Plane shapes

A short maths lesson on plane shapes.
showing the differences between a square and a rectangle.

1. Plane shapes: Squares and rectangles Differences between a square and a rectangle. Date: 22 nd of N ovember, 2013

2. Square A square is a quadrilateral with all four angles right angles and all four sides of the same length. Thus a square is a special kind of rectangle, it is one where all the sides are the same length. A square

3. Rectangle A rectangle is a quadrilateral with all four angles right angles. It follows form this that the opposite sides are  parallel  and of the same length. A Rectangle.

4. Differences In a rectangle the two pairs of opposite sides are of different  lengths. But in a square the four sides are of equal length.