First lets define quadrilateral.
In Euclidean plane geometry, a quadrilateral is a polygon with four edges (or sides) and four vertices or corners.
In other words and square, rectangle, parallelogram, and rhombus. So If you are painting a room you will need to know the area of four quadrilaterals so you can buy the right amount of paint.
Just about every building is made up quadrilaterals. The computer or phone screen you are looking at is a quadrilateral.