Types Of Quadrilateral and Angle Sum Property

Types of Quadrilaterals

Look at the different quadrilaterals drawn below:

Quadrilateral Types

• Trapezium: One pair of opposite sides of quadrilateral are parallel. AB II CD.
• Isosceles Trapezium: If the two nonparallel sides of a trapezium are equal then it is called an isosceles trapezium.
• Parallelograms: Both pairs of opposite sides of quadrilaterals are parallel.
• Rectangle: A parallelogram one of whose angles is 90⁰, is called a rectangle,
• Square: A parallelogram whose all sides are equal and one of whose angles is 90⁰ is called a square. Kite: A quadrilateral in which two pairs of adjacent sides are equal is known as a Kite.
• Rhombus: The parallelogram DEFG of Fig. (iv) has all sides equal. it is called a rhombus.
• Square: The parallelogram ABCD of Fig. (v) has ∠ A = 90° and all sides equal; it is called a square.

Prove that the sum of all the four angles of a quadrilateral is 360°.

Proof: Let ABCD be a quadrilateral. Join AC.

Clearly, ∠1 + ∠2 = ∠A …… (i)

And, ∠3 + ∠4 = ∠C …… (ii)

We know that the sum of the angles of a triangle is 180°

Therefore, from ∆ABC, we have

∠2 + ∠4 + ∠B = 180° (Angle sum property of triangle)

From ∆ACD, we have

∠1 + ∠3 + ∠D = 180° (Angle sum property of triangle)

Adding the angles on either side, we get;

∠2 + ∠4 + ∠B + ∠1 + ∠3 + ∠D = 360°

⇒ (∠1 + ∠2) + ∠B + (∠3 + ∠4) + ∠D = 360°

⇒ ∠A + ∠B + ∠C + ∠D = 360° [using (i) and (ii)].

Hence, the sum of all the four angles of a quadrilateral is 360⁰