Quiz 4 (Solution)






SECONDARY ONE END OF YEAR EXAMINATION
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(a) TASK 1: To construct: an angle of 60°.
(b) TASK 2: To construct: the angle bisector of a given angle.
(c) TASK 3: To construct: A line through R perpendicular to PQ.
(d) TASK 4: To construct: A line through R parallel to PQ.
(e) TASK 5: To construct: A line 3 cm from PQ and parallel to PQ.
Which of the given statements is correct? Justify your answer/s with examples.
A ) A square and a parallelogram are quadrilaterals.
B ) Opposite sides of a square and a parallelogram are parallel.
C ) A trapezoid has one pair of parallel sides.
D ) All the above
'A square is a rhombus but a rhombus is not a square'. I believe that this statement is true. A rhombus is a figure that has opposite sides that are parallel to each other. A square happens to fall in that category. However a square must have all internal angles at 90 degrees before it can be called a square. However, not all rhombuses have 90 degree corners, so not all rhombuses can be a square.
Read through the conversation between a mentor and a student.
Mentor: Does anyone recall or know what we call it when 2 lines run side-by-side and never cross?
Student: Yes. Lines like that are called parallel lines.
Mentor: Great! We've already learned that quadrilaterals have how many sides?
Student: Four.
Mentor: That's right and we call quadrilaterals with parallel sides parallelograms.
Student: But, how can all the sides be parallel if a quadrilateral is a polygon and is all closed off?
Mentor: Great thinking! I guess what I should have said is that a parallelogram has two pairs of opposite sides that are parallel, like this:
Student: So a rhombus is a type of parallelogram just like a banana is a type of fruit.
Mentor: Right, we should not say that all parallelograms are rhombi, just like we don't say that all fruits are bananas.Based on the above conversation discuss, with examples and justification whether the following statement is justified.
Question 2: Which of the given statements is correct? Justify your answer/s with examples. A ) A square and a parallelogram are quadrilaterals. B ) Opposite sides of a square and a parallelogram are parallel. C ) A trapezoid has one pair of parallel sides. D ) All the above The correct statements are: D A is correct as both the square and the parallelogram have 4 sides, and a quadrilateral figure has 4 sides. Thus, this statement is correct. B is also correct as it is a fact that the opposite sides of a square and parallelogram are parallel. C is also correct as it is also a fact that a trapezoid has a pair of parallel sides. Since all the statements are correct the correct statement is D.
Question 3:
A quadrilateral is drawn on a piece of paper. It has one pair of opposite sides equal in length, the other pair not equal in length, and a pair of opposite angles that are supplementary1. Identify this figure, and justify your answer with reasons.