What are parallegrams?

A parallelogram is a 4 sided figure where the opposite sides are parallel. Ok...that still might not have helped much. What it means to say, "the opposite sides are parallel" is that if you were to keep extending them out both directions, they would never touch.

Squares and rectangles are parallelograms. As is the rhombus.

Matt

For more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelogram

To understand what a parallelogram is, it is helpful to know that it is a type of quadrilateral, which is a four-sided figure. In a parallelogram, the opposite sides are parallel, which means they never intersect or touch each other. This is different from other quadrilaterals, where opposite sides can intersect.

You can visualize this by drawing a figure with four straight lines and making sure that the opposite sides are parallel. To check if a given quadrilateral is a parallelogram, you can extend the lines on either side of the sides that are opposite to each other and see if they meet or not. If they never meet, then the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.

Some specific examples of parallelograms are squares, rectangles, and rhombuses. These shapes have additional properties like equal angles or equal side lengths, but they all meet the basic requirement of having opposite sides that are parallel.

If you would like more detailed information on parallelograms, you can refer to the link provided which will take you to the corresponding Wikipedia page for further reading.