Properties of Parallelogram

• Parallelogram


  A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
• Types of parallelograms

  • Rectangle
  • Square
• Properties of a parallelogram

  • Opposite sides are parallel
  • Opposite sides are congruent
  • Opposite angles are congruent
  • Consecutive angles are supplementary
  • Diagonals bisect each other
  • Diagonals bisect the parallelogram into two congruent triangles
• Solving for x in parallelogram properties

  1. Use opposite angles are congruent

  2. Use opposite sides are congruent

  3. Use consecutive angles are supplementary

  4. Use diagonals bisect each other
• Parallelograms have many useful properties that can be applied to solve problems