A trapezium has four sides. A trapezium, the term used in the English language outside of North America, is a convex quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides. In American English it is referred to as a trapezoid.
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In the US, a trapezium is known as a trapezoid. Elsewhere a trapezium keeps it's name. A trapezium and/or trapezoid is a quadrilateral with a pair of parallel sides and a pair of nonparallel sides. Any quadrilateral consists of 4 sides, meaning that a trapezium also has 4 sides.
How many parallel sides has a trapezium?
4 Sides; Trapezium is another name for a Trapezoid.
A trapezoid or trapezium has four sides, two of which are parallel.
A trapezium has 4 sides but no edges
A trapezium can have 0, 2 or 3 sides of equal length.0 equal sidesThis is the general state of a trapezium.2 equal sidesThe two parallel sides can never be equal.The two non-parallel sides can be equal. In this case, the trapezium is an isosceles trapezium.Or one of the parallel sides can be equal to one of the non-parallel sides. No special name.3 equal sidesThese would have to be the two non-parallel sides and one of the others. The trapezium is isosceles.