8.1  INTRODUCTION:

* A figure formed by joining four points in an order is called a quadrilateral.

* A quadrilateral has 4 sides, 4 angles and 4 vertices.

* A quadrilateral has 2 diagonals.

* The sum of the angles of a quadrilateral  is  3600

* Trapezium, parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus, square etc are different types of quadrilaterals.