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Parallel and Perpendicular Sides is a free printable Grade 4 math worksheet on sorting shapes by whether they have perpendicular sides, only parallel sides, or neither, aligned to Common Core standard 4.G.A.2. It prints 5 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Parallel and Perpendicular Sides

4.G.A.2

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Sort each one into the right box.

1.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: a rhombus that is not a square, a trapezoid with no square corners, a trapezoid with two square corners, right triangle

Has perpendicular sidesParallel sides, none perpendicularNeither
2.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: regular pentagon, a kite with no square corners, right triangle, regular hexagon

Has perpendicular sidesParallel sides, none perpendicularNeither
3.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: regular hexagon, regular pentagon, rectangle, equilateral triangle

Has perpendicular sidesParallel sides, none perpendicularNeither
4.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: a trapezoid with two square corners, a kite with no square corners, equilateral triangle, a triangle with no square corner

Has perpendicular sidesParallel sides, none perpendicularNeither
5.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: a kite with no square corners, right triangle, rectangle, a trapezoid with no square corners

Has perpendicular sidesParallel sides, none perpendicularNeither

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Answer key — Parallel and Perpendicular Sides

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Has perpendicular sides: a trapezoid with two square corners, right triangle; Parallel sides, none perpendicular: a rhombus that is not a square, a trapezoid with no square corners; Neither: —
  2. 2.Has perpendicular sides: right triangle; Parallel sides, none perpendicular: regular hexagon; Neither: regular pentagon, a kite with no square corners
  3. 3.Has perpendicular sides: rectangle; Parallel sides, none perpendicular: regular hexagon; Neither: regular pentagon, equilateral triangle
  4. 4.Has perpendicular sides: a trapezoid with two square corners; Parallel sides, none perpendicular: —; Neither: a kite with no square corners, equilateral triangle, a triangle with no square corner
  5. 5.Has perpendicular sides: right triangle, rectangle; Parallel sides, none perpendicular: a trapezoid with no square corners; Neither: a kite with no square corners

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4.G.A.2 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.