Instructional Video

Conditions for Rectangles, Rhombuses and Squares

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Here's a special lesson about some special parallelograms. The fifth of seven parts in the Geometry - Quadrilaterals and Polygons unit focuses on the conditions for rectangles, rhombuses, and squares. Young mathematicians use these conditions to determine when given parallelograms are rectangles, rhombuses, or squares. They watch a video that works through several examples.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Use the corrective assignment as homework
Classroom Considerations
  • Learners must be familiar with factoring quadratics
  • Knowledge of the conditions for parallelograms is necessary
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Shows each step of the solution process
  • Includes an answer key for the worksheet
Cons
  • None
Common Core