During John's Quad Quest, he found many quadrilaterals that were parts of other shapes. When you solve problems involving parallelograms, you'll often need to conduct a similar search since the shape you're interested in could be part of a larger picture. In the activity below, each figure contains a parallelogram--see if you can find it.

1. What are the vertices of the parallelogram in this figure?

1. KCDG
2. JBEH
3. GMHF

Find the figure that has parallel opposite sides.

Find the figure that has parallel opposite sides.

Find the figure that has parallel opposite sides.

2. What are the vertices of the parallelogram in this figure?

1. DEHJ
2. BCHJ
3. LKHJ

Find the figure that has parallel opposite sides.

Find the figure that has parallel opposite sides.

Find the figure that has parallel opposite sides.

3. What are the vertices of the parallelogram in this figure?

1. JMNK
2. PQSR
3. ABCD

Find the figure that has parallel opposite sides.

Find the figure that has parallel opposite sides.

Find the figure that has parallel opposite sides.

Summary

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Remember the criteria you used to identify parallelograms during this exercise whenever you need to find parallelograms within more complex figures.