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100

Find the square root of 15,to the nearest tenth.

What is 3.9?

100

a=5, b=8, c=9
Right Triangle or not? show thinking

What is no?

100

You have 56 patio blocks - what is the largest SQUARE patio that you can make in your backyard.  

7 x 7 = 49 patio blocks

100
The floor exercise mat measures 40 feet by 40 feet. Find the diagonal.
What is 56.6 feet?
100

Suppose you drive 4 miles south and then 10 miles east. How far are you away from your starting point?

What is 10.8 miles

200

Find the square root of 32,to the nearest tenth.

What is 5.7?

200

Triangle with sides 20, 99, and 101
Right Triangle or not? show thinking

What is Yes

200

A square garden is 64 square meters.  You need to fence the garden so the deer cannot eat your carrots.  How many meters of fence do you need to buy to enclose your garden?

square root of 64 is 8
8 m on each side x 4 sides = 32 meters of fence

200
The size of a flat-screen television is determined by the length of the diagonal of the screen. If a 35-inch television is 26 inches long, what is its height to the nearest inch?
What is about 23 inches?
200

Your friend is standing on a wall. You extend a 10 meter ladder to him that is 5 meters away from the wall. How far up is he?

What is 8.7 meters high

300

A number that you could square root that is
between 7 and 8

The square root of 50 to 63

300

a=18, b=24, c=30
Right Triangle or not? show thinking

What is yes?

300

The perimeter of a EQUILATERAL triangle is 18 cm. What is the center height of the triangle?

each side is 6 cm
hypotenuse is 6 and a leg is 3
so 62 - 32 = 36 - 9=27 = Square root of 27 is 5.2 cm
the height is 5.2 cm

300
The diagonal distance covered by a flight of stairs is 21 ft. If the stairs cover 10 feet horizontally, how tall are they?
What is 18.5 feet?
300

Draw a right triangle. The hypotenuse has an area of 625 inches. One of its legs is 13 inches. What is the length of the missing leg? Round to the nearest tenth.

What is 21.4 inches

400

Find the square root of 300,to the nearest tenth.

What is 17.3?

400

a=24, b=28, c=32
Right Triangle or not? show thinking

What is no?

400

How far would you walk if you wanted to cut through the diagonal of a square park if the distance around the park is 16 km.  

each side is 4 km.  
42 + 42 = 16 + 16 = 32
the square root of 32 is 5.7 kms
you would walk 5.7 kms

400
Kendra is flying a kite. The length of the kite string is 55 feet, and she is positioned 40 feet away from the point directly beneath the kite. About how high is the kite in feet?
What is 37.7 feet?
400

Mary was sitting on the ground flying a kite. She had 13 yards of line let out to fly her kite and the kite was 4.67 yards in front of her. How high was the kite? Round to the nearest whole number.

What is 12 yards

500

What is total or SUM of the square root of 55
and the square of  66?  

Square root of 55 is 7.4
Square root of 66 is 8.1

So the sum is 15.5

500

Triangle with sides 9, 40, and 41
Right Triangle or not? show thinking

What is YES!!

500

You decide to cross a 81 m river.  But as you swim, the water is pushing your. down river.  You get out of the water 62 m farther downstream.  How far was your very dangerous and should never attempt swim across the river?

812 + 622  = 6561 + 3844 = 10405
sqaure root of 10405 is 102.0 m
You would have swam 102 m across the river.  
 

500
A doorway is 2.7 feet wide and 8.4 feet high. What is the longest piece of drywall in feet that can be taken through the doorway?
What is 8.8 feet?
500

A baseball diamond is a square that is 90 feet on each side. What is the distance a catcher has to throw the ball from home to second base?

What is 127.28 feet

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