Pythagorean Theorem
Special Right Triangles
Trigonometry
Angles of Elevation and Depression
Law of Sines and Cosines
Everything is a Triangle
Nominal Women in History
100
The Pythagorean theorem works for ONLY this type of triangle.
What is a right triangle?
100
In a 45-45-90 triangle, the hypotenuse is this factor larger than each leg.
What is the
sqrt2?
100
The ratio of sides for the cosine of an angle.
What is adjacent/hypotenuse?
100
If a person standing on the top of a skyscraper looks down to the street below, they form this type of angle.
What is an angle of depression?
100
The law of sines.
What is SinA/a=SinB/b?
100
An eye of secrets, a triangle of knowledge. Name this secretive group often depicted by an eye within a triangle.
What is the Illuminati?
100
The first woman in Greek myth was actually a prank on man, who should have asked, what's in the box.
Who is Pandora?
200
The value of the third side of a triangle given a leg length of 3 and a hypotenuse length of 5.
What is 4?
200
In a 30-60-90 triangle, the length of the leg opposite the 60 angle given that the leg opposite the 30 angle is 15.
What is
15sqrt3?
200
This 9 letter mnemonic lets a person remember the ratios of all of the trig functions.
What is SOHCAHTOA?
200
Angles of elevation and angles of depression are congruent to one another by this property previously discussed in the year.
What are alternate interior angles?
200
The measure of angle S, rounded to the nearest tenth.
What is 32.0o?
200
Though highly outdated, this "triangle" taught many the proportions of what they should be eating.
What is the food pyramid?
200
A life-size statue of this girl pulling back an imaginary curtain in her attic hiding place is at a Boise Human Rights Memorial.
Who is Anne Frank?
300
The value of x for the given triangle.
What is 97?
300
The value of x.
What is
5sqrt2?
300
The value of x, rounded to the nearest tenth.
What is 8.3?
300
If the angle of elevation from a person to the kite they are flying is 30o, this is the height of the kite when the string is 150 ft long.
What is 75 ft?
300
The value of x and y.
What is x=2.1, y=3.6?
300
A tetrahedron is 3-dimensional shape made from four triangles. Some of the largest of these enjoy sandy days and intense sun. Name this tetrahedron that spends much of its time providing shade for its cat-like royal companion.
What is the Pyramid of Giza?
300
18th-century English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft was the mother of this Frankenstein author.
Who is Mary Shelley?
400
The type of triangle with the following side lengths:
sqrt11, sqrt7, 4.
What is an acute triangle?
400
The values of x and y.
What is x=4, y=2?
400
The value of x, rounded to the nearest tenth of a degree.
What is 24.5o?
400
The angle of depression from a fighter jet to the base of a flight tower is 32o. This is the horizontal distance between the jet and the base of the tower if the jet is flying at an angle of 12,000m.
What is 19204 m?
400
The Law of Cosines.
What is
a^2=b^2+c^2-2bc*cosA?
400
This triangle is known for its haunting history. A place where ships disappear and planes stop functioning. Name this Atlantic triangle sometimes referred to as the Devil's triangle.
What is the Bermuda Triangle?
400
She deserves a lot of R-E-S-P-E-C-T for being the first woman inducted into teh Rock & Roll Hall of Fame back in 1987.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
500
The name given to a group of 3 whole numbers that satisfy the Pythagorean theorem.
What is a Pythagorean Triple?
500
The length of an escalator that rises at a 30o angle from the first floor to the second floor of a building 25 ft above.
What is 50 ft?
500
The values of w and x, rounded to the nearest tenth.
What is w=6.7, x=8.1?
500
A bird is flying at a height of 40 ft and spots an 8-ft ledge on which to perch. If the top of the ledge is at a 22o angle of depression from the bird, this is how far the bird must fly to land on the ledge.
What is 60.4 ft?
500
What is the length of side BC, round to the nearest tenth.
What is 21.5?
500
A triangular base, a set of metal triangles, and a single spire that stretches into the heavens. Name this highly iconic structure built from many triangles that people across the globe continue to regard as one of the most romantic locations on earth. Très magnifique!
What is the Eiffel Tower?
500
The Barbie Inspiring Women collection includes one of this NASA mathematician, no longer a "hidden figure."
Who is Katherine Johnson?