A kite is a quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent adjacent sides. The diagonals of a kite are perpendicular and one diagonal bisects the opposite angles. Theorems about kites state that the perpendicular bisector of one diagonal is the other diagonal, and that the area of a kite is half the product of the lengths of its diagonals.

1. KITES
A PRESENTATION BY GROUP 5,
FAHRENHEIT

2. WHAT IS A KITE?
• A kite is a quadrilateral
in which two disjoint
pairs of consecutive
sides are congruent
(“disjoint pairs” means
that one side can’t be
used in both pairs).
• It is a quadrilateral with
two distinct pairs of
adjacent, congruent
sides.

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF A
KITE
• The diagonals of a kite are perpendicular.
• The main diagonal bisects a pair of opposite
angles
• The opposite angles at the endpoints of the
cross diagonal are congruent.

4. THEOREMS RELATED TO
KITES
• THEOREM 10 states
that in a kite, the
perpendicular bisector of
at least one diagonal is
the other diagonal

5. THEOREMS RELATED TO
KITES
• THEOREM 11 states
that the area of a kite is
half the product of the
lengths of its diagonals.