Vocabulary
What do we call the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
Legs
When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?
Round to the nearest tenth as needed.
What is 5
Letters "a" and "b" are used to represent which part of a right triangle?
leg
Order these numbers Greatest to Least:
Square root 29; pi/3; 7.45; 4/5
what is 7.45, square root 29, pi/3, 4/5
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle? (*Side c)
Hypotenuse
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
Round to the nearest tenth as needed.
What is 5.8?
Which set of measurements could represent the side lengths of a right triangle?
A (40,42,10) B (52,48,20) C (5,11,12)
What is B?
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
What is a^2+b^2=c^2
When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?
Round to the nearest tenth as needed.
What is 9.2?
What do we call multiplying a number by itself?
squaring a number
The spelling of the theorem we have been talking about.
What is p-y-t-h-a-g-o-r-e-a-n.
What is the longest side on a right triangle?
C or hypotenuse?
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
Round to the nearest tenth as needed.
What is 13.5?
True
Construction workers are building a ramp. The ramp is 9 feet high and 12 feet long. What is the length of the slanted part of the ramp?
What is 15 feet?
What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem.
Right Triangle
When one leg=21 and the hypotenuse=35 then the other leg=?
What is 28?
When one leg=15 and the other leg=22 then the hypotenuse=?
Round to the nearest tenth as needed.
What is 26.6?
The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.
What is taking the square root?
What is the third number in this Pythagorean Triplet? 14-48-? (hint: these are the legs)
50