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Special Quadrilaterals

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which description does NOT guarantee that a quadrilateral is a square?

a. is both a rectangle and a rhombus
b. is a parallelogram with perpendicular diagonals
c. has all sides congruent and all angles congruent
d. has all right angles and has all sides congruent

____ 2. Classify the figure in as many ways as possible.

a. rectangle, square, quadrilateral, parallelogram, rhombus

b. rectangle, square, parallelogram
c. rhombus, quadrilateral, square
d. square, rectangle, quadrilateral

____ 3. Which statement is true?

a. All quadrilaterals are rectangles.
b. All quadrilaterals are squares.
c. All rectangles are quadrilaterals.
d. All quadrilaterals are parallelograms.

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____ 4. Which Venn diagram is NOT correct?

a. c.

b. d.

____ 5. In the rhombus, m∠1 = 18x, m∠2 = x + y, and m∠3 = 30z. Find the value of each variable. The diagram is
not to scale.

a. x = 10, y = 85, z = 6 c. x = 5, y = 85, z = 3

b. x = 5, y = 175, z = 6 d. x = 10, y = 175, z = 3

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____ 6. In the rhombus, m∠1 = 106. What are m∠2 and m∠3? The diagram is not to scale.

a. m∠2 = 106, m∠3 = 53 c. m∠2 = 106, m∠3 = 37

b. m∠2 = 74, m∠3 = 37 d. m∠2 = 74, m∠3 = 53

____ 7. Find the measure of the numbered angles in the rhombus. The diagram is not to scale.

a. m∠1 = 90, m∠2 = 41, and m∠3 = 41 c. m∠1 = 90, m∠2 = 49, and m∠3 = 41
b. m∠1 = 90, m∠2 = 41, and m∠3 = 69.5 d. m∠1 = 90, m∠2 = 41, and m∠3 = 49

____ 8. In rectangle KLMN, KM = 6x + 16 and LN = 49. Find the value of x.

a. 5.5 c. 33
b. 4.5 d. 6.5

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____ 9. In rectangle PQRS, PR = 18x – 24 and QS = x + 146. Find the value of x and the length of each diagonal.

a. x = 10, PR = 156, QS = 156 c. x = 5, PR = 151, QS = 151

b. x = 10, PR = 78, QS = 78 d. x = 11, PR = 174, QS = 174

____ 10. Parallelogram ABCD has the angle measures shown. Can you conclude that it is a rhombus, a rectangle, or a
square? Explain.

a. Parallelogram ABCD is a rhombus, because the diagonal bisects two angles.

b. Parallelogram ABCD is a square, because all four angles have the same measure.
c. Parallelogram ABCD is a rectangle, because the diagonal creates congruent angles.
d. There is not enough information.

____ 11. In quadrilateral ABCD, m∠ACD = 2x + 4 and m∠ACB = 5x − 11. For what value of x is ABCD a rhombus?

a. 4 c. 6
b. 5 d. 7

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____ 12. In quadrilateral ABCD, AE = x + 10 and BE = 3x − 18. For what value of x is ABCD a rectangle?

a. 24 c. 18
b. 14 d. 16

____ 13. Lucinda wants to build a square sandbox, but she has no way of measuring angles. Explain how she can make
sure that the sandbox is square by only measuring length.
a. Arrange four equal-length sides so the diagonals bisect each other.
b. Arrange four equal-length sides so the diagonals are equal lengths also.
c. Make each diagonal the same length as four equal-length sides.
d. Not possible; Lucinda has to be able to measure a right angle.

____ 14. Find the values of a and b.The diagram is not to scale.

a. a = 144, b = 67 c. a = 113, b = 67
b. a = 144, b = 36 d. a = 113, b = 36

____ 15. ∠J and ∠M are base angles of isosceles trapezoid JKLM. If m∠J = 20x + 9, and
m∠M = 14x + 15, find m∠K.
a. 151 b. 1 c. 29 d. 75.5

____ 16. The isosceles trapezoid is part of an isosceles triangle with a 46° vertex angle. What is the measure of an
acute base angle of the trapezoid? Of an obtuse base angle? The diagram is not to scale.

a. 67°; 134° b. 67°; 113° c. 46°; 134° d. 46°; 113°

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____ 17. LM is the midsegment of ABCD. AB = 46 and DC = 125. What is LM?

a. 171 b. 85.5 c. 79 d. 95.5

____ 18. LM is the midsegment of ABCD. AB = x + 8, LM = 4x + 3, and DC = 201. What is the value of x?

a. 33 b. 29 c. 238 d. 37

____ 19. Find m∠ 1 and m∠3 in the kite. The diagram is not to scale.

a. 51, 51 b. 39, 39 c. 39, 51 d. 51, 39

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____ 20. m∠R = 130 and m∠S = 80. Find m∠T. The diagram is not to scale.

a. 65 b. 70 c. 35 d. 80

____ 21. Find the values of the variables and the lengths of the sides of this kite.

a. x = 7, y = 16; 3, 21 c. x = 7, y = 16; 12, 19

b. x = 16, y = 7; 12, 12 d. x = 16, y = 7; 3, 21

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Special Quadrilaterals
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. D
8. A
9. A
10. A
11. B
12. B
13. B
14. A
15. A
16. B
17. B
18. B
19. C
20. B
21. C