Vocabulary
What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
Legs
Letters "a" and "b" are used to represent which part of a right triangle?
leg
Construction workers are building a ramp. The ramp is 9 feet high and 12 feet long. What is the length of the slanted part of the ramp?
15 feet
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle? (*Side c)
Hypotenuse
Roofers need to know how long of a ladder they need. The roof is 16 feet high and the bottom of the ladder will be placed 12 feet from the building. What is the length of the ladder?
20 feet
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
What is a^2+b^2=c^2
What do we call multiplying a number by itself?
squaring a number
David leaves the house to go to school. He walks 200 meters west and 125 meters north. How far away is he from his starting point?
235.85 meters
What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?
Pythagoras
A soccer field is a rectangle 100 meters wide and 130 meters long. The coach asks players to run from one corner to the other corner diagonally across. What is that distance?
164.01 meters
What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem. (Or a triangle with an angle measuring 90 degrees)
Right Triangle
When one leg=21 and the hypotenuse=35 then the other leg=?
What is 28?
A baseball diamond is a square that is 90 feet on each side. What is the distance a catcher has to throw the ball from home to second base?
127.28 feet