A trapezoid looks like this: As in anything to do with mathematics, we need to refine our question and know exactly what we are looking for. Here we want to know whether this shape (trapezoid) is a parallelogram or not. read more
A trapezoid is not a parallelogram. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. One must be able to differentiate between a trapezoid and a parallelogram. read more
Both a parallelogram and the trapezoid are quadrilaterals (meaning they both have 4 sides). However, in a parallelogram, both pairs of opposite sides are parallel and equal. But in a trapezoid, only one pair of sides are parallel, and the other pair are not). read more