Vocabulary
How do you show that a triangle is a right triangle?
It has a box at the right angle.
When one leg = 3 and the other leg = 4, the hypotenuse equals?
5
A right triangle with sides: 3, 4, 5. What is the hypotenuse?
5
What is the shape we can use to help prove or understand the Pythagorean theorem?
squares
What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle called?
Legs
When one leg = 6 and the other leg = 8, then the hypotenuse equals?
10
What is the letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle?
c
A right triangle with sides: 8, 15, 17. What are the sides?
8 and 15
How do you spell the theorem we have been learning about?
P-y-t-h-a-g-o-r-e-a-n theorem
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle called?
Hypotenuse
When one leg = 7 and the other leg = 24, then the hypotenuse equals?
25
What is the symbol we use to represent a number being multiplied by itself?
n2 (where n can be any number)
A right triangle with sides: 6, square root 85, and 7. What is the hypotenuse?
Square root of 85
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?
15
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
a2 + b2 = c2
When one leg = 3 and the other leg = 5, then the hypotenuse equals?
square root 34
What is the side that always has the longest length in a right triangle?
The hypotenuse
A right triangle with legs: 12, 5, and 13. What are the sides?
5 and 12
Nate marched 3 meters east, and then 6 meters north. How far is Nate from the starting point?
Square root of 45, or 6.71 meters
What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean theorem?
A right triangle (a triangle with an angle measuring 90 degrees)
When one leg = 10 and the other leg = 9, then the hypotenuse equals?
square root of 181
What is the operation we use to undo something that is squared?
Square root
A right triangle with legs: 15, square root 709 and 22. What are the legs?
15 and 22
Roofers need to know how long of a ladder they need. The roof is 16 feet high and the bottom of the ladder will be placed 12 feet from the building. What is the length of the ladder?