How to Draw a Square: 9 Steps (with Pictures)

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How to Draw a Square: 9 Steps (with Pictures)
How to Draw a Square: 9 Steps (with Pictures)
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A square is a quadrilateral with four right angles and four congruent sides. Easy to draw right? Not really. A steady hand is not enough to draw a perfect square. It will be helpful to learn how to do this with a protractor or compass.

Steps

Method 1 of 2: With the Protractor

Draw a Square Step 1
Draw a Square Step 1

Step 1. Draw one side of the square using the ruler

Note the length of the side, so that they are all the same.

Draw a Square Step 2
Draw a Square Step 2

Step 2. Taking the side you just drew as a reference point, construct a right angle at each end

Consequently, the two extreme points of the side will also be the vertices of the right angles.

Draw a Square Step 3
Draw a Square Step 3

Step 3. Mark a point on the two rays you just drew (which form right angles together with the first side), at a distance equal to the length of the first side (measured from the vertex of the right angle)

Join the two points

Draw a Square Step 4
Draw a Square Step 4

Step 4. You just drew a perfect square

Erase all construction lines if you wish.

Method 2 of 2: With the Compass

Draw a Square Step 5
Draw a Square Step 5

Step 1. Build a right angle (let's call it LMN)

Make sure that the lines that make it up are longer than the sides of the square you want to get.

Draw a Square Step 6
Draw a Square Step 6

Step 2. Put the tip of the compass on the vertex of the right angle you constructed in the previous step, ie on point M

Set the compass width equal to the desired length of the sides of the square. You will not change this value again until the drawing is finished.

  • Draw an arc that cuts the line MN at point P
  • Draw an arc that cuts the LM line at point Q
Draw a Square Step 7
Draw a Square Step 7

Step 3. Place the tip of the compass on point Q and draw an arc under the MN line

Draw a Square Step 8
Draw a Square Step 8

Step 4. Place the tip of the compass on point P and draw another arc that crosses the one you just drew, at point R

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