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Every square is a rectangle because a rectangle is a polygon with 4 sides (a quadrilateral) and 4 right angles.
A square is a rectangle with 4 equal sides.
So the thing that would makes some rectangles not like squares is they have only two sides of equal length and not four.
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How is a square alike and different from a rectangle?
A square has four sides of equal length. A rectangle has lengths that are different from the widths.
What makes a square a special kind of rectangle?
A square is a rectangle in which all the sides are the same length.
How are a rectangle and a square alike and different?
They are both quadrilaterals with all of whose interior angles are right angles. A square has four equal sides, a rectangle has two pairs of equal sides.
Why is every square also a rectangle?
A rectangle has four sides, in two pairs of equal length, and four angles, all of which are right angles. A square satisfies all of these requirements so a square is a rectangle. In adition, the two pairs of sides of a square are of equal length as well. That makes the square a very special kind of rectangle, but it is still a rectangle.
Is a rectangle the same as a square?
No. A square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square.
