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Squares and
Rectangles
Practice 1 Squares and Rectangles
Fill in the blanks with yes or no.
Example
Is this a square? Yes 1. Is this a rectangle?
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2. Is this a square? 3. Is this a rectangle?

4. Is this a square? 5. Is this a rectangle?

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Fill in the blanks.
Example

Is this a square? Yes

Why or why not? All its sides are of equal length,
and it has four right angles.

6.
Is this a rectangle?
Why or why not?

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7.
Is this a rectangle?
Why or why not?

8.
Is this a square?
Why or why not?

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Find the lengths of the unknown sides.

Example
ABCD is a square. 9. EFGH is a rectangle.

A 5 in. B E ? F

D C
? 7 cm

BC 5 5 in.
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H 2 cm G

EF 5 cm
EH 5 cm

10. PQRS is a square. 11. ABCD is a rectangle.

Its length is twice its width.

P A

10 ft ?
D

B
S Q
14 yd
C
?

SR 5 ft AB 5 yd
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Draw a line segment to break up each figure into two rectangles.
Example 12.

13. 14.

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Draw a line segment to break up each figure
into one square and one rectangle.
15. 16.

17. 18.

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Practice 2 Properties of Squares and Rectangles

All the figures are rectangles. Find the measures of the unknown angles.
Example
Find the measure of /a.
M N
35°
a Measure of /a = 90° – 35°
= 55°
P O

1. Find the measure of /b.

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S T
b
27°

V U

2. Find the measure of /c.

A B
45°
c

D C
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All the figures are rectangles. Find the measures of the unknown angles.
3. Find the measure of /p.
P Q
36°
18° p

S R

Find the measure of /m.

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4.
A

D B

22° 39°
m

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The figure is a rectangle. Find the measure of the unknown angle.

5. Find the measure of /s.
W X
25°
12° s

Z Y

Find the lengths of the unknown sides.

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6. The figure is made up of a rectangle and a square. Find BC and GE.

A 15 cm B
? D
C
12 cm
8 cm
F
G ? E

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Find the lengths of the unknown sides.
7. The figure is made up of two rectangles. Find BD and FG.

A 20 ft B

17 ft
?
? C
G F 5 ft
E 14 ft D

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8. The figure is made up of two rectangles. Find QR and RT.

P 5 yd Q

3 yd
U
V
?
6 yd
4 yd
S
T ? R

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Find the lengths of the unknown sides.

9. The figure is made up of two rectangles. Find FG.

A B

3 mi
5 mi D
C
G
H
8 mi
?
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F E

10. The figure is made up of a square and a rectangle. Find BC.

A B

?
C D
10 ft 4 ft

F E
2 ft
H G

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When we divide a rectangle into two, we get two right triangles.

In the same way, we can divide a square into two right triangles.

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11. Which two of these right triangles make a rectangle and which
two make a square?

D
A B C

E G

F
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Figure ABCD is a rectangle.

Complete each statement. Use the words in the box.

opposite parallel of equal length

right sides four

A
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B
D

1. A rectangle has .

2. Its sides are .

3. Its sides are .

4. It has angles.

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 Put On Your Thinking Cap!
Challenging Practice

1. The figure is made up of two squares, one with 10-inch sides

and the other with 6-inch sides. Find QR.
P Q

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R

U T S

QR 5 in.

2. The figure is made up of three identical squares with 3-inch sides.

Find the total length of BC and FG .
A B
C
D

I
E
F

H G

BC 1 FG 5 in.

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Put On Your Thinking Cap!

Problem Solving
1. Look at the figure. What is the least number of squares that
must be added to make a rectangle?
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2. Draw line segments to divide the figure into three rectangles

in three ways.

first way second way third way

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3. Cut out the shaded rectangles and squares. Arrange them to fit inside
rectangle A without overlapping. Then attach them with tape.

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