Missing Side
A = 3
B = 4
What is the length of C?
Would these side lengths form a right triangle?
12, 24, 36
No
Melissa wants to put a ribbon border around a sign in her classroom shaped like the right triangle below. If ribbon costs $0.82 cents per foot, how much will it cost her to buy the ribbon for her sign?
A = 6
B = 8
$19.68
Which of the following is not a true statement about the sides of a right triangle?
A. The hypotenuse is the longest side.
B. The legs are the sides adjacent to the 90°
angle.
C. Side “a” is always longer than side “b”.
D. The hypotenuse is opposite the 90° angle.
C
A = 12
C = 20
Find B
B = 16
A = 7
B = 24
What is the length of C?
C = 25
Would these side lengths form a right triangle?
20, 29, 21
Yes
A square sandbox in Trisha’s backyard has an area of 81 square feet. Find x, the diagonal length of the sandbox.
12.7
A cone shaped tepee has a radius of 4 feet and a slant height of 7 feet. If Joe is six feet tall, determine whether Joe is shorter or taller than the height of the tepee.
A. Joe is shorter than the tepee.
B. Joe is taller than the tepee.
C. Joe is the same height as the tepee.
D. There is not enough information to determine if Joe is shorter or taller than the tepee.
B
Marcy’s breakfast table has a square table top
with an area of 36 square feet. What is the
diagonal length of the table top?
8.5 feet
A = 12
B = 7
What is the length of C?
C = 13.9
Would these lengths form a right triangle?
12.5, 7.5, 10
Yes
To walk to her friends house, Julie normally walks 63 yards north and 16 yards east as shown. How many yards shorter would it be if Julie took the diagonal shortcut, x?
14 yards shorter
Which of the following could not be the side lengths of a right triangle?
A. 7.5, 10 and 12.5
B. 85, 13 and 84
C. 37, 35 and 12
D. 24, 22 and 40
A = 9
C = 14
Find B
B = 16.6
B = 5
C = 13
What is A?
A = 12
Patty wants a triangular garden in her backyard for all of her vegetables. She is going to use three pieces of fencing that measure 7 feet, 10 feet and 8 feet. Will her garden be in the shape of a right triangle?
No
Lincoln is building a wooden garage door in the shape of a rectangle with a width of 16 feet and a height of 8 feet. Lincoln is going to place two boards in the shape of an “X” on the door.
How many feet of materials will he need for the “X”?
About 35.8 feet
Paul is building a bridge for a school project and wants to make a right triangle out of three popsicle sticks that measure 8 cm, 10 cm and 18 cm. Can he make a right triangle out of these lengths?
A. Yes, because 8 + 10 = 18.
B. Yes, because 82 + 102 = 182.
C. No, because 8(2) + 10(2) ≠ 18(2).
D. No, because 82 + 102 ≠ 182.
D
In a football drill, Ron is standing 30 yards
directly east of John, and Bill is standing 40
yards directly north of John. If the football is
thrown from Ron to Bill and then from Bill to
John, how many yards did the football travel?
90 yards
A = 16
C= 24
What is B?
C = 17.9
Jimmy thinks a window frame in his house looks slanted because the corner doesn’t appear to be a 90° angle. His wife thinks it looks just fine. They measured the window to check and found the width to be 25 inches, the height to be 36 inches, and the diagonal distance to be 45 inches. Who is correct?
Jimmy
If the perimeter of square 3 is 36 units and
the perimeter of square 2 is 48 units, what is
the area of square 1?
225
A pyramid has a square base with sides that measure 10 cm and a height of 14 cm. What is the slant height of the pyramid?
A. 17.2 cm
B. 14.9 cm
C. 13.2 cm
D. 12.1 cm
B
The diameter of the cone is
40 feet, and the height is 21
feet. Find the slant height.
29 ft