Vocabulary
What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
Legs
When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5
legs and hypotenuse
The shape we can use to help prove or understand the Pythagorean theorem
What is square?
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle? Spelling counts
Hypotenuse
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
5.8
The letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle
What is "c?"
T or F
a=13
b=15
c= 28
False
What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem.
Right
When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?
9.2
What do we call multiplying a number by itself?
squaring a number
T or F
a= 7
b=24
c= 25
True
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
I WILL be picky
What is a^2+b^2=c^2
A 14 foot pole-vault is leaning up against the wall. It is 4 feet away from the wall. What is the length of where the pole is touching the wall from the ground?
13.4 feet
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
13.5
The spelling of the theorem we have been talking about.
p-y-t-h-a-g-o-r-e-a-n.
What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about? Spelling counts!
Pythagoras
The perimeter of Andy's room is 20 feet. The perimeter of Charlies room is 52 feet. What is the side length of Brad's room?
12 feet
The area of Brad's room is 144 ft sq. The area of Andy's room is 256 ft sq. What is the area of Charlie's room
400 sq ft.
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