Vocabulary
What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
Legs
When one leg=9 and the hypotenuse=41 then the other leg=?
What is 40?
When one leg=36 and the other leg=77 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 85
The legs of an isosceles right triangle each measure 10 inches. Find the length of the hypotenuse.
What is 14.1
The longest side in a right triangle is 24 cm, and the second longest side is 20 cm. Find the length of the shortest side.
What is 13.3 centimeters?
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle? (*Side c)
Hypotenuse
When one leg=11 and the hypotenuse=20 then the other leg=?
What is 16.7?
Could the side lengths 61, 60, 11 form a right triangle? Explain
What is yes?
A carnival needs red tape to place in a "x" for a game. If the area of the square board is 25 square feet, how many feet of tape will be needed?
What is 14.2 feet
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
What is a^2+b^2=c^2
Could the side lengths 5, 7.5, 2.5 form a right triangle? Explain
What is no?
What do we call multiplying a number by itself?
squaring a number
A family left their house and drove 14 miles South to the gas station then drove 48 miles East to a water park. How much shorter would they have driven if they did not stop at the gas station and drove along the diagonal path?
What is 12 miles?
What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?
Pythagoras
An isosceles shaped tent has a zipper placed from the bottom to the top of the triangle. If the slanted roof of the tent is 17 feet and the base of the tent is 16 feet, what is the length of the zipper?
What is 15 feet?
If the perimeter of square 1 is 104ft and the area of square 2 is 576 feet squared, what is the side length of square 3?
What is 10 feet?
If a cat is 12 feet above the ground in a tree, and a ladder is set 9 feet away from the tree on the ground, how long does the ladder need to be in order to reach the cat?
What is 15 feet?
Name five professions in which the Pythagorean Theorem is used.
What is Sailor, Architect, Farmer or Agriculture, Pilot, City Planner, & or Cartographer (Map Maker)?
A triangular sail on a sailboat measures 10.5 feet, 14 feet and 17.5 feet on all three sides. Is the sail a right triangle?
What is yes?
When one leg=21 and the hypotenuse=35 then the other leg=?
What is 28?
The area of square 3 is 80 cm2 and the area of square 2 is 100 cm2, what is the area of square 1?
What is 180 cm2?
The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.
What is taking the square root?
Square 1 has an area of 9 in2. Square 2 has a perimeter of 16 inches, & square 3 has a side length of 5 inches. Could the three squares join to form a right triangle? Explain?
Yes