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Ben Sluss

5/1/15

The Polygon Hierarchy

Polygons
Quadrilaterals
Parallelograms
Rectangle
s

Trapezoids

Rhombus

Squares

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Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Polygons

A polygon is the beginning of the

polygon hierarchy because everything
in the hierarchy is a polygon, it is sort
of the great-great grandfather of all of
the shapes on the chart. A polygon is
a closed figure that is formed by line
segments, and it cannot have any
curve at all

Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Quadrilaterals

A quadrilateral is a more specific

version of a polygon, more
distinguished. As where just a plain
polygon has three or more sides, a
quadrilateral specifically has four.
Also, when all of the angles of a
quadrilateral are added together, they
equal 360 degrees.

Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Parallelograms

A parallelogram is under quadrilateral

on the polygon hierarchy because, like
a quadrilateral is a polygon in more
detail, a parallelogram is a
quadrilateral in more detail. It has two
sets of parallel sides. Its opposite
sides are congruent, as are the
angles. Its consecutive angles are
supplementary, meaning they add up
to 180 degrees, and the diagonals of it
bisect each other.

Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Trapezoid

A trapezoid is a parallelograms
brother, and like the parallelogram, a
trapezoid is under quadrilateral
because it is just a more detailed
version. It has one pair of parallel
sides called bases, and the nonparallel
sides are called legs, but if the legs
measurements are congruent, it is
called an isosceles trapezoid. Its
diagonals are congruent. It has a
median that is a segment that joins at
the midpoints of its legs

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Brown 1st

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Brown 1st

Rectangles

A rectangle is a more in depth

parallelogram, which is why it is
beneath the parallelogram on the
polygon hierarchy, it has the exact
same properties, except all of its
angles are 90 degrees.

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Rhombus

A rhombus is the rectangles brother,

and like the rectangle it has almost all
of the same properties as the
parallelogram, and that is why the
rhombus is beneath the
parallelogram. The only difference is
that all of the sides are congruent.

Ben Sluss

Brown 1st

5/1/15

Square

A square is the most in depth

quadrilateral, and it has some of the
properties of everything on the
hierarchy, and that is why it is the last
one. It has two sets of parallel sides, it
is, of course, a quadrilateral, all of its
sides are congruent, all of its angles
are 90 degrees, and its consecutive
angles are supplementary. Its
diagonals bisect each other also.