What kind of triangle?
Distance Formula
Using the Theorem
Using Pythagoras
Estimate the Square Root
100

3, 4, 5

Right

100

What is the distance between (8, 12) and (6,4)?

8.2

100
a=6, b=8, c=__
10
100
a=9, b=__, c=41
40
100

Square Root of 116

10.8

200

4, 5, 4.2

Acute

200

What is the distance between (15, 6) and (8,11)?

8.6

200

Two legs of a right triangle each measure 10 inches.  How long is the hypotenuse rounded to the nearest tenth?

14.1 inches

200

a=__, b=12, c=19


Round to the nearest tenth.


14.7

200

Square Root of 3

1.7

300

8.4, 6, 11.6

Right

300

What is the length of the line segment with endpoints (8,4) and (2,6) to the nearest tenth?

6.3

300

Jane and Miguel are siblings that go to different schools.  Jane walks 3 blocks east from home and Miguel walks 8 blocks north.  How many blocks apart would the two schools be if you could walk straight from one school to the other?  Round to the nearest tenth.

8.5 blocks

300

a= 27, b=__, c=61


Round to the nearest tenth.


54.7

300

Square Root of 236

15.4

400

6, 9.1, 10.8

Acute

400

How far is it from (-4,9) to (3, 7) to the nearest tenth?

7.3

400

A standard sheet of paper is 8 inches wide and 11.5 inches tall. How long is the diagonal distance from opposite corners of the paper? Round to the nearest tenth.

14 inches

400
a=__, b=35, c=37
12
400

Square Root of 506

22.5

500

4.4, 11.7, 12.7

Obtuse

500

How far is it between (0, -5) and (-8, 2)?

10.6

500
Jess used a 28 foot extension ladder to hang Christmas lights. She placed the feet of the ladder 8 feet away from the side of her house. How far up the house did the top of the ladder reach? Round to the nearest tenth.

26.8 feet

500

a=27.005, b=__, c=148.5


Round to the nearest tenth.

146.0

500

11.7 is the square root of what number. Closest answer wins!

138

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