Kerlyn's Jeopardy Game

Pythagoreon Theorem

100

The floor of storage unit is 12 feet long and 9 feet wide. What is the distance between two opposite corners of the floor?

15 feet

200

Joel's bedroom is rectangular. The length of one wall of Joel's bedroom is 4 meters. The length from one corner of the bedroom to the diagonally opposite corner is 5 meters. What is the length of the other wall?

3 meters

300

An envelope measures 8 centimeters by 15 centimeters. A pencil is placed in the envelope at a diagonal. What is the maximum possible length of the pencil?

17 centimeters

400

The floor of a rectangular living room is 12 feet by 16 feet. What is the distance between opposite corners of the living room?

20 feet

Distance Formula

100

Sharon is playing hide-and-seek with Lara and Haley. Lara is hiding 5 meters south of Sharon, and Haley is hiding 12 meters east of Lara. How far apart are Sharon and Haley?

13 meters

200

• A 555-mile, 5-hour plane trip was flown at two speeds. For the first part of the trip, the average speed was 105 mph. Then the tailwind picked up, and the remainder of the trip was flown at an average speed of 115 mph. For how long did the plane fly at each speed?

The plane flew 2 hours at 105 mph and 3 hours at 115 mph.

300

A car and a bus set out at 2 p.m. from the same point, headed in the same direction. The average speed of the car is 30 mph slower than twice the speed of the bus. In two hours, the car is 20 miles ahead of the bus. Find the rate of the car.

d=2r

400

Find the distance between the points (4,2) and (4,8)

6 units

Hypotenuse

100

A leg in a right triangle measures 15 cm. The other leg measures 8 cm. What is the hypotenuse?

17 centimeters

200

Billy uses a table saw to cut a piece of plywood from one corner to the opposite corner. If the piece of plywood measured 12 inches by 16 inches, how long was the cut that Billy made?

20 inches

300

The leg of a right triangle measures 12 km. The other leg measures 5 km. What is the hypotenuse of the triangle?

13 kilometers

400

A leg on a right triangle measures 12 ft. The other leg on the triangle measures 16 ft. What is the hypotenuse of the triangle?

20 feet

Pythagoreon Theorem

100

15² x 20²= 24²  Find out if the equation is a pythagoreon triple.

Nooo!!!!

200

45² x 50²=53² Find out if the equation is a pythagoreon triple.

Nooooooo!!!!!!!!!

300

5² x 12²=13²

Yesss!!!!

400

7² x 24²=25²

Yessss!!!!!!

HISTORY

100

Who was Pythagoreon married to?

Theano

200

What was his daughter's name?

Damo

300

What was his son's name?

Telauges

400

Where did Pythagoras die?

Pethagoras