I'm having trouble digesting this concept. I love the note in the book that states 'many children and adults don't realize that squares are rectangles'

Please explain the definition of a rectangle in this sense & how the square fits. Logic tells me that the definition deals with the parallel & perpendicular lines, but to say that a square is a rectangle goes against every fiber of what I've been taught in elementary

Thanks!

Hello,

I you continue in the program you will learn, by experience, that there is a family tree of shapes.
It is quite fascinating.

You have a parallelogram, a closed figure with four sides and each opposite side is parallel-two pairs of parallels.
Then comes a rectangle, same definition as a parallelogram, but now it must have four right angles.
Then comes the square, same definition as the parallelogram and rectangle, but now it must be four equal lengths one each side.

So you can have a square always be a rectangle and a parallelogram but a parallelogram or rectangle may not always be a square.

This is a fun learning process and well worth the understanding as it comes in handy in real life.

Let me know if you have more questions, I am happy to help.

Thank you,
Carissa
Customer Service Rep