Hypotenuse
Legs
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100
A right triangle has leg lengths of 3 feet and 4 feet. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
5 feet
100
How many legs does a right triangle have?
2
100
Paula walks 3 blocks north and 4 blocks west to get from her house to the grocery store. What is the shortest distance from her house to the store?
5 blocks.
100
What is the Pythagorean Theorem? Draw a triangle and label with the letters.
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
100
What two teams are playing in the Super Bowl this Sunday?
New York Giants and the New England Patriots.
200
A right triangle has leg lengths of 5 cm and 12 cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
13 cm
200
A right triangle has a leg length of 7 and a hypotenuse length of 25. What is the missing leg length?
24
200
Looking at the map of Euclid, how far would a helicopter travel from the stadium to the gas station?
Square root of 37 blocks = 6.08 blocks
200
Could these side lengths make a right triangle? 9, 40, 41
yes. 81 + 1600 = 1681
200
What color shirt does Dora the Explorer wear?
pink
300
True or False: All triangles have legs and a hypotenuse.
False. Only right triangles.
300
If a hypotenuse has a length of 17 and leg has a length of 15, what is the length of the other leg?
8
300
How far would a car travel to get from the animal shelter to the cemetary in the town of Euclid?
5 blocks
300
a = 8, b = 10 What is c?
64 + 100 = 164 c = square root of 164
300
Today, February 2, is commonly referred to as what?
Groundhog day!
400
True or False: If a right triangle has leg lengths of 6 and 7, then the hypotenuse has a length of 85.
False. You need to take the square root of 85.
400
The area of the square on the leg of a right triangle is 745. What is the length of the leg?
Square root of 745= 27.29
400
How much shorter is the helicopter distance from the greenhouse to the stadium than the car distance?
helicopter = 5 car = 7 it is 2 blocks shorter
400
a = 3, c = 9 What is b?
9 + ? = 81 ? = 72 b = square root of 72
400
What animal is being attacked in the game Angry Birds?
pig
500
A right triangle has leg lengths of 9 and 4. How long is the hypotenuse?
square root of 117 = 10.82
500
The length of a leg is square root of 71. What is the area of the square that is made on that leg?
71
500
How much shorter is the distance that a helicopter would travel than a car would travel to get from the city hall to the police station?
0 blocks. They are the same!
500
True or false: if c = 9, then a + b is less than 9.
False. The two legs added together will always be more than the hypotenuse.
500
What NBA team does Lebron James play for?
Miami Heat
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