Differences between a

square and a rectangle.

Date: 22nd of November, 2013

Square

A square is a quadrilateral with all four angles right angles and all four sides of the same length. Thus a square is a special kind of rectangle, it is one where all the sides are the same length.

A square

Rectangle

A rectangle is a quadrilateral with all four angles right angles. It follows form this that the opposite sides are parallel and of the same length.

A Rectangle.

Differences

In a rectangle the two pairs of opposite

sides are of different lengths.

But in a square the four sides are of

equal length.