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100

If you place a 32-foot ladder against the top of a 23-foot building, how many feet will the bottom of the ladder be from the bottom of the building? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

 What is 22.2ft.

100

One of the legs of a right triangle measures 2 cm and the other leg measures 17 cm. Find the measure of the hypotenuse. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

 What is 17.1

100

√124

That square root of 

 What is 11.14

100

To repair a roof that is 3 metres high, Mr. Greer leans a 5-metre ladder against the side of the building. To reach the roof, how far away from the building should he place the base of the ladder?

What is 4

100

An altitude is drawn from the vertex of an isosceles triangle, forming a right angle and two congruent triangles. As a result, the altitude cuts the base into two equal segments. The length of the altitude is 24 inches, and the length of the base is 11 inches. Find the triangle’s perimeter. Round to the nearest tenth of an inch.

What is 60.2

200

A 52 foot ladder is set against the side of a house so that it reaches up 48 feet. If Jevonte grabs the ladder at its base and pulls it 3 feet farther from the house, how far up the side of the house will the ladder reach now? (The answer is not 45 ft.) Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

 What is 46.6

200

One of the legs of a right triangle measures 6 cm and its hypotenuse measures 8 cm. Find the measure of the other leg. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

 What is 5.3

200

√64

what is the square root round to the neartest tenth if needed. 

 What is 8

200

A 51 foot ladder is set against the side of a house so that it reaches up 45 feet. If Nora grabs the ladder at its base and pulls it 6 feet farther from the house, how far up the side of the house will the ladder reach now? (The answer is not 39 ft.) Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

what is 24 

200

You start driving west for 3 miles, turn right, and drive north for another 2 miles. At the end of driving, what is your straight line distance from your starting point? Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.

what is 3.6 

300

If you place a 26-foot ladder against the top of a building and the bottom of the ladder is 20 feet from the bottom of the building, how tall is the building? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

 What is 16.6

300

One of the legs of a right triangle measures 12 cm and its hypotenuse measures 20 cm. Find the measure of the other leg. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

 What is 16

300

√75

what the square root round to the nearest tenth

 what is 8.6

300

The area of a rectangle is 342 square units. Its length measures 19 units. Find the length of its diagonal. Round to the nearest tenth of a unit.

what is 26.2

300

If you place a 39-foot ladder against the top of a 23-foot building, how many feet will the bottom of the ladder be from the bottom of the building? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

what is 31.5

400

You start driving north for 4 miles, turn right, and drive east for another 4 miles. At the end of driving, what is your straight line distance from your starting point? Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.

 What is 5.7mi

400

One of the legs of a right triangle measures 7 cm and the other leg measures 5 cm. Find the measure of the hypotenuse. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

 What is 8.6

400

√96

what is the square root round to the nearest tenth it nedded?

 what is 9.7

400

An altitude is drawn from the vertex of an isosceles triangle, forming a right angle and two congruent triangles. As a result, the altitude cuts the base into two equal segments. The length of the altitude is 25 inches, and the length of the base is 20 inches. Find the triangle’s perimeter. Round to the nearest tenth of an inch.

what is 73.9

400

You start driving south for 2 miles, turn left, and drive east for another 9 miles. At the end of driving, what is your straight line distance from your starting point? Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.

what is 9.2 

500

An altitude is drawn from the vertex of an isosceles triangle, forming a right angle and two congruent triangles. As a result, the altitude cuts the base into two equal segments. The length of the altitude is 30 inches, and the length of the base is 15 inches. Find the triangle’s perimeter. Round to the nearest tenth of an inch.

 What is 76.8

500

One of the legs of a right triangle measures 5 cm and its hypotenuse measures 10 cm. Find the measure of the other leg. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

 What is 8.7

500

√150  

what the square root round to the nearest tenth if needed? 

 what is 12.2

500

If you place a 36-foot ladder against the top of a building and the bottom of the ladder is 32 feet from the bottom of the building, how tall is the building? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

what is 16.5ft 

500

A certain television is advertised as a 83-inch TV (the diagonal length). If the height of the TV is 45 inches, how wide is the TV? Round to the nearest tenth of an inch.

what is 69.7

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