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Parallel and Perpendicular is a free printable Grade 4 math worksheet on classifying pairs of lines, aligned to Common Core standard 4.G.A.1. 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

4.G.A.1

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Sort each pair of lines into the right box.

1.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: the top and bottom edges of a door, the long edges of a ruler, the two strokes of a capital L, the hands of a clock at 3:00

ParallelPerpendicularNeither
2.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: the long edges of a ruler, the two cut edges of a slice of pizza, two edges meeting at the corner of a page, two lines on writing paper

ParallelPerpendicularNeither
3.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: the hands of a clock at 2:00, the two strokes of a capital V, the top and bottom edges of a door, the hands of a clock at 3:00

ParallelPerpendicularNeither
4.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: the hands of a clock at 3:00, the hands of a clock at 2:00, the two strokes of a capital L, the two rails of a train track

ParallelPerpendicularNeither
5.Sort each one into the right box.

Sort: the hands of a clock at 2:00, two lines on writing paper, the two strokes of a capital L, the top and bottom edges of a door

ParallelPerpendicularNeither

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Answer key — Parallel and Perpendicular

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  1. 1.Parallel: the top and bottom edges of a door, the long edges of a ruler; Perpendicular: the two strokes of a capital L, the hands of a clock at 3:00; Neither: —
  2. 2.Parallel: the long edges of a ruler, two lines on writing paper; Perpendicular: two edges meeting at the corner of a page; Neither: the two cut edges of a slice of pizza
  3. 3.Parallel: the top and bottom edges of a door; Perpendicular: the hands of a clock at 3:00; Neither: the hands of a clock at 2:00, the two strokes of a capital V
  4. 4.Parallel: the two rails of a train track; Perpendicular: the hands of a clock at 3:00, the two strokes of a capital L; Neither: the hands of a clock at 2:00
  5. 5.Parallel: two lines on writing paper, the top and bottom edges of a door; Perpendicular: the two strokes of a capital L; Neither: the hands of a clock at 2:00

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 4.G.A.1 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.