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yes, quad in quadrilateral means 4
Yes. The definition of the word "Quadrilateral" means "four sides".

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Q: Does a quadrilateral always have four sides?
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What is a quadrilateral with four sides?

A quadrilateral. (Quadrilaterals always have 4 sides.)


Is a quadrilateral always a triangle?

A quadrilateral has four sides. Triangles have three sides.


Does a quadrilateral always have 2 pairs of parallel sides?

A quadrilateral has four sides and four vertices but no sides need to be parallel although they can be.


A quadrilateral is always a parallelogram?

No. A quadrilateral only must have four sides; those four sides can be arranged on any angle that permits the four sides to also have four angles.


What quadrilateral always has four sides of equal length?

A square. Four 90 degree angles allow a quadrilateral to have equal sides.


What quadrilateral always has four congruent sides?

square


Which quadrilateral always has four congruent sides?

a rhombus


What type of quadrilateral always has four congruent sides?

a square


Which quadrilateral always has four right angles and four congruent sides?

A square


Is a square always sometimes or never a quadrilateral?

A quadrilateral always has four sides.A square always has four sides→ a square is always a quadrilateral.A quadrilateral's only distinguishing feature is a shape with four sides.A square has four sides, but also those four sides must all be the same length and all the angles are the same, at 90o.So squares are always quadrilaterals, but quadrilaterals are only sometimes squares.


A quadrilateral is a rhombus?

Yes. A rhombus is defined as a quadrilateral (a 4-sided figure) with some additional properties. Specifically, all four sides are the same length. This also implies that opposite sides are parallel.


How many angles does a quadrilateral have?

A quadrilateral has four angles. There are always the same number of angles as there are sides, so since a quadrilateral has four sides it must also have four angles.A quadrilateral doesn't "do" any angles. However, it has four angles. (If that is what you wanted to know.)