Question

Jeremy drew a polygon with four right angles and four sides with the same length. What kind of polygon did Jeremy draw?

Answer 1

Jeremy drew a square or a diamond depending on perception. If all four sides are equal and all 4 angles are exactly right angles then the polygon is even on all sides. This type of shape will result in a square if a looking at a flat surface on top and bottom. If the shape is placed with an angle at the top and bottom it could be perceived as a diamond.

Answer 2

A polygon with four sides are called quadrilaterals. Main types of quadrilarerals are:

• irregular quadrilateral;
• parallelogram -quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides;
• trapezoid - quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel sides;
• rhombus - quadrilateral whose four sides all have the same length;
• rectangle - quadrilateral with four right angles;
• square - regular quadrilateral, which means that it has four equal sides and four equal right angles;
• kite - quadrilateral whose four sides can be grouped into two pairs of equal-length sides that are adjacent to each other.

According to this classification, Jeremy drew square that is rectangle with equal sides or rhombus with all right angles.

Answer: square.