Find the hypotenuse
Vocabulary
Solving for legs
Miscellaneous
Pieces of the Formula
100

When one leg=5 and the other leg=6 then the hypotenuse=.

What is 5?

100

Legs of a triangle

What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?

100

When one leg=12 and the hypotenuse=13 then the other leg=?

What is 5?

100

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. This is the length of the ladder.

What is 20 feet?

100

The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.

What is √?

200

When one leg=5 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?

What is √74?

200

Hypotenuse of a triangle

What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle?

200

When one leg=6 and the hypotenuse=10 then the other leg=?

What is 8?

200

Construction workers are building a ramp. The ramp is 9 feet high and 12 feet long. This is the length of the slanted part of the ramp.

What is 15 feet?

200

A letter in the formula that stands for the length of one leg of a right triangle.

What is "a" or "b"?

300

When one leg=8 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?

What is √145?

300

Statement of the Pythagorean Theorem

What is a^2+b^2=c^2

300

When one leg=5 and the hypotenuse=13 then the other leg=?

What is 12?

300

The figure we can use to help prove or understand the pythagorean theorem

What is squares?

300

The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle.

What is the hypotenuse?

400

When one leg=12 and the other leg=11 then the hypotenuse=?

What is √265?

400

Pythagoras

What is the name of the person who discovered the theorem.

400

When one leg=7 and the hypotenuse=25 then the other leg=?

What is 24?

400

The only type of triangle you can use the pythagorean theorem on.

What is a right triangle.

400

The symbol we use to represent multiplying a number by itself.

What is "x²"

500

When one leg=17 and the other leg=24 then the hypotenuse=?

What is √865?

500

Right Triangle

What is a triangle with an angle measuring 90 degrees?

500

When one leg=9 and the hypotenuse=12 then the other leg=?

What is 15?

500

The spelling of the theorem.

What is Pythagorean.

500

The letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.

What is "c?"

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