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A Parallelogram is a Rhombus

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These are some “Always, Sometimes, Never” questions. Like, “Is it always, sometimes or never true that a rhombus is a parallelogram.”

What’s the fastest way to help these students?

(Thanks for the submission, Tina C!)

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This mistake seems ripe for theorizing. Would a kid make this mistake if the hypotenuse was 4 instead of 10?

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What’s the mistake? How can you help the kid?

When you’re done with this post, go check out Mary Dooms’ blog and go follow her on twitter. Thanks for the submission, Mary!