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What has 4 sides but only two are parallel?
Rectangle: Like a square, a rectangle has four right angles and two pairs of opposite sides that are parallel.
What has only two parallel sides?
The parallelogram is a special type of quadrilateral. It is named for its property of having two pairs of parallel sides (left and right, top and bottom) but no other limitation.
Which shape has 4 sides with only one pair of parallel sides?
trapezoid
A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides. (There may be some confusion about this word depending on which country you’re in. In India and Britain, they say trapezium ; in America, trapezium usually means a quadrilateral with no parallel sides.)
What two shapes must have 2 pairs of parallel sides?
One of the definitions of a parallelogram is 2 pairs of parallel sides. Therefore, any parallelogram MUST have 2 pairs of parallel sides. This includes all squares, rhombuses, and rectangles.
What shape has 4 sides and 2 corners?
(quad means four, lateral means side). A Quadrilateral has four-sides, it is 2-dimensional (a flat shape), closed (the lines join up), and has straight sides….The Trapezoid (UK: Trapezium)
| Trapezoid | Trapezium | |
|---|---|---|
| In the US: | a pair of parallel sides | NO parallel sides |
| In the UK: | NO parallel sides | a pair of parallel sides |
What quadrilateral has two sides?
Parallelogram
Parallelogram. A parallelogram has two pairs of equal sides. It has two pairs of equal angles. The opposite sides are parallel.
Does a rectangle have 4 parallel sides?
Just like a square, a rectangle has 4 sides at right angles forming 2 pairs of parallel sides.
Can a trapezoid have 2 pairs of parallel sides?
No – a trapezoid can have only one pair of parallel sides.
What are the Quadrilaterals shapes?
A quadrilateral is a four-sided two-dimensional shape. The following 2D shapes are all quadrilaterals: square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezium, parallelogram and kite.