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The mathematical definition of a square is a figure with exactly four equal sides.
If the sides aren't equal, it isn't a square.
In everyday conversation, people sometimes refer to any rectangular shape as a square. This is inaccurate, but everyone knows what you mean. However if you talk that way in math class or to your math teacher, you will fail the course.
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How a parallelogram is a square?
Parallelogram is not a squareAnswerBy definition, all squares are parallelograms because opposing sides of any square are parallel to each other. However, not all parallelograms are square because their sides are not always an equal length, nor are the angles of any two adjacent sides always 90 degrees. Therefore, all squares are parallelograms, but not all parallelograms are squares.
Which statements about squares and rectangles are true?
The statements:It is a quadrilateral (a shape with 4 sides)It has two pairs of opposite sides equal of equal length which are parallelAll angles are equal at 90°The diagonals are equal in length and bisectall squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squaresare all true about squares and rectangles
Can all squares have a perimeter that will divide exactly by 4?
Yes, because all squares have four equal sides.
What quadrilateral has 4 equal sides that is not a square?
Every rhombus has four equal sides, but only a very few of them are squares.
Can a rectangle's diagonals form 4 right angles?
yes if it is a square. squares are rectangles with their 4 sides and 4 right angles, but rectangles are not squares without 4 equal sides
