Squares are quadrilaterals with 4 congruent sides and 4 right angles, and they also have two sets of parallel sides. Parallelograms are quadrilaterals with two sets of parallel sides. Since squares must be quadrilaterals with two sets of parallel sides, then all squares are parallelograms.

Is square and parallelogram same?

Square – A parallelogram with four sides of equal length and angles of equal size (right angles).

What type of parallelogram is a square?

Properties of a Square

A square is a quadrilateral and a parallelogram that has four congruent sides and four congruent angles. The definition of a square also combines the definitions of both a rectangle and a rhombus, so that all the properties that apply to a rectangle and a rhombus also apply to a square.