapezium?

[ ]	A line of symmetry
[ ]	No rotational symmetry
[ ]	Non-parallel lines of equal length
[ ]	One pair of parallel lines

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How does a rhombus differ from a parallelogram?

[ ]	All sides are equal in length
[ ]	Opposite angles are equal
[ ]	Opposite sides are parallel
[ ]	Rotational order of symmetry is two

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Maths Quiz - Level 3-4 Shapes - Quadrilaterals (Answers)

Which of these shapes is NOT a quadrilateral?

[x]	Circle
[ ]	Rectangle
[ ]	Rhombus
[ ]	Square

A circle does not have four sides

How many angles of a square MUST be 90 degrees?

[ ]	2
[ ]	3
[x]	4
[ ]	None

All four sides MUST be equal too

How many sides of a trapezium MUST be parallel?

[x]	2
[ ]	3
[ ]	4
[ ]	None

The definition of a trapezium is a quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides

What is a true statement about a kite?

[ ]	All four sides are equal in length
[ ]	Has one pair of parallel sides
[x]	Has two pairs of adjacent sides equal in length
[ ]	It has no lines of symmetry

A kite is a quadrilateral whose four sides can be grouped into two pairs. Each pair is adjacent and of equal-length

Here are four shapes. Which one is NOT a quadrilateral?

[ ]	Kite
[ ]	Parallelogram
[ ]	Trapezium
[x]	Triangle

A triangle does not have four sides

The interior angles of a quadrilateral add up to how many degrees?

[ ]	90
[ ]	180
[x]	360
[ ]	720

By adding a diagonal you can split a quadrilateral into 2 triangles. The sum of the angles in a triangle is 180^o, so the sum of two triangles will be 360^o

A scalene quadrilateral has no sides which are .......

[ ]	curved
[ ]	parallel
[x]	equal
[ ]	smooth

Just as a scalene triangle has sides of unequal length, the same is true of a scalene quadrilateral

Which of the following does a parallelogram NOT have?

[x]	A line of symmetry
[ ]	Four angles
[ ]	Opposite angles are equal
[ ]	Opposite sides which are equal in length

If it did have a line of symmetry then it would be either a rhombus or a rectangle

What makes an isosceles trapezium different to an 'ordinary' trapezium?

[x]	A line of symmetry
[ ]	No rotational symmetry
[ ]	Non-parallel lines of equal length
[ ]	One pair of parallel lines

Just as an isosceles triangle has two sides of equal length, so too with an isosceles trapezium which makes it symmetrical

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How does a rhombus differ from a parallelogram?

[x]	All sides are equal in length
[ ]	Opposite angles are equal
[ ]	Opposite sides are parallel
[ ]	Rotational order of symmetry is two

A rhombus is like a 'squashed' square or a diamond