Vocabulary
Solving for legs
Solving for Hypotenuse
Pieces of the Formula
100
Legs of a triangle
What are the sides of the triangle next to the right angle?
100
When one leg=3 and the hypotenuse=5 then the other leg=?
What is 4?
100
When one leg=3 and the other leg=4 then the hypotenuse=?
What is 5
100
A letter in the formula that stands for the length of one leg of a right triangle
What is "a" or "b"?
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
When one leg=3 and the other leg=5 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 34
200
The letter in the formula that stands for the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle
What is "c?"
300

Formula 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
When one leg=6 and the other leg=7 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 85?
300
The symbol we use to represent multiplying a number by itself.
What is "n²"
400
Pythagoras
What is the name of the guy who discovered the theorem we have been learning about?
400
When one leg=7 and the hypotenuse=25 then the other leg=?
What is 24?
400
When one leg=10 and the other leg=9 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 181?
400
The side that always has the longest length in a right triangle
What is the hypotenuse?
500
Right Triangle
What is the only type of triangle that works with the Pythagorean Theorem. (Or 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
When one leg=15 and the other leg=22 then the hypotenuse=?
What is the square root of 709?
500
The operation we used to "get rid" of something squared.
What is taking the square root?
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