Vocabulary
These are often known as the two shorter sides of a right triangle.
What are legs?
This is the measure of the missing leg when one leg=3 and the hypotenuse=5.
What is 4?
This is the measure of the hypotenuse when leg=3 and the other leg=4.
What is 5?
These are often represented by the letters "a" and "b" when naming sides of a right triangle.
What is a leg?
A ladder 30 feet long is leaning against a building just below a window. The bottom of the ladder is 24 feet from the building. How high is the top of the ladder?
What is 18 feet?
This is the longest side of a right triangle.
What is a hypotenuse?
This is the measure of the missing leg when one leg=6 and the hypotenuse=10.
What is 8?
This is the measure of the hypotenuse one leg=3 and the other leg=5.
What is the square root of 34?
This is the variable (letter) in the Pythagorean Theorem that stands for the length of the hypotenuse.
What is "c?"
An anchor line for a tower needs to be replaced. The tower is 100 feet tall. The anchor line is 120 feet long. How far from the tower can it be placed, to the nearest tenth of a foot?
What is 66.3 feet?
This is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem
What is a2+b2=c2?
This is the measure of the missing leg when one leg=5 and the hypotenuse=13.
What is 12?
This is the measure of the hypotenuse one leg=6 and the other leg=7.
What is the square root of 85?
This is a term used when describing a number being multiplied by itself.
What is squared?
A rectangle has a length of 24 inches and a width of 18 inches. Find the length of the diagonal.
What is 30 inches?
This is the only type of triangle that the Pythagorean Theorem works on.
What is a right triangle?
This is the measure of the missing leg when one leg=22 and the hypotenuse=25.
What is the square root of 141?
This is the measure of the hypotenuse one leg=10 and the other leg=9.
What is the square root of 181?
This is the side that always has the longest length in a right triangle.
What is the hypotenuse?
A ladder 20 feet long is leaning against a wall just below a window. The window is 15 feet high. Find the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the wall.
What is the square root of 175?
If a2 + b2 = c2, then the triangle is a right triangle.
What is the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem?
This is the measure of the missing leg when one leg=11 and the hypotenuse=12.
What is the square root of 23?
This is the measure of the hypotenuse one leg=15 and the other leg=22.
What is the square root of 709?
This is the operation we use to cancel out an exponent of 2.
What is a square root?
A right triangle has three positive integer side lengths.
What is a Pythagorean Triple?