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HOMEWORK

Parallel or Not?

Parallel lines never meet. Parallel segments or sides are parts of parallel lines.

  • 1 Circle the shapes with exactly 1 pair of parallel sides.

    A group of 4 quadrilaterals. d
  • 2 Circle the shapes with 2 pairs of parallel sides.

    A group of 4 quadrilaterals. d
  • 3 Draw a shape that has:

    A 6 by 12 grid.

    • • 4 sides in all

    • • 2 right angles

    • • 1 pair of parallel sides

  • 4 Explain the difference between a parallelogram and a rectangle.

NOTE

Students distinguish between different types of quadrilaterals, focusing on the attribute of parallel sides.

MWI Properties of Quadrilaterals


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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Puzzles, Clusters, and Towers Unit 2 Prisms and Solids Unit 3 Rectangles, Clocks, and Tracks Unit 4 How Many People and Teams? Unit 5 Temperature, Height, and Growth Unit 6 Between 0 and 1 Unit 7 Races, Arrays, and Grids Unit 8 Properties of Polygons