Find the leg
What is the length of the missing leg, b, if a=8 yd. and c=17 yd. ?
b = 15 yd
What is the length of the hypotenuse if the legs are 12 ft and 5 ft?
13 feet
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
a^2+b^2 = c^2
What are the parts of a right triangle?
two legs and a hypotenuse.
A bird was sitting 16 feet from the base of an oak tree and flew 20 feet to reach the top of the tree. How tall is the tree?
12 feet
What is the length of the missing leg, b, if a=8 yd. and c=10 yd. ?
b = 7 yards
What is c if a= 12 in and b= 16 in?
20 in
What does it mean to "square" something?
Multiply it by itself (ex: 4^2 = 4*4)
Which side is always the longest - a,b, or c?
C
Kendall is building a slide for her kids. The ladder is 5 feet tall and the slide is 13 feet long. What is the distance between the ladder and the bottom of the slide?
12 feet
What is the length of the missing leg, b, if a=12 mm. and c=15 mm. ?
b = 9 mm
What is the length of the hypotenuse if the legs are 15 ft and 8 ft?
17 ft
Which two sides do we call the "legs" of a right triangle?
a and b
How do you find the perimeter of a triangle?
Add up the sides, a+b+c
James bicycles 4 miles west to get from his house to school. After school, he bicycles 3 miles north to his friend Heather's house. How far is James's house from Heather's house, measured in a straight line?
5 miles
What is the length of the missing leg? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
a = 1.6 mm
c=3.1 mm
b = 2.7 mm
What is the length of the hypotenuse? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
a = 6 m
b = 7 m
c = 9.2 m
What is the opposite of "squaring" a number?
Square root
What is the perimeter of a triangle with sides measuring 12 ft, 5 ft, and 13 ft.? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
30 feet
A slide is 10 feet long and 7 feet high. How long is its base, from the bottom of the ladder to the end of the slide? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
7.1 feet
In a right triangle, a and b are the lengths of the legs and c is the length of the hypotenuse. If a=56 millimeters and c=65 millimeters, what is b? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
b = 33 mm
What is the length of the hypotenuse? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
a = 15 cm
b = 36 cm
39 cm
Is a triangle with side lengths 6, 10, and 12 a right triangle?
No
What is the perimeter of a triangle where a = 16 yd and b= 63 yd? Find c first and then solve for the perimeter.
c= 65 yd
perimeter = 144 yd
Two cars leave the same parking lot, with one heading north and the other heading east. After several minutes, the northbound car has traveled 4 kilometers, and the eastbound car has traveled 5 kilometers. Measured in a straight line, how far apart are the two cars? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
6.4 kilometers