Quadrilaterals

There are 65 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Quadrilaterals
Seeing Parallelograms
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Seeing parallelograms

Age
7 to 11
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Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.

Rhombus It
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Rhombus it

Age
11 to 16
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Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a rhombus.

Parallelogram It
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Parallelogram it

Age
11 to 16
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Players take it in turns to choose a dot on the grid. The winner is the first to have four dots that can be joined to form a parallelogram.

Guess \my Quad
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Guess my quad

Age
11 to 14
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How many questions do you need to identify my quadrilateral?

Completing Quadrilaterals
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Completing quadrilaterals

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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We started drawing some quadrilaterals - can you complete them?

Quadrilaterals in a Square
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Quadrilaterals in a square

Age
11 to 14
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What's special about the area of quadrilaterals drawn in a square?
Shape Draw
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Shape draw

Age
7 to 11
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Use the information on these cards to draw the shape that is being described.

Poly Plug Rectangles
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Poly plug rectangles

Age
5 to 11
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The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?

Transformations on a Pegboard
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Transformations on a pegboard

Age
7 to 11
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How would you move the bands on the pegboard to alter these shapes?
circles in quadrilaterals
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Circles in quadrilaterals

Age
14 to 16
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Explore when it is possible to construct a circle which just touches all four sides of a quadrilateral.