Four-Sided Shapes/Transcript

Punchcar: Hi!

Punchcar: I'm the host of Battle for Numberstairs today.

Punchcar: Today we are learning about quadrilaterals.

Punchcar: First up, the square!

Punchcar: Who wants to be the square?

Party: Me!

Party: I am a square.

Party: I have four sides and four corners.

Party: All my sides are the same length.

Party: My four corners are right angles.

Party: A right angle is ninety degrees.

Notty: Wow, your angles are really hot!

Party: Not degrees as in temperature, Notty.

Party: My area formula is a squared.

Party: The area is how much space the shape takes up.

Party: In this case, a equals 4.

Party: One, two, three, four wide.

Party: And one, two, three, four tall.

Party: That's two dimensions, so it can be said "a to the power of two".

Party: You can write a little 2 above the four, or use a "^" symbol.

Party: Four squared equals sixteen!

Party: Sixteen square units.

Punchcar: Now let's move on to the rectangle!

Punchcar: Who wants to be the rectangle?

Arif: Me!

Arif: I am a rectangle.

Arif: I have four sides.

Arif: Two long ones, and two short ones.

Arif: A square is a special type of me with all sides the same length.

Arif: It's just I'm not a square.

Arif: I have four right angles.

Party: Hey, that was on mine!

Arif: Squares are rectangles too. It's just I'm not a square. I told you that already.

Arif: I have two pairs of parallel sides, so I am a parallelogram.

Notty: What's a parallelo-what?

Arif: A parallelogram. You'll learn about that when we get there.

Notty: OK.

Arif: I guess that's all.

Punchcar: Next up, the rhombus!

Punchcar: Who wants to be the rhombus?

Goldielocks: Me!

Goldielocks: (struggles to make a rhombus)

Goldielocks: I think that's good.

Goldielocks: I am a rhombus.

Goldielocks: I have four equal sides.

Party: Hey! I'm the one that has four equal sides!

Goldielocks: Both squares and rectangles have equal sides. Squares are just rhombuses with right angles.

Party: But I'm already a rectangle!

Goldielocks: Squares are rectangles, rhombuses and parallelograms!

Geometry: It's my decision what groups of quadrilaterals the square is in!

Goldielocks: I guess I'm done!

Punchcar: This next one, for those who are American, this is called a trapezoid, and for anyone else, this is called a trapezium.

Infinio: I'll be that shape!

Infinio: I came to the NSC from America, so I'll say trapezoid.

Infinio: I can make any shape, so this will work!

Infinio: (rearranges to a trapezoid (US)/trapezium (UK))

Infinio: I am a trapezoid, or a trapezium.

Infinio: I have only one pair of parallel sides.

Infinio: There are two types of trapezoids.

Infinio: The isosceles trapezoid...

Infinio: And the right trapezoid.

Infinio: The right trapezoid has only one right angle.

Infinio: The isosceles trapezoid has no right angles.

Infinio: I guess that's all.

Punchcar: Next up, the parallelogram!

Punchcar: Who wants to be the parallelogram?

Emily: Me!

Punchcar: You need four or more blocks to come, so Oggy has to go with you.

Emily: Oggy, come on!

Punchcar: Oggy, do you mind if you go with Emily to be the parallelogram?

Oggy: No.

Emily and Oggy: (walks up)

Emily and Oggy: I am a parallelogram.

Emily and Oggy: I have two pairs of parallel sides.

Emily and Oggy: Squares, rectangles and rhombuses are all quadrilaterals.

Emily and Oggy: Squares are parallelograms that are regular polygons.

Notty (interrupts): Regular polygons?! That would be any polygon that doesn't look funky!

Emily and Oggy: It's a polygon with equal sides and angles.

Emily and Oggy: Rectangles are parallelograms with right angles.

Emily and Oggy: And rhombuses are parallelograms with equal sides.

Emily and Oggy: I guess that's done!

Punchcar: Last up, the kite!

Notty: I love flying my kite!

Punchcar: No, not that kind of kite.

Olivia: I'll be the kite!

Olivia: (struggles to make a kite)

Olivia: That's my best.

Olivia: A kite is a quadrilateral.

Emily and Oggy: Hey, that's a rhombus!

Olivia: No. A rhombus is a special kind of kite where the points on the side are exactly halfway in between, or in the middle of the shape.

Olivia: A kite looks like a kite you guys and girls all love to fly in the sky.

Olivia: A square is also a kite

Party: Hey, I don't look like a kite!

Olivia: A kite doesn't always look like the kite you would fly. A square is just a kite with right angles.

Olivia: I feel done!

Punchcar: And that's the end of the Quadrilateral Show!

Punchcar: We'll be there next time!

(episode ends)