Vocabulary
Solving for legs
Solving for Hypotenuse
Pieces of the Formula
Miscellanous
100
Legs of a triangle
What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
100
When one leg=3 and the hypotenuse=5 then the other leg=?
What is 4?
100
When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5
100
A letter in the formula that stands for the length of one leg of a right triangle
What is "a" or "b"?
100

What two characteristics make a number irrational

They don't end and don't repeat.

200
Hypotenuse of a triangle
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle?
200

What is the length of the leg of the right triangle whose other leg is 3 and whose hypotenuse is 5?

What is 8?

200
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 34
200
The letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle
What is "c?"
200

Which two whole numbers does the square root of 20 fall between?

4 and 5

300
Statement of the Pythagorean Theorem
What is a^2+b^2=c^2
300
When one leg=5 and the hypotenuse=13 then the other leg=?
What is 12?
300
When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 85?
300
The symbol we use to represent multiplying a number by itself.
What is "n²"
300

What is the exact area of a square with a side length of the square root of 27 inches?

27 inches2

400
Pythagoras
What is the name of the guy who discovered the theorem we have been learning about?
400
When one leg=7 and the hypotenuse=25 then the other leg=?
What is 24?
400
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 181?
400

What is the other formula that can be used to find the length of a leg of a right triangle?

c2 - b2 = a2

or

c2 - a2 = b2

400
What is the exact side length of a square with an area of 130 ft2

What is the square root of 130 ft?

500

Right Triangle

What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem. (Or a triangle with an angle measuring 90 degrees)

500

When one leg=9 and the hypotenuse=12 then the other leg=?

What is the square root of 63?

500
When one leg=15 and the other leg=22 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 709?
500
The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.
What is taking the square root?
500

A farmer is putting a fence around a square field he has with an area of 121 miles2. How many feet of fencing will he need?

What is 44 feet of fencing?

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