Vocabulary
Solving for legs
Solving for Hypotenuse
Pieces of the Formula
Miscellanous
400

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

Legs

400
When one leg=3 and the hypotenuse=5 then the other leg=?
What is 4?
400
When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5
400

Letters "a" and "b" are used to represent which part of a right triangle?

leg

400

The shape we can use to help prove or understand the Pythagorean theorem

What is square?

800

What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem. (Or a triangle with an angle measuring 90 degrees)

Right Triangle

800

When one leg=21 and the hypotenuse=35 then the other leg=?

What is 28?

800
When one leg=15 and the other leg=22 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 709?
800
The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.
What is taking the square root?
800

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

1200

What is the name of the guy who is given credit for discovering the theorem we have been learning about?

Pythagoras

1200
When one leg=7 and the hypotenuse=25 then the other leg=?
What is 24?
1200
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 181?
1200
The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle
What is the hypotenuse?
1200
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?
1600

What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem?

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

1600
When one leg=5 and the hypotenuse=13 then the other leg=?
What is 12?
1600
When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 85?
1600

What do we call multiplying a number by itself?

squaring a number

1600
The spelling of the theorem we have been talking about.
What is p-y-t-h-a-g-o-r-e-a-n.
2000

What is the side of the triangle across from the right angle? (*Side c)

Hypotenuse

2000
When one leg=6 and the hypotenuse=10 then the other leg=?
What is 8?
2000
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 34
2000
The letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle
What is "c?"
2000
The only type of triangle you can use the pythagorean theorem on.
What is a right triangle.
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