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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 kite with no square corners, a triangle with no square corner, a parallelogram with no square corners, regular hexagon

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

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

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

Sort: regular hexagon, right triangle, rectangle, a rhombus that is not a square

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

Sort: a rhombus that is not a square, rectangle, regular hexagon, a trapezoid with no square corners

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

Sort: square, a triangle with no square corner, rectangle, regular hexagon

Has perpendicular sidesParallel sides, none perpendicularNeither

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Answer key — Parallel and Perpendicular Sides

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

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