Vocabulary
Solving for a leg
Solving for Hypotenuse
Triangles in a Coordinate Plane
Is It a Right Triangle?
100
What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
Legs
100
When one leg=3 and the hypotenuse=5 then the other leg=?
4
100
When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?
5
100
What is the length of the vertical leg on the right?
4
100
What is normally in the corner of a right triangle to show that it is a right triangle?
A box!
200
What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle? (*Side c)
Hypotenuse
200
When one leg=6 and the hypotenuse=10 then the other leg=?
8
200
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
√34 or 5.83
200
What is the length of the horizontal leg on the bottom?
5
200
Is a 3, 4, 5 triangle a right triangle? (Tell me Yes or No and tell me how you knew - what numbers matched or didn't match?)
Yes! 25=25
300
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?
a^2+b^2=c^2
300
When one leg=5 and the hypotenuse=10 then the other leg=?
√75 or 8.66
300
When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?
√85 or 9.22
300
What is the length of the hypotenuse? Round to the hundredths place.
6.40
300
Is a 6, 8, 10 triangle a right triangle? (Tell me Yes or No and tell me how you knew - what numbers matched or didn't match?)
Yes! 100=100
400
The name of a triangle that has two acute angles and another that is 90 degrees.
Right triangle
400
When one leg=2 and the hypotenuse=17 then the other leg=?
Round to the tenths place.
16.9
400
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=? Round to the tenths place.
13.5
400
Draw a right triangle, making this line segment the hypotenuse. What is the length of the horizontal leg?
6
400
Is a 10, 11, 12 triangle a right triangle? (Tell me Yes or No and tell me how you knew - what numbers matched or didn't match?)
No! 221 does not equal 144
500
What are two angles that add up to 90 degrees called?
Complementary angles
500
When one leg=1 and the hypotenuse=16 then the other leg=?
Give me 2 answers: rounded to the hundredths place and rounded to the tenths place.
Rounded to the hundredths: 15.97
Rounded to the tenths: 16.0
500
When one leg=9 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
Round to the hundredths place.
10.30
500
What is the length of the hypotenuse? Round to the tenths place.
6.3
500
If the square of a is 25 and the square of b is 144, what does the length of c need to be?
The square root of 169, which is 13